AT REST. Sarah Doudney. 42. AUTUMN SYMPATHY. E. G. Charlesworth. 80. BLOSSOMS, To. R. Herrick. 529. CHILLON, Sonnet on. Byron. 582. CRACKED FIDDLE, A lay of. Fred. Langbridge. 155. DIVINE SCULPTOR, The. Mrs. Emily J. Bugbee. 451. FIR TREE, The. Luella Clark. 347. FLOTSOM (1492). J. Logie Robertson. 341. FLOWERY FIELDS, In. Mary Harrison. 38. GONE. E. G. Charlesworth. 40. GROWTH. Mrs. Emily J. Bugbee. 561. HELEN’S TOWER. Chas. Blatherwick. 338. HIS COLD. Foliot S. Pierpoint. 269. HOW WE CAME TOGETHER. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D. 32. IVY, The. Henry Burton. 19. LIGHT AT EVENTIDE. E. G. Charlesworth. 397. LUTHER. Mrs. S. R. Graham Clark. 275. MY YEARS. Ada Iddings Gale. 343. NIGHT. Charles Grindrod. 510. NIGHT. A. St. J. A. 211. PRAYER OF SOCRATES, The. Stuart Blackie. 537. RETURNING. Mary Harrison. 148. RISE HIGHER. Helen G. Hawthorne. 571. SABBATH CHIMES. Phebe A. Holden. 402. SELF-DEPENDENCE. Matthew Arnold. 472. STILL YOUNG. Ellen O. Peck. 412. STORK, The. Translated from the Swedish. 214. SUMMER, A Remnant of. E. O. P. 156. TO MY BOOKS. Lady Sterling Maxwell. 83. UNDER THE AUTUMN SKIES. Mrs. Emily J. Bugbee. 161. WHERE LIES THE MUSIC? Alice C. Jennings. 17. ZENOBIA. Ada Iddings Gale. 152. THE CHAUTAUQUAN. _A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRUE CULTURE. ORGAN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE._ VOL. IV. OCTOBER, 1883. NO. 1. Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. _President_—Lewis Miller, Akron, Ohio. _Superintendent of Instruction_—Rev. J. H. Vincent, D.D., New Haven, Conn. _Counselors_—Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D.; Rev. J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; Rev. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D. _Office Secretary_—Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J. _General Secretary_—Albert M. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa. REQUIRED READING FOR THE _Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle for 1883-4_. OCTOBER. GERMAN HISTORY. By REV. W. G. WILLIAMS, A. M. I. The student of history has need of divisions. By their aid alone can he hope to have command of the facts and events with which history in so large part deals. It is well therefore to begin the study of any particular history by noting such changes, such epoch-making events as may form partition walls of boxes in which may be placed our classified information. The history of Germany has been variously divided into periods by the different authors. That which we have adopted here has the sanction of the majority and will be found exceedingly natural, and hence simple and convenient. The student should memorize it thoroughly, being assured that though a very _general_ history of itself, nevertheless it is more than many of supposed information could tell of the history of this wonderful people. DIVISION OF THE HISTORY OF THE GERMANS INTO TEN PERIODS.