MASSACHUSETTS is the banner State again. At COCHESETT twenty-four members form a circle of “Plymouth Rocks.” The Longfellow memorial was their first experience with special days; a successful experiment, too, we judge, for they have decided to continue the plan for the remainder of the year. Cochesett is an Assembly offspring—a child of Framingham, which gave the first interest to its zealous founder.——The “Philomaths,” of NEW BEDFORD, send greetings to all our fraternity. Since their reorganization in October the circle has resolved itself into groups of six or seven, which hold weekly round-tables for thorough study.——It is wonderful what enormous interest some circles get on their investments. Here is the “Bryant,” of WORCESTER, MASS., actually making 100 per cent. in less than two years. In the fall of 1883 they began with twenty members, to-day they number forty. Is it far-fetched to attribute something of their success to the “question basket,” which forms an important part of their program?——The “Alphas,” thirty-two in number, of ATTLEBOROUGH, send us some capital hints for our programs. At a Greek evening recently, ten of their number were selected to give brief descriptions of Greek heroes—the rest of the company guessed the hero described. A half hour was also spent at the Mardigras, and a friend, fresh from the carnival scenes, described his experiences among the merry masqueraders. At an hour of electrical experiments a very happy device was exhibited recently before the circle. The electricity played over tin-foil, with grooves an eighth of an inch apart, and through a stencil-like arrangement showed to the surprise of the circle the illuminated letters, “C. L. S. C.”——_The Saturday Union_, of LYNN, MASS., is doing most effective work for the Chautauquans of its vicinity, and a strong body of workers it has to serve. By a late issue we notice that there are in the city six circles, and the list of Chautauquans, which appears with their residences in the same paper, includes 114 names. This “goodly companie” has given a course of lectures this winter; the seventh in the course was on “Electricity”—and by a lady who, we are happy to say, illustrated her talk by apparatus of her own making. Our Chautauqua women! How proud we are growing of their ability, their pluck, their womanliness!——NORTH BROOKFIELD’S circle has recently been favored by a poem on “The Chautauqua Idea,” also by a woman.——It would be unjust to allow a mistake, which found its way into last month’s “Local Circles,” to go uncorrected. At the Longfellow celebration held by the Chautauquans of Boston and vicinity, there were five hundred instead of fifty persons present.