A pleasing book for fireside reading is “Bright and Happy Homes.”[R] It is largely a compilation, and, too, on a subject on which much fresh and valuable matter is being constantly written. The book contains, however, the best and wisest articles on all varieties of home affairs, and can not fail to both amuse and instruct. BOOKS RECEIVED. “Life of Luther.” By Julius Köstlin. With illustrations from authentic sources. Translated from the German. Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York. 1883. “A Brief Handbook of English Authors.” By Oscar Fay Adams. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1884. “The Odes of Horace.” Complete in English Rhyme and Blank Verse. By Henry Hubbard Pierce, U.S.A. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1884. “Richard’s Crown; How he Won and Wore It.” By Anna D. Weaver. Published by the author. Jamestown, New York. “An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” By Thomas Gray. The artist’s edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1883. “Probationers Catechism and Compendium.” By Rev. S. Olin Garrison, M.A. New York: Phillips & Hunt; Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe. 1883. “Small Things,” by Reese Rockwell. New York: Phillips & Hunt; Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe. 1883. “His Keeper.” By Miss M. E. Winslow. New York: Phillips & Hunt; Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe. 1883. “Sights and Insights; or, Knowledge by Travel.” By Rev. Henry W. Warren. New York: Phillips & Hunt; Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe. “Worthington’s Annual.” New York: R. Worthington. 1884. “Appleton’s European Guide-Book for English-Speaking Travelers.” Nineteenth edition. Two volumes. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1883. “Through Cities and Prairie Lands.” Sketches of an American Tour. By Lady Duffus Hardy. New York: R. Worthington. 1881. “A Yacht Voyage.” Letters from High Latitudes. By Lord Dufferin. New York: R. Worthington. 1882. “Across Patagonia.” By Lady Florence Dixie. New York: R. Worthington. 1881. “The Watering Places and Mineral Springs of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.” By Edward Gutmann, M.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1880. [Illustration: ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. _Sold only in cans._ ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall Street, New York.] THE CHAUTAUQUAN. 1883-1884. The Fourth Volume Begins with October, 1883. A monthly magazine, 76 pages, ten numbers in the volume, beginning with October and closing with July. THE CHAUTAUQUAN is the official organ of the C. L. S. C., adopted by the Rev. J. H. Vincent, D.D., Lewis Miller, Esq., Lyman Abbott, D.D., Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D., Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D., and Rev. J. M. Gibson, D.D., Counselors of the C. L. S. C. One-half of the “Required Readings” in the C. L. S. C. course of study for 1883-84 will be published only in THE CHAUTAUQUAN.