Chautauqua was an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers, and specialists of the day. Here is a delightful allegory of a Chautauqua gathering held by nature in the form of talking flowers, trees, animals, wind, brook, etc. It was written by the author in 1887 to earn enough money for a family trip from her Florida home to the summer Chautauqua gathering at Chautauqua, New York. It was published in time to be offered for sale that summer and brought enough earnings to take the family there. Author biography (pages 25-29) included in this edition.