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REQUIRED READING FOR DECEMBER
German History
III.—The Franks and Merovingians 129
Extracts from German Literature
Walther von der Vogelweide 132
Hans Sachs 133
Martin Luther 134
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 134
Readings in Physical Science
III.—Rivers and Glaciers 135
Sunday Readings
[_December 2_] 137
[_December 9_] 138
[_December 16_] 138
[_December 23_] 139
[_December 30_] 139
Political Economy
III.—Exchange 140
Readings in Art
III.—Modern Sculpture 142
Selections from American Literature
Dr. Horace Bushnell 145
Dr. Noah Porter 146
Washington Irving 146
James Kirke Paulding 147
Returning 148
Education of the Negro Population 148
Man of Learning, Tell Me Something 150
Hibernation 150
Zenobia 152
Character Building 153
The Recreations of the Paris Workman 153
A Russian Novelist 154
A Lay of a Cracked Fiddle 155
Blue Laws 156
A Remnant of Summer 156
The Life of a Planet 157
Disraeli’s London 157
Temperature 158
Skating and Skaters 159
Book Knowledge and Manners 161
Under the Autumn Skies 161
Eight Centuries with Walter Scott 162
Plant Nutrition 164
C. L. S. C. Work 165
Outline of C. L. S. C. Readings 166
A Reunion at Milwaukee 166
A C. L. S. C. Experience 167
The C. L. S. C. in Toronto 167
Sunbeams from the Circle 167
Local Circles 169
C. L. S. C. Round-Table 171
Questions and Answers 172
Popular Education 175
Chautauqua Normal Course, Season of 1884 176
Editor’s Outlook 178
Editor’s Note-Book 180
Astronomy of the Heavens for December 183
C. L. S. C. Notes on Required Readings for December 183
Books Received 187
Intermediate Normal Class 188