The full accounts of the C. L. S. C. commencement exercises at the summer Assemblies, which we publish this month, take the place of the reports from the local circles. It is only for this month, however. The department will continue to be a regular feature of the magazine. These reports have been of great service to local circles everywhere, and we earnestly request that full and exact accounts of work should be forwarded us by the president or secretary of each local circle. Let any new feature in the program be fully described; give us all the new plans for social work, give everything that will be suggestive and helpful. Several times last year we were asked how to work up a new circle, or to revive a dying one. Where leaders have had experience in building up these circles let them give testimony through the “Local Circle” column. It may help others in similar circumstances. The new and helpful features are what we want for this department. If the members will co-operate, the local circle reports will be very useful. OUTLINE OF C. L. S. C. STUDIES. OCTOBER, 1883. The required readings for October are: Parts 7 and 8 of the second volume of Timayenis’s “History of Greece” for students having read the first volume, but for students of class 1887 the first ninety-one pages of “Brief History of Greece.” Chautauqua Text-book, No. 5, “Greek History,” by Dr. J. H. Vincent. “Primer of American Literature,” by C. F. Richardson. Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. The division is as follows: _First Week_ (ending October 8)—1. The first three chapters of part 7 of Timayenis’s “History of Greece;” or from page 1 to “Age of Pericles,” page 23, in “Brief History of Greece.” 2. American Literature, the first two chapters. 3. Readings in American Literature in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. 4. Sunday Readings, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, selection for October 7. _Second Week_ (ending October 16)—1. Timayenis’s “History of Greece,” from chapter iv., part 7, to chapter ii., part 8, or in “Brief History of Greece,” from “The Age of Pericles,” page 23, to “The Civilization,” page 46. 2. American Literature, from page 30 to page 55, inclusive. 3. Readings in Physical Science in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. 4. Sunday Readings, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, selection for October 14. _Third Week_ (ending October 24)—1. “History of Greece” (Timayenis’s) from chapter ii., page 73, to chapter vi., page 115, or in “Brief History of Greece,” from page 46, “The Civilization,” to “Manners and Customs,” page 71. 2. American Literature, from page 56, section 34, to page 81. 3. Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN on German History and Political Economy. 4. Sunday Readings, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, selection for October 21.