CHAPTER I.--THE PLACE 3

II.--THE FOUNDERS 11 III.--SOME PRIMAL PRINCIPLES 27 IV.--THE BEGINNINGS 38 V.--THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT 63 VI.--THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL YEAR 72 VII.--A NEW NAME AND NEW FACES 93 VIII.--THE CHAUTAUQUA READING CIRCLE 116 IX.--CHAUTAUQUA ALL THE YEAR 141 X.--THE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES 160 XI.--HOTELS, HEADQUARTERS, AND HANDSHAKING (1880) 172 XII.--DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY AT CHAUTAUQUA (1881) 187 XIII.--THE FIRST RECOGNITION DAY (1882) 196 XIV.--SOME STORIES OF THE C. L. S. C. (1883, 1884) 209 XV.--THE CHAPLAIN'S LEG AND OTHER TRUE TALES (1885-1888) 224 XVI.--A NEW LEAF IN LUKE'S GOSPEL (1889-1892) 239 XVII.--CLUB LIFE AT CHAUTAUQUA (1893-1896) 253 XVIII.--ROUNDING OUT THE OLD CENTURY (1897-1900) 271 XIX.--OPENING THE NEW CENTURY (1901-1904) 283 XX.--PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT CHAUTAUQUA (1905-1908) 295 XXI.--THE PAGEANT OF THE PAST (1909-1912) 308 XXII.--WAR CLOUDS AND WAR DRUMS (1913-1916) 321 XXIII.--WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH (1917-1920) 338 XXIV.--CHAUTAUQUA'S ELDER DAUGHTERS 361 XXV.--YOUNGER DAUGHTERS OF CHAUTAUQUA 385 APPENDIX 395 INDEX 420

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PAGE LEWIS MILLER _Facing title-page_ JOHN H. VINCENT 4 STEAMER IN THE OUTLET 8 OLD BUSINESS BLOCK 16 OLD AMPHITHEATER 24 OLD AUDITORIUM 24 OLD GUEST HOUSE "THE ARK" 32 OLD CHILDREN'S TEMPLE 32 LEWIS MILLER COTTAGE 40 BISHOP VINCENT'S TENT 40 OLD STEAMER "JAMESTOWN" 50 ORIENTAL HOUSE 50 PALESTINE PARK 60 TENT LIFE 60 SPOUTING TREE 70 RUSTIC BRIDGE 76 AMPHITHEATER AUDIENCE 84 OLD PALACE HOTEL, ETC. 92 OLD HALL OF PHILOSOPHY 100 THE GOLDEN GATE 100 FLOWER GIRLS (2 pictures) 116 PIONEER HALL 122 OLD COLLEGE BUILDING 122 C.L.S.C. ALUMNI HALL 130 CHAUTAUQUA BOOK STORE 140 HALL OF THE CHRIST 150 HALL OF PHILOSOPHY, ENTRANCE 150 CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE 160 FENTON MEMORIAL 160 BAPTIST HEADQUARTERS AND MISSION HOUSE 170 PRESBYTERIAN HEADQUARTERS AND MISSION HOUSE 170 METHODIST HEADQUARTERS 180 DISCIPLES HEADQUARTERS 180 UNITARIAN HEADQUARTERS 190 EPISCOPAL CHAPEL 190 LUTHERAN HEADQUARTERS 200 UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHAPEL 200 SOUTH RAVINE 220 MUSCALLONGE 220 JACOB BOLIN GYMNASIUM 220 ATHLETIC CLUB 230 BOYS' CLUB HEADED FOR CAMP 230 WOMAN'S CLUB HOUSE 240 RUSTIC BRIDGE 240 POST OFFICE BUILDING 250 BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION 250 GOLF COURSE 260 SHERWOOD MEMORIAL 260 TRACTION STATION 260 ARTS AND CRAFTS BUILDING 270 MILLER BELL TOWER 270 SOUTH GYMNASIUM 280 A CORNER OF THE PLAYGROUND 290

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