rsements, we may confidently affirm that a book on
Chautauqua, its story, its principles, and its influence in the world,
is warranted.

And now, a few words of explanation as to this particular book. The
tendency in preparing such a work is to make it documentary, the recital
of programs, speakers, and subjects. In order to lighten up the pages, I
have sought to tell the story of small things as well as great, the
witty as well as the wise words spoken, the record of by-play and
repartee upon the platform, in those days when Chautauqua speakers were
a fraternity. In fact, the title by which the body of workers was known
among its members was "the Gang." Some of these stories are worth
preserving, and I have tried to recall and retain them in these pages.

JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT.

Feb. 1, 1921.

CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE vii
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 (19