UNITED STATES I2/ 



collection representing the paleontology of the State of New York. 

 The Children's Museum established in 1899 contains collections in 

 natural history and a natural history library for the use of children in 

 the public and private schools of Brooklyn. 



Ref.: I7th Yearbook, p. 107-138. 



Object. To establish and maintain museums and libraries of art and science; to 

 encourage the study of the arts and sciences and their application to the practical 

 wants of man ; to advance knowledge in science and in general to provide means 

 for instruction through its collections, libraries and lectures. 



Meetings. Monthly meetings of each of the 28 departments at various places in 

 Brooklyn; council meeting, ist Monday of each month, July and Aug. excepted; 

 meetings of trustees, 2d Friday of each month, July to Sept. excepted. 



Membership. 6,750 associate members (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $5) ; 338 life 

 members ($100 or more) ; 55 permanent members ($1,000 or more) ; 8 patrons 

 ($10,000 or more) ; I benefactor ($100,000 or more) ; 248 corresponding mem- 

 bers; 24 fellows; 22 honorary. 



Publications. 

 SCIENCE BULLETIN, v. I, no. 1-9. New York, 1901-06. 8. 



Price: $3 per vol. 



MEMOIRS OF ART AND ARCHEOLOGY, v. I, no. 1-2, 4. New York, 

 1902-04. 4. 



Contents: no. i. A renaissance leaning fagade at Genoa. By W. H. Good- 

 year. Oct. 1902. no. 2. The architectural refinements of St. Mark's at 

 Venice ; with remarks on other churches showing a similar system of 

 leaning verticals. By W. H. Goodyear. Dec. 1902. no. 4. Vertical 

 curves and other architectural refinements in the Gothic cathedrals and 

 churches of northern France and in early Byzantine churches of Con- 

 stantinople. Apr. 1904. 

 Prices: no. I, 5oc. ; no. 2, $1.50; no. 4, SDC. 



MEMOIRS OF NATURAL SCIENCES, v. I, no. i. Apr. 1904. Brook- 

 lyn, 1904. 4. 



Contents: no. i. Medusa of the Bahamas. By A. G. Mayer. 

 Price: \. I, no. i, $i. 



COLD SPRING HARBOR MONOGRAPHS. I-VI. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1903- 

 06. 8. 



Contents: i. The beach flea: Talorchestia longicornis. By M. E. Small- 

 wood. May 1903. 2. The Collembola of Cold Spring beach, with special 

 reference to the movements of Poduridcs. By C. B. Davenport. July 

 1903. 3. The salt-marsh amphipod : Orchestic, palustris. By M. E. 

 Smallwood. March, 1905. 4. The life history of the case bearers. I. 

 Chlamys plicata. By E. M. Briggs. March, 1905. 5. The mud snail: 

 Nassa obsoleta. By A. C. Dimon. Apr. 1905. 6. The behavior of the 

 pond snail : Lynmccus elodes Say. By H. E. Walter. Mar. 1906. 



