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lightful connectional life has grown up among the circles and single readers, and it was thought that it would be pleasant to all to have these interesting glimpses of circle life. Every picture is a minder of delightful associations both in the local society and in this widely extending federation. The adaptibility of the Course has here fresh illustration. Here are circles from intelligent college centers; others from factory communities; circles of busy housewives, several made up by bright and ambitious young people; while more than one maintain the only intellectual light in their communities, where books and library Could each aids, even in this age, are scarce. one speak, his message would tell of the intellectual and social joys of a student life, and a more glorious outlook into the great world.

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One group of a few of our older members will attract attention. They are representa

Grow old then cheerily ;

The best is yet to be,

The last of life for which the first was made.

Another unique group of three generations, all in one circle, beautifully illustrates the possibilities in this popular educational movement, alluring parents and children to keep in intellectual sympathy and confidence all their lives.

Still another, who has appropriately named her's the "Solitaire" circle, gives an encouraging suggestion to many in places where an organization seems hopeless, or who by circumstances must pursue their studies alone. All these, aided and encouraged in private study by the MAGAZINE, the teacher of all the Circle,-may share though alone, many of the universal joys, the

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enthusiasms, and the benefits.

The large Jackson group, made up of three enthusiastic circles, likewise shows the most pleasant unity, and the reciprocal life which exists in the large towns and cities where several circles have grown from the initial movement. Among these, united by a common bond, joint receptions, and other delightful occasions are a frequent occurrence. And so, the varied joys and possibilities of the Bay View Circle might be illustrated by pictures and words that would fill this MAGAZINE.

THREE GENERATIONS, MEMBERS OF LECTURIO CIRCLE, JACKSON.

CLASS 1900!

TO belong to the

class that will graduate in the last year of the 19th century, will be enough inducement to many to enroll in the new class of 1900. Membership books will be opened early at Bay View indeed the honor of being the first to enroll has been anticipated by a large, new circle, in Lima, O. Class officers will be chosen at an early Bay View meeting, and then, look out for an effort. to eclipse the bril liant career of Class. '99 last summer, when it won fameand admiration on. more than one occasion.

THIS large organization, imbued with much

of the college spirit, with its delightful comradeships and reunions, naturally turns to Bay View for its summer center, and plans of extraordinary interest have been made for the pleasure of members and friends. Large numbers are planning to be present, including most of the class officers and State secretaries. The custom of class reunions, inaugurated last summer, will become a pleasant feature, and both class and general receptions will be of frequent occurrence. Passing a round of social, business, and eventide gatherings, of particular interest will be the literary occasions. The universal friendly feeling toward the Circle, prevails among the prominent lecturers, many of whom will grace the Circle program. It will be an event when Mr. George R. Wendling gives his celebrated dramatic lecture on "Hamlet." Mr. Leon H. Vincent will also give the Circle one of his best, "Swinburne as the Poet of Freedom." The English Course will be delightfully enriched by three lectures by Miss Grace A. Greene, of Dayton, O., who comes as the guest of the Circle, and will speak three times, on "A Tramp through Sommersetshire," Kenilworth and Stratford-on-Avon," and "The Charm of London.' The American Course in the Assembly pro

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gram, and a special Circle lecture on "The Puritans," by Mrs. Abby Morton Diaz, of Boston, by lineage and tradition a Puritan of Puritans, all together will

give a pleasant first view of the wealth of interest in the next Course.

The Circle's Anniversary, which has come to be the literary event of the season, will this year be of more than ordinary interest, for Rev. Charles F. Aked, one of the most notable of orators, comes from England to give the address. Of course these

MR. AKED.

are but a portion of the pleasant interests. At Bay View the members will be particularly at home. The pleasant headquarters in Evelyn Hall will be the rallying point where many delightful hours will be arranged. Here the general secretary, Miss Carrie B. Taylor, will be constantly on duty, always ready to do favors for members. Members should register at the earliest moment and receive a badge giving priority on all circle occasions where the public is welcomed, too. The books for the new Course can be procured at headquarters.

WE want the

touch of

Christ's hand upon our literature as it touched other dead things; we want the sense of Christ's consecration upon the soul of our poets, that it may cry through them in answer to the ceaseless wail of the Sphinx of our

humanity. Something of this has been preserved in all art when its glory was at it fullest. -Mrs. Browning.

REVIEW QUESTIONS. "Recreations in Astronomy."

CHAPTER X.

