LIBRARY 89 



The Faxon bequest brought to the Library his unrivalled collection 

 of Wilsoniana, as also numerous original drawings and paintings by 

 this early American ornithologist. The Museum also possesses many 

 original sketches, etc., by Audubon, as well as much manuscript ma- 

 terial by him. The Garman library was rich in Linnaeana as well as 

 rare early works on fishes and reptiles. 



The death masks of Agassiz and Audubon are exhibited in the de- 

 livery room, as well as the manuscript of Longfellow's well know^n 

 poem written for a birthday of Louis Agassiz and also holograph 

 letters of Linnaeus, Buffon, Cuvier, Humboldt and other early 

 naturalists. 



