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scheme met with substantial appreciation from Mrs. Augustus Hem- 

 menway, who subscribed most liberally, and they were assured of 

 furtlier support and interest. Obstacles arose on account of the 

 number of applicants and the necessity of providing- identical speci- 

 mens for all. The association and sympathy of Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Agassiz with the undertaking was particularly gratifying, since 

 Prof. Louis Agassiz was the first naturalist who ever taught the 

 popular audiences in this country with the specimens in hand. 

 Large sums of money were contributed by women, many members 

 of the j^atural History Society, and the teachers themselves joined 

 in making up the necessary fund. The Institute of Technology 

 generously gave the use of 

 Huntington Hall upon the 

 l^aymeut of a nominal sum 

 for cleaning and heating. 

 Count Pourtales, Dr. Her- 

 mann Hagan, and Mr. E. C. 

 Hamlin, of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, which 

 was under the direction of 

 Mr. Alexander Agassiz, at 

 various times assisted by do- 

 nations from their respective 

 departments. Further as- 

 sistance in various ways, such 

 as the drawing of zoological 

 charts, preparations of mod- 

 els, and donations of speci- 

 mens, was received from 

 other persons. There were 

 six hundred and sixteen ap- 

 plicants for this winter's 



course, and the number of specimens distributed did not fall short 

 of one hundred thousand. After an introductory lecture, at which 

 the Superintendent of Public Schools, the President of the Society 

 of l^atural History, and the custodian, delivered addresses appro- 

 priate to the occasion. Professor Goodale completed a course of six 

 lessons on botany, in which he instructed the whole audience of five 

 hundred. These lessons were followed the same year by twelve on 

 z(^ology by Professor Hyatt, and five on mineralogy by Mr. Burbank, 

 which ended with a geological excursion to ]\Iarblehead. These 

 lessons were given to very large classes, and were supplemented by 

 the issuing of pamphlets under the general title of Science Guides. 

 Three numbers — About Pebbles, by Professor Hyatt; A Eew Coni- 



(Jeorge L. Goodale. 



