A very neat little book is that called “Vocal and Action Language.”[R] In a carefully prepared introduction the objections against the study of elocution are very fairly met, and its necessity, importance and history set forth. Public speakers can gather many a useful hint from its pages aside from the practical drill lessons which it contains. [C] Critical and Exegetical Hand-book to the Gospel of Matthew. By Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer, Th.D. Translated from the sixth edition of the German, by the Rev. Peter Christie. New York: Funk and Wagnalls. 1884. [D] One Year’s Sketch Book. Illustrated and arranged by Irene E. Jerome. Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers. New York: Charles T. Dillingham. 1885. [E] Emile; or Concerning Education. Extracts, with an Introduction and Notes by Jules Steeg, Dêputé Paris, France. Translated by Eleanor Worthington. Boston: Ginn, Heath & Co. 1885. [F] The Enchiridion of Wit. The Best Specimens of English Conversational Wit. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1885. [G] A Penniless Girl. A Novel. From the German of W. Heimburg. Translated by Mrs. A. L. Wister. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1885. [H] Episodes of My Second Life. By Antonio Gallengo. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1885. [I] Light Ahead. By Cecelia A. Gardiner. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Walden & Stowe. 1884. Price, $1.25. [J] Pretty Lucy Merwyn. By Mary Lakeman. Boston: Lee & Shepard, publishers. New York: Charles T. Dillingham. 1884. [K] The Common Sense Calendar. By Marion Harland. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1885. [L] “Miss Toosey’s Mission” and “Laddie.” Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1884. [M] The Reality of Religion. By Henry J. Van Dyke, Jr., D.D. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. [N] The Old Fashioned Fairy Book. By Mrs. Burton Harrison. Illustrated by Miss Rosina Emmet. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1884. Price, $2.00. [O] The Poetical works of Lucy Larcom. Household edition. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1885. [P] How We Live, or the Human Body and How to Take Care of it. By James Jolonot and Eugene Bouton, Ph.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1884. [Q] A Compend of Geology. By Joseph Le Conte. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1884. [R] Vocal and Action Language. By E. N. Kirby. Boston: Lee & Shepard, publishers. New York: C. T. Dillingham. 1885. SPECIAL NOTES CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF CHURCH WORK. Rev. Geo. P. Hays, D.D., Director, Box 2529, Denver, Colorado. This school is designed to do whatever may be found practicable in training Christians for official position in their churches, and for personal effort for the conversion of their acquaintances and friends. With this in view, it is divided into two departments, and will during the summer session of 1885 hold two sessions per day.