;j^jj LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Studifs of the Museums and Kindred Institutions of New York City, Albany, 

 Buffalo, and Chicago, with Notes on some European Institutions. 



By A. B. Meyer. ^ . 



•' Facing page. 



L American Museum of Natural History, (ieneral view of the completed 



building as planned 



2. American Museum of Natural History. Hall of Mexican antiquities 336 



:{ Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. General view of the projected 



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muscuin building 



4. Metropolitan INIuseum of Art ^46 



5. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Middle hall 349 



6. New Yoik Public Library. Sketch of building in course of erection .351 



7. Columbia ITniversity, New York City. Library building 369 



8. New York Clearing House, New York City 384 



9. University Club House, New York City 385 



10. State Capitol at Albany. East front 392 



11. State Capitol at Albany. West staircase 396 



12. State Capitol at Albany. Home education department, with traveling 



pictures 400 



13. Buffalo Public Library 404 



14. Buffalo Public Library. A corner in Children's Room 408 



15. Field Columbian Museum. South front 410 



16. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Completed portion 430 



17. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Main floor 433 



18. Chicago Historical Society 440 



19. Art Institute of Chicago 442 



20. Original building of the Artlnstituteof Chicago. (Now the Chicago Club). 444 



21. Art Institute of Chicago. Hall of Sculpture 446 



22. Art Institute of Chicago. Picture Gallery on first floor 448 



23. Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibit of jade objects 450 



24. John Crerar Library, Chicago, Illinois 452 



25. John Crerar Library. Reading room 454 



26. John Crerar Library. Book stacks 456 



27. Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois 459 



28. Chicago Public Library 473 



29. Chicago Public Library. A portion of the stairway 474 



30. Chicago Public Library. Delivery room 478 



3 1 . Chicago Public Library. Large reading room 478 



32. University of Chicago. General view of the University buildings, look- 



ing from tlie Midway Plaisance 491 



33. Museum of Natural History (part of British Museum), Kensington, 



London 522 



.34. Museum of Natural History, Kensington, London. Entrance hall 524 



35. Royal College of Surgeons, London. Hall of comparative anatomy 528 



36. Municipal Technical School, Manchester, England 545 



37. John Rylands Library, Manchester, England 548 



38. University of Edinburgh. Old University 554 



3i). Crijoration ■Museums and Art (ialleries, Glasgow, Scotland 562 



40. Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts 594 



