Essentials of English for Schools, Colleges, and Private Study. By Alfred H. Welsh, A. M. Chicago: L. C. Griggs & Co. 1884. Stories by American Authors. Vol. V. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1884. Echoes from the Valley. By Rob Roy McGregor Parrish. Portland, Oregon. Geo. H. Himes, Printer and Publisher. 1883. Cookery for Beginners. A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers. By Marion Harland. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. A Golden Inheritance. By Reese Rockwell. New York: Phillips & Hunt. 1884. A Dictionary of Miracles. Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic. By the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1884. Which: Right or Wrong? By M. L. Moreland. Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers. 1883. A Mother’s Souvenir. By Mrs. H. W. T. Sayers. Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford. 1884. The King’s Men. A Tale of To-morrow. By Robert Grant, John Boyle O’Reilly, J. S. of Dale, and John T. Wheelwright. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1884. College Greek Course in English. By William Cleaver Wilkinson. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884. Spiritual Life; Its Nature, Urgency, and Crowning Excellence. By Rev. J. H. Potts, A. M. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884. Christina; or, The Persecuted Family. A Tale of Sorrow and Suffering. By Rev. J. Dillon. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884. One Little Rebel. By Julia B. Smith. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884. Centenary Thoughts for the Pew and Pulpit of Methodism, in Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-four. By R. S. Foster, one of the Bishops of the M. E. Church. New York: Phillips & Hunt. Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. 1884. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls. By Edward Eggleston. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1884. SPECIAL NOTES. All business correspondence relating to Chautauqua or the Hotel Athenæum should be addressed to W. A. Duncan, Syracuse, N. Y. * * * * * Members of the C. L. S. C. should remember that Appleton’s “Chemistry,” published by the Providence Lithograph Company is the one used in the Required Readings for 1884-85. Appleton’s “Young Chemist” can not be substituted for it. * * * * * One favor is granted by Professor Hall, of the department of microscopy in the Chautauqua University, to the twenty circles of the C. L. S. C. who make early applications. He will give instruction in microscopy, and will loan twenty boxes, six slides each, of specimens, the circles to procure a thirty dollar instrument, such as he has recommended, and to pay the postage on the slides both ways. * * * * *