THE CHAUTAUQUAN. _A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRUE CULTURE. ORGAN OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE._ VOL. V. JUNE, 1885. No. 9. OFFICERS OF THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE. _President_, Lewis Miller, Akron, Ohio. _Chancellor_, J. H. Vincent, D.D., New Haven, Conn. _Counselors_, The Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D.; the Rev. J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D.; Edward Everett Hale. _Office Secretary_, Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J. _General Secretary_, Albert M. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa. Contents Transcriber’s Note: This table of contents of this periodical was created for the HTML version to aid the reader. REQUIRED READING The Mechanism of the English Language 497 Home Studies in Chemistry and Physics Chemistry of Organisms 500 Physics of Organisms 503 Sunday Readings [_June 7_] 504 [_June 14_] 504 [_June 21_] 505 [_June 28_] 505 The Heart Busy With Things About Us 505 Easy Lessons in Animal Biology Chapter III. 509 Summer Homes for the City Poor 514 Learn to Enjoy People 517 Our Ladies of Sorrow 517 The Nicaragua and Panama Routes to the Pacific 518 Geography of the Heavens for June 520 How to Win Chapter IV. 521 The Catlin Paintings 524 George Bancroft 526 How Perseus Began To Be Great 529 Canada of To-Day 529 Some American Museums 531 Natural History and People of Borneo 533 The What-To-Do Club 536 Criticisms 537 Outline and Programs 539 Local Circles 540 The C. L. S. C. Classes 545 The Chautauqua University 547 Editor’s Outlook 549 Editor’s Note-Book 551 C. L. S. C. Notes on Required Readings for June 553 Course of Reading for 1885-6 554 Paragraphs from New Books 555 Talk About Books 556