572 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



The school consisted of twenty members, of whom thirteen 

 were ladies, and lasted for five weeks, during which time 

 gratuitous instruction was given by lectures and otherwise, 

 and short excursions were made in connection with the sub- 

 jects of study. Dr. Newberry, Professor Theodore B. Corn- 

 stock, Professor Albert Tuttle, and Dr. William K. Brooks 

 were the instructors. 



The operations of the school were mainly conducted by 

 Professor Comstock. Facilities were extended by railroad 

 and steamboat companies in the transportation of the school 

 and in various interesting excursions. 



NOEMAL SCHOOL OF NATUEAL SCIENCES. 



Among the other natural-history schools conducted dur- 

 ing the past summer, somewhat on the plan of that at Peni- 

 kese, was one at the town of Normal, in Illinois, which closed 

 on the 11th of August, after a four weeks' course. The class 

 was divided into sections, each section working in concert 

 on the same subject, under the guidance of an instructor. 

 Thirty lectures were delivered, one or two each clay, having 

 close relation to the laboratory work. 



The instructors consisted of Professor Burt G. Wilder, 

 Professor W. S. Barnard, Professor T. G. Burrall, Professor 

 Cyrus Thomas, and Professor S. A. Forbes. 



The materials for the zoological course were abundant, 

 being derived j^artly from Lake Michigan and the Illinois 

 River, and partly from the New England coast, gathered 

 principally by Professor Van Vleck, at Wood's Hole, the 

 head-quarters of the United States Fish Commission. It 

 was stated that a greater variety of animals was availa- 

 ble for study than at Penikese itself. Among others was 

 a supply of the lancelet, or amphioxus, the most rudimentary 

 of known vertebrates, received by Professor Wilder from 

 Naples. 



FIEST ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CIN- 

 CINNATI. 



The first annual report of the Zoological Society of Cin- 

 cinnati for the year 1874 has been published, giving an ac- 

 count of the present condition of that important enterprise. 

 From this we learn that, after various efforts to secure a 