1. What is said of the Greeks in regard to their knowledge of heavenly bodies?

2. How are star maps made?

3. Show how a star is exactly located. 4. What is the result of astronomical study? 5. What renders the star Draconis famous? 6. What is said of the readiness of the human mind to deify its heroes?

7. For the next ten pages make such questions as seem to you best.

8. How does our view of the heavenly bodies differ from that of the Greeks?

9. What is said of the number of the stars? 10. What is said of stars in the Milky Way? 11. What is said of double stars?

12. What is said of the color of stars? 13. What is said of groups and clusters of stars?

14. What is said of the Milky Way?

15. What is said of nebulæ?

16. What is said of variable stars?

17. What are new, temporary, and lost stars? 18. Give the concluding paragraph on page 228.

"Robert Browning."

1. What is author's estimate of Browning? 2. Relate the incident in New York Nineteenth Century Club. Its application.

3. Why do so many fail to understand Browning?

4. What are considered his noblest works? 5. Contrast Browning with Tennyson.

6. Give the author's beautiful sentiment toward closing.

"Oxford and Cambridge Universities." 1. How do these grand institutions differ from all others?

2. Why is the 13th century memorable? 3. Who are the principal founders of the colleges?

4. What great change in the social life? 5. When is social life at its height? Effect upon guests?

6. What of the public schools?

7. Speak of Eton, Winchester, and Harrow, their location and importance.

"William E. Gladstone."

1. Meaning of Gled-Stane? Gladstone's nationality?

2. What of his early training? His school life?

3. Why is Gladstone compared to a volcano? 4. What is the force of his argument? 5. His poetical talent? His view of free trade? His general characteristics?

6. Give the comparison drawn with Lincoln. 7. Describe the visit to Hawarden.

8. Who is Rev. Harry Drew? His opinion of Americans?

9. Describe the Gladstone residence.

OF all the beautiful books that have been received this year, is the incomparable Beautiful Britain,' from the Werner Company, of Chicago. As an art work, descriptive of the scenery, the splendors of palaces, and ivy-covered castle ruins, it is one of the most superb productions of the printer's art. Americans are the most widely traveled people of the world, and no one goes abroad without a fond desire to visit the famous spots of England, where heroic deeds, beautiful life, legend and story, haunt them with precious memories. Even to the tens of thousands who can never cross the ocean, it is an unfailing pleasure to possess glorious reminders of the precious scenes familiarized by poets and scholars. In Beautiful Britain" are nearly two hundred of these scenes, in the softest and clearest half-tones, with terse and yet historically full letter-press descriptions. The leaves are eleven by fourteen inches, the paper is heavy; and all that the printer's art can do has been done to make this work worthy the high compliment which Her Majesty, the queen, has bestowed upon it.

ANOTHER very readable book from A. C. Mc Clurg & Co., is Professor Parker's "Familiar Talks on Astronomy." The title exactly tells its plan and aim. The style is direct and free from technicalities, and the work is comprehensive. It has a great many more facts than most popular-science works have, and is therefore probably more satisfactory. This clear, compact, and easily understood work will not only be enjoyed by the young, but by older people as well.

IN the flood of Lincoln literature that publishers have been pouring upon the market, one is often troubled to know which life to select. Nor can the reviewer render much help, unless he has made a special study. There is one work in the mass which has merited generous approval. It is Isaac N. Arnold's Abraham Lincoln," of which A. C. Mc Clurg & Co., Chicago, are the fortunate publishers. Most of the Lincoln books are too full for ordinary readers, but this one will strike most people as neither too long nor too short. It has four hundred and fifty pages, is printed on good paper, and is substantially bound. But of special value to the student are the literary features. Mr. Arnold was for a quarter of a century the friend and trusted

Mrs. Hale.

adviser of President Lincoln, and was therefore thoroughly qualified to write his life. He, above all others, has entered into a large view of the life and work of Mr. Lincoln as they bear upon the nation. The publishers point, in proof of the superiority of the work, to the six editions they have been called upon to issue within a few years

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IN a recent issue of this MAGAZINE an tended account was given of Harper & Brothers' admirable series of "English Men of Letters." Since then four additional works in the series have been received Scott," "Burns," "Wordsworth," and "Dickens." Each of these merit extended mention. The biography of Scott is a happy condensation, leaving all that is essential. Of course it is based on Lockhart's great ten-volume work, which has probably had but few readers, because of its size. Any one wanting the main facts of these authors' lives will find them in these works of only about two hundred pages each. Most that one wants to know can be had here quickly, saving a great deal of irrelevant matter and sifting. The fact that John Morley undertook the editorship of this series is assurance of their value.