meeting, at which they used the Christmas vesper and praise service which appeared in THE CHAUTAUQUAN for December. The service was followed by an address and several entertaining exercises. This is exactly the work which enhances the value of the circle, both for the members and for the community. It raises a circle to the point where it becomes the medium through which all extra social occasions may be observed. It makes it not only a reading club, but a factor in the social, religious and intellectual life of a community. At DARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA, we learn from a local paper, there is also an energetic circle. They have done good work in introducing the C. L. S. C. to the public, securing a notice of a public vesper service, an explanation of the work they are doing, mention of the circles in the vicinity, and following their information by announcing their next meeting with a cordial invitation to the public to be present. In November last two new circles were formed in MAINE. A “Pine Tree” circle, of twenty-seven members, coming from DOVER and FOXCROFT. These beautiful villages are closely connected by covered bridges—the Piscataquis river flowing between, though it is a hard matter for a stranger to see where one begins or the other ends, so much like one village are they. A friendly way to live, is it not? These classmates have evidently learned what Thackeray found out in London long ago—that “A man ought to like his neighbors, to be popular with his neighbors. It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.” But we all learn that in the C. L. S. C. The second is the “Simpson” circle at AUBURN, where the Rev. G. D. Lindsay is president. Sixteen enthusiasts make up the circle which, so far, finds the work suggested in THE CHAUTAUQUAN sufficient for its needs.