President Fairbairn, of England, has requested the postponement of his lectures on English Philosophy until the season of 1884.

The new building for the “School of Languages” and the “Teachers’ Retreat,” will not be erected this spring.

The C. T. R. and the C. S. L. will open July 14, Saturday, with one of the most brilliant popular programs ever given at Chautauqua.

The “Ideal Summer Trip to Europe,” by the “Chautauqua Foreign Tourists,” packing a three mouths’ journey “abroad” into fifteen days at home, will begin on Monday, July 16.

Dr. Chas. J. Little, of Dickinson College, will give ten “Thirty Minute Talks” before the “Retreat,” on “A Teacher’s Look at the Soul, or the Relations of Psychology to the Art of Teaching.” He will also lecture on “Literature of the Nineteenth Century.”

Profs. Sherwin and Case have control of the musical department this year. There are rumors concerning a “Chautauqua quartette,” a band, rare choruses, a class in “Music Teaching in the Public Schools,” grand concerts, classic music, etc.

Edward L. Wilson, Esq., of Philadelphia, with the new “Chautauqua stereopticon,” and over one thousand views in Europe, Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine, will, it is hoped, be present at the “Retreat.”

Melvil Dui, of Boston, will open at Chautauqua, July 14 a “Museum of Useful Things for Students and Teachers.” He will lecture on “The Metric System.”

Wallace Bruce, Esq., at the C. T. R., on “Walter Scott,” “Men of the People,” “Shakespere’s Heroines,” “Legends of the Hudson,” “Growth and Influence of Poetry,” “Bacon and Shakspere.”

“The Day Fireworks,” in all probability this year—July 14. “Not a menagerie in the air?” Why not?

A “Pestalozzi Day” and a “Rugby Day” this year at the C. T. R.

Dr. J. T. Edwards’s course of illustrated lectures on “Physical Science;” Prof. W. D. MacClintock on “Anglo-Saxon, Chaucer, and Shakspere;” Mrs. Kraus-Boelte on “Kindergarten;” Prof. Frank Beard on “Art;” E. A. Spring, sculptor, on “Clay-Modeling;” Prof. R. L. Cummock on “Elocution;” with sermons by Drs. Sims, Payne, etc., help to make a rich program for the C. T. R. of ’83.

It is just like Lewis Miller, Esq., of Akron, O., to present that magnificent stereopticon to the C. T. R. He dreams—and lo, his dreams are deeds!

Picnics, excursions on the lake, spelling school (prizes), public debate, parlor receptions, museum, concerts, etc., at the C. T. R.

A course of lessons in “Cookery,” by Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, of Chicago.

Prof. W. D. Bridge, V.D.M., will continue his instructions in “Stenography.”

The excursion rate from New York City to Chautauqua and back, last year, was eighteen dollars.

In the “Chautauqua School of Languages,” instruction will be given by

Prof. J. H. Worman, Ph.D., in German.

Prof. A. Lalande, in French.

Prof. H. Lummis, in Greek and Latin.

Prof. W. R. Harper, Ph.D., in Hebrew.

Prof. W. D. MacClintock, in Anglo-Saxon.

The Rev. J. A. Worden, D.D., will attend the Chautauqua Assembly this season.

The “Chautauqua School of Theology,” under the direction of Rev. A. A. Wright, will hold several “Jerusalem Chamber Conferences.”

The following are a few of the lecturers and workers for ’83 already pledged:

Joseph Cook.

Dr. J. B. Thomas, of Brooklyn.

Dr. A. G. Haygood, of Georgia.

Bishop H. W. Warren, who will preach, and will also lecture on “Will Man Outgrow the Bible?”

Judge A. W. Tourgee, of Philadelphia, will lecture on “Give Us a Rest.”

Prof. W. C. Richards, a course of nine lectures in science.

Dr. J. B. Angell, president of Michigan University.

Frank Beard, on “Ten Years at Chautauqua.”

Dr. Joseph Cummings, president of the Northwestern University.

Dr. D. A. Goodsell, of New Haven, Conn.

Dr. P. S. Henson, of Chicago, on “The Plagiarism of Modern Science.”

Dr. J. S. Jewell, of Chicago, four lectures on “Brain and Nerve Health, and How to Preserve it.”

Dr. H. H. Moore, of Erie Conference.

Dr. W. F. Mallalieu, of Boston.

Rev. Frank Russell, of Mansfield, O., on “The Man Invisible.”

Rev. Dr. Julius Seelye, president Amherst College.

Students of the “Chautauqua Teachers’ Retreat,” and of the “School of Languages,” are requested to be careful not to engage rooms and board for the season without consulting the authorities at Chautauqua. Some cottages make insufficient provisions of furniture, bedding, etc., and the management is determined to protect all students against imposition.

The Xth year of the Chautauqua Assembly will open in a storm of enthusiasm on Tuesday evening, August 7, 1883.

The courses of lectures—literary and scientific—during the “Teachers’ Retreat,” July 14 to August 2, and especially the “Ideal Summer Trip Beyond the Sea,” will attract the people from all parts of the lake and vicinity. Tickets admitting to the “C. T. R.,” $4. This will include the “Foreign Tourists’ Conference,” as well as the stereopticon exhibitions.

The following letter, addressed to Dr. Vincent, explains why Dr. Fairbairn, of England, will not be at Chautauqua the coming season: