man may find everything she
requires.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
PREFACE vii
I SUGGESTIONS FOR CLUB WORK 1
II COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT 6
III A STUDY OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES 14
IV SOME POETS OF TO-DAY 27
V THE WORLD'S ISLANDS 39
VI THE BUSINESS OF BEING A HOUSEKEEPER 54
VII A STUDY OF SONGS 66
VIII SOME OF THE WORLD'S FAMOUS BUILDINGS 76
IX FOUR SHORT PROGRAMS 91
X CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CANAL 104
XI THE WORK OF THE RURAL CLUB 118
XII THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND 131
XIII WOMAN'S PROBLEMS OF WORK 139
XIV WOMAN'S PROBLEMS OF WORK (Con.) 145
XV SOME GREAT MEN OF OUR TIME 158
XVI THE LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE 172
XVII THE AGE OF QUEEN ANNE 187
XVIII OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 195
XIX SPECIAL PROGRAMS ON GREAT MEN AND WOMEN 210
XX PROGRAMS FROM CLUBS 224
XXI WHAT CLUBS ARE STUDYING 236
XXII BRIEF ONE DAY PROGRAMS 247
XXIII HOW TO MAKE A YEAR BOOK 263
XXIV A MODEL CONSTITUTION 280
XXV RULES OF ORDER FOR CLUBS 285

CHAPTER I

SUGGESTIONS FOR CLUB WORK

There is no difficulty in starting a club; any group of women who are
interested in the same things may form themselves into a simple
organization. But the great question will surely arise: What shall we
study? And here club members are certain to divide into three distinct
classes.

The first group consists of women who have for years been absorbed in
home-making and child-rearin