P. 13, c. 1—“Mem´non.” A statue of a hero of the Trojan war. It is called musical because at sunrise a sound comes from it like the twang of a harp string. It has been conjectured that this tone was caused by the expansive effect of the sun’s rays upon the stone. P. 13, c. 1 “Ram´ses;” “Tu´rin.” P. 13, c. 1—“Osiris,” o-si´ris. One of the chief divinities of the Egyptians. P. 13, c. 1—“Louvre,” loovr; “Abou Simbel,” â-boo-sim´bel; “Coptic,” cŏp´tic. P. 13, c. 2—“Edfou,” ed´foo´; “Denderah,” den´der-äh. P. 13, c. 2-“Hadrian,” ha´drĭ-an, or Adrian. (76-138.) Roman Emperor. P. 13, c. 2—“Botta,” bot´ä; “Mo´sul.” P. 14, c. 1—“Sarcophaguses,” sar-cŏph´a-gŭses. Literally the word means _eating flesh_, and was named from the peculiar kind of limestone used by the Greeks for making coffins which consumed the body in a short time. Now a coffin or tomb made from stone of any kind. P. 14, c. 1—“Cambyses,” kam-bī´sēz. The second king of Persia, and probably the Ahasuerus mentioned in Ezra. AMERICAN LITERATURE. P. 14, c. 2—“Sandys.” The extract here given is taken from the dedication of one of Sandys’s works to Prince Charles, afterward King Charles I. The work bears the ambitious title, “A Relation of a Journey begun in A. D. 1610; Four Bookes containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Egypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy and Islands adjoining.” Of this work a traveler of the times says, “The descriptions are so faithful and perfect that they leave little to be added by after-comers, and nothing to be corrected.” P. 15, c. 2—“Mogul,” mo-gūl´. A person of the Mongolian race. P. 15, c. 2—“_Cæteris paribus._” Other things being equal. P. 15, c. 2—“Boyle,” boil. (1626-1691.) An Irish chemist and philosopher. He has been called the inventor of the air pump, and by it he demonstrated the elasticity of the air. His charity and philanthropy gave him the reverence of his associates and his philosophical experiments placed him among scientists. He has been called “the great Christian philosopher.” P. 15, c. 2—“Bodleian,” bōd´le-an. Pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, who founded a celebrated library in Oxford in the sixteenth century. P. 15, c. 2—“Văt´i-can.” An assemblage of buildings in Rome, including the Pope’s palace, museum, library, etc. P. 16, c. 1—“Edwards.” This selection is taken from Edwards’s treatise on the “Religious Affections.” CHAUTAUQUA CHILDREN’S CLASS, 1883. The grades of the written examination are given upon the standard of 100. The three receiving 98⅔ in the full-course list are entitled to the prizes. No prizes are given to those passing only on the lessons of the first series, but their standards are given showing good work. FULL COURSE.