4. _Milton’s Day._ December 9. [Milton born December 9, 1608.] Read “Hymn of the Nativity,” and “Satan.” 5. _College Day._ January—last Thursday. This is the day of prayer for colleges usually observed in the churches. 6. _Special Sunday._ February—Second Sunday. Read Psalm xix. 7. _Shakspere’s Day._ April 23. [Shakspere born April 23, 1564.] Read “Fall of Cardinal Wolsey,” (Henry VIII, act iii, scene 2,) and “Hamlet’s Soliloquy on Death,” (Act iii, scene 1.) 8. _Addison’s Day._ May 1. [Addison born May 1, 1672.] Read the “Vision of Mirza,” and “Omnipresence and Omniscience of the Deity.” 9. _Special Sunday._ May—Second Sunday. Read Matt. xxv. 10. _Special Sunday._ July—Second Sunday. Read 1 Cor. xiii. 11. _Inauguration Day._ August—First Saturday after First Tuesday. Anniversary of C. L. S. C., at Chautauqua. 12. _St. Paul’s Day._ August—Second Saturday after First Tuesday. Anniversary of the Dedication of St. Paul’s Grove at Chautauqua. Read Acts xvii, 10-34. SPECIAL NOTE.—Let each member of the C. L. S. C. prepare a brief memorandum, for his own use, on the birth, life, times, and influence of Bryant, Milton, Shakspere, and Addison. * * * * * It is a pleasant surprise to read the proceedings of the recent national convention of the W. C. T. U., held in Louisville, Ky. This is certainly one of the most complete and efficient temperance organizations this nation ever produced. The women have divided their work into several departments: temperance literature, the evangelistic work, prison and police station work, the Southern work, the German work, work among colored people, the young women’s work, hygiene, legislative department, etc., etc. The convention was entertained handsomely by the good people of Louisville. Its session was harmonious, and its proceedings will create a stronger temperance sentiment wherever they are read. Miss Frances E. Willard was re-elected president, receiving every vote of every delegate in the convention, and there were more than thirty States represented. Elsewhere in this number of THE CHAUTAUQUAN our readers will find an article that was read before the convention, which traces the history of the W. C. T. U. back to Chautauqua as the place of its origin. The W. C. T. U., with its fifty thousand workers, can say of Chautauqua, “I was born there.” * * * * * The _Advance_ puts our “winter work” in these words: “It presses now—what is it? First and chiefly, at least for ministers, to edify believers in holy character; for the perfecting of the saints, the edifying of the body of Christ. For it is Christian character which converts sinners to Christ, which burns with a holy evangelistic zeal, and is likely to secure conversions even without directly aiming at them. It is consecrated character which has power with God and with men.” * * * * *