CHAUTAUQUA YOUNG FOLKS' ANNUAL. Illustrated, Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price, $1.50. We doubt whether in any book of the year prepared for the benefit or entertainment of young readers, another volume can be found which contains within so small a compass so much information about everyday things which can be turned to practical account, as well as that of purely educational value. It is well known that the house of D. Lothrop & Co. was selected by the Chautauqua Association to publish a course of reading of an instructive character for the clubs and unions formed on the Chautauqua plan throughout the country. This has been done for two years past, and the papers so prepared have been issued as monthly supplements to WIDE AWAKE. These, consisting of seven series on distinctly different subjects, have now been brought together into the present annual. The leading series is entitled "Tales of the Pathfinders," and is from the pen of Arthur Gilman, M.A. It deals with the early American pioneers, and presents vivid pictures of some of the more striking incidents in our history. Another series, by Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton, is made up of "Little Biographies" of distinguished men. Another, by that eminent traveller and writer, Felix L. Oswald, has for its subject "Days and Nights in the Tropics," and is full of descriptions of plant and animal life in the warmer regions of South America. "In Case of Accident" consists of instructions what to do in case of accident or injury when a doctor is not at hand, and is from the hand of an experienced physician. "Ways to Do Things" teach the boy reader how to construct ferneries, bookcases, how to bind magazines, how to make a toy railway and train, how to make curious kites, how to make and pitch a tent, and a variety of other things. All this information is for the boys, of course, but the girls will find as much to amuse and interest them in the various articles descriptive of "Anna Maria's Housekeeping." A supplementary series, "What to Do About It," answers to the needs of both boys and girls. The volume is capitally illustrated and handsomely bound.