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The Children's museum bulletin, no. 1-18. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 

 1902-Mar. 1904. 8 and 12. m. 

 Continued as: 



The Children's museum news. no. 1-8. Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 1904- 

 Mar. 1905. 8 & 12. 



m., except June-Sept. Superseded by: 



The Museum news. [v. I, i. e.] no. i-io. Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 

 i905-May 1906. 8. 



m., except June-Sept, v. 2 in progress. 



ist-i7th Yearbook of the Brooklyn institute, 1888/89-1904/05. Brook- 

 lyn, 1889-1905. 12 (ist, 16.) 



Report upon the condition and progress of the museums, 1904-05. 

 [Brooklyn, N. Y., 1905-06.] 8. 



The Institute issues also an annual prospectus, and monthly and weekly 

 bulletins, containing announcements of lectures, concerts, etc. 



Distribution. Exchange with publications of learned societies, museums or uni- 

 versities. Address the Curator of Books, Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., from whom a price-list of all publications can be obtained. Science bul- 

 letin and Memoirs also on sale by the Macmillan Co., New York. 

 Research funds, &c. Income derived from endowment funds and annual 



municipal appropriations. Scientific expeditions are sent out from the 



museum. 



BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS 

 AND SCIENCE. 



Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N. Y. Director: C. B. Davenport. 

 Established 1899, to afford instruction, especially in field biology, to 

 teachers and others, and to offer facilities to investigators. Session for 

 instruction, lasting six weeks, from ist Wednesday in July. Tables pro- 

 vided free to persons engaged in research. 



Long Island Historical Society. 



Address. Pierrepont Street (cor. Clinton), Brooklyn, N. Y. Librarian: 

 Emma Toedteberg. 



History. Organized Mar. 1863 ; incorporated in Apr. of the same year. 

 Library of about 70,000 volumes and 20,000 pamphlets, and historical 

 museum, in the society's building, occupied since 1881. 



Rcf. : Sketch of the society, 1863-1891, in pamphlet entitled: Long Island 



historical society, Brooklyn, N. Y. [1891.] 



Object. To discover, procure and preserve whatever may relate to general his- 

 tory, to the natural, civil, literary and ecclesiastical history of the United States, 

 the State of New York, and more particularly the counties, cities, towns and 



