xxiv Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



LIBRARY. 



After its organization, the Academy met in Pope's Medical 

 College, where a creditable beginning had been made toward 

 the formation of a museum and library, until May, 1869, when 

 the building and museum were destroyed by fire, the library 

 being saved. The library now contains 17,070 books and 15,- 

 664 pamphlets, and is open during certain hours of the day for 

 consultation by members and persons engaged in scientific work. 



PUBLICATIONS AND EXCHANGES. 



Seventeen thick octavo volumes of Transactions have been 

 published since the organization of the Academy, and widely 

 distributed. Two quarto publications have also been issued: 

 one from the Archaeological Section, being a contribution to 

 the archaeology of Missouri, and the other a report of the ob- 

 servations made by the Washington University Eclipse Party 

 of 1889. The Academy now stands in exchange relations with 

 585 institutions or organizations of aims similar to its own. 



MUSEUM. 



After the loss of its first museum, in 1869, the Academy 

 lacked adequate room for the arrangement of a public museum, 

 and, although small museum accessions were received and cared 

 for, its main effort of necessity was concentrated on the holding 

 of meetings, the formation of a library, the publication of 

 worthy scientific matter, and the maintenance of relations with 

 other scientific bodies. 



But now in possession of a suitable home, full attention can 

 again be devoted to the museum, and the same is gradually 

 growing. 



