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THE CHAUTAUQUAN.

_A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRUE CULTURE. ORGAN OF
THE CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE._

    VOL. III.      FEBRUARY, 1883.      No. 5.




Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle.

_President_, Lewis Miller, Akron, Ohio.

_Superintendent of Instruction_, J. H. Vincent, D. D., Plainfield, N. J.

_General Secretary_, Albert. M. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa.

_Office Secretary_, Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J.

_Counselors_, Lyman Abbott, D. D.; J. M. Gibson, D. D.; Bishop H. W.
Warren, D. D.; W. C. Wilkinson, D. D.


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Contents


                                REQUIRED READING
  History of Russia.
    Chapter VII.—Galitsch and the Great Republic of Novgorod       241
  A Glance at the History and Literature of Scandinavia
    IV.—The Eddas: Later Swedish History                           244
  Pictures from English History
    V.—The Battle of Pancake Creek                                 246

                                 SUNDAY READINGS.
  [February 4.]
    Social and Religious Life of the Israelites from Saul to
        Christ                                                     248
  [February 11.]
    Christ and the Apostles                                        249
  [February 18.]
    The Bible and Other Religious Books                            251
  [February 25.]
    The