Programs for Evenings. , 587 



Home Life of the Brook Farm Association, Atlantic Monthly. October 

 and November, 1878. 



Hawthorne, English ]\Ien of Letters Series. 

 Nathaniel Hawthorne and his Wife; Julian Hawthorne. 

 Some questions to ask one's self after reading Hawthorne's Life : 

 Do Hawthorne's works show a sad or a joyous childhood? 

 What experiences ia his early life will account for some of Haw- 

 thorne's eccentricities as a man? 

 \\'hat was Brook Farm of which Hawthorne writes in " The 



Blithedale Romance " ? 

 Was it his need of a steady income or was it his liking for 

 public work which led him to accept appointments under the 

 Government ? 

 \Miat great men were contemporaneous with Hawthorne, and 



inspired him to high literary effort? 

 L^pon what book does his fame rest? 



First January Meeting'. 

 L hitrodnctory Exercises. 



LINCOLN, 1809-1865. 



Music, America. 

 Quotation, President — 



"Let reverence of tJie law be breathed by every mother to the 

 lisping babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in schools, 

 seminaries, and colleges; let if be written in primers, spelling- 

 books, and almanacs; let it be preached from pulpits and pro- 

 claimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice; in 

 short, let it become the political religion of the A^ation." 

 Quotations from Lincoln's Sayings, by ^Members. 



"He is the author of a multitude of good sayings, so disguised 

 as pleasantries that if is certain they had no reputation at iirst 

 but as jests; and only later, by the very acceptance they Und in 

 the mouths of millions, turn out to be the ivisdom of the hour." 



— Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

 Reading — Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. 



{A masterpiece of English prose.) 

 Lincoln's Early Life. Paper by . 



