general meetings as at present and encourage the formation of sections for special meetings, making the leaders of the sections, together with the officers of the general circle, an executive committee.” The plan is good, and if the monthly joint meetings are made “state occasions,” there will be but little danger of the sections losing ground.——At TROY the monthly meetings are conducted in an admirable way—not one of the least of the secrets of their success is their habit of sending out cards with the program, and some such stirring word as this: “We hope every member will be prepared with some facts on No. 6 [“No. 6” was a _conversazione_ on “Our Territories”]. Let us make it a success. Our whole course is highly remunerative to one who reads. Make your hours count for profit. We have all the time there is. Not everything that comes to us and asks a little of our time should be granted audience or gratification.” A similar plan is followed by the “Mettowee” circle, of GRANVILLE, N. Y. A “Round-Table” on a recent program was, “What we have seen (mentally or otherwise) during the past week.” If the Glens Falls people will make their monthly meetings big enough to arouse the pride of the members of the section, the result will not be doubtful.——SHUSHAN, N. Y., has two circles. The younger of the two is reported as “fast becoming one of the fixed and instructive institutions of the village,” a state that the three-year-old circle of DEANSVILLE is already in, we surmise, from the report of the work of its membership. The Deansville circle holds an annual public meeting, at which an entertainment is provided and refreshments served. Preparations are being made for this year’s meeting.——A “Crescent” has appeared in KNOXBORO since the year 1885 began. Though so late in beginning that they are obliged to devote almost all their time to the readings, and are too busy to prepare elaborate programs, the interest has not flagged since the start. The “Crescent” has ten members.——SYRACUSE has always been one of the most interesting of the local centers of the C. L. S. C. Their graduates, of whom one is the genial Secretary of Chautauqua, Mr. W. A. Duncan, have organized a chapter of the “S. H. G.” They propose to hold monthly meetings, and to pursue one of the special courses of study. The membership of this new class is eleven now, and there will be yearly “more to follow.”——The “Philomathean,” of LANCASTER, N. Y., opening with 10 members, has grown to fifteen beside honorary and local members. Constant variety in programs, no “set way,” and hard work have been the maxims of their success.