O. MISCELLANEOUS. 595 



has been purchased, for the sum of $20,000, by the trustees 

 of the Public Library in the city of Louisville. This collec- 

 tion, according to the American Journal of Science, contains 

 13,582 specimens in mineralogy, 2815 organic remains, be- 

 tween 2000 and 3000 rock specimens, besides a considerable 

 collection of modern shells and some archaeological speci- 

 mens. The mineralogical collection is catalogued and mi- 

 nutely described in two large manuscript volumes. 4 D, 

 October, 187 4, 319. 



PROPOSED CATALOGUE OF ALL SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. 



Mr. Rauis, assistant secretary of the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences of Brussels, in Belgium, proposes to publish a cat- 

 alogue of all scientific institutions of whatever character, 

 Avhether academies, societies, observatories, universities, mu- 

 seums, etc. He desires to obtain information on the follow- 

 ing points: 1. Title of the establishment. 2. Date of founda- 

 tion, creation, etc. 3. Its aim. 4. Titles of the directorate. 

 5. Seat of the institution, with its exact address. 6. Meet- 

 ings, prizes, etc. 7. Does the establishment possess a library, 

 archives, museum, cabinet of medals or antiquities, observa- 

 tories, laboratories ? 8. Publications : number and nature 

 (bulletin, reviews, annals, or memoirs) ; number of volumes 

 published from the commencement ; the easiest way of pro- 

 curing these publications, whether by purchase or exchange.. 

 9. All other useful information not comprised in the preced- 

 ing questions. We trust that our American establishments 

 will not fail to respond to this request as fully as they can, 

 so that they may be properly represented in the new work. 

 12 A, September 17, 1874, 407. 



REPORT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON'. 



The report of the Council of the Zoological Society of Lon- 

 don, presented on the 29th of April, 1874, makes a very sat- 

 isfactory exhibit on the part of this institution, which is al- 

 most as well known in America as in Europe. It may be 

 proper to state that the society itself carries on operations 

 precisely like those of ordinary scientific institutions; name- 

 ly, with officers and members of various grades, holding reg- 

 ular meetings, and publishing reports of its transactions. Its 

 reports, however, are pre-eminent for their scientific zoologic- 



