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invite the visitor to prolong his stay. In tiiis section is tiie inagniti- 

 cent collection of Italian photographs of Professor Good3'ear. 



The second floor is devoted to natural history and prehistoric objects 

 with special reference to America. The large hall is lighted excel- 

 lently from l)oth sides except when the sun shines in from the south. 

 The cases stand at right angles to the wall spaces between the windows, 

 by which the liest possil)le etfect of lighting is attained. The walls 

 are cream colored, the ceiling white, and the window frames ocher. " 



The paintings are on the third floor (lighted from above), most of 

 them provisionally loaned. The great gallery is not yet ovortilled, 

 and is furnished with comfortable benches. The walls are light 

 Pompeian red, the ceiling white. Picture galleries are seldom seen in 

 which the examination of the works of art are so little disturbed by 

 the surroundings. The collection is, for an American collection, rich 

 in landscapes of the seventeenth century and other works of the old 

 masters, as also in pictures of the French school of 1S30. I give in 

 alphal)etical order the names of the artists who are represented by 

 luore noteworthy paintings: Corot (4), Cortese (2), Courbet (3), Cuj^p, 

 Daubigny (8), Decamps (3), Diaz (5), Dupre (3), P^tty (2), Fyt, (Gains- 

 borough (2), (xericault (2), V. (loj^en (2), Hals, Hobbema, Lorrain, 

 Mariliiat, ,]. Maris (3), W. Maris (2), Mauve (7), Metsu, Michel (3), 

 V. Mieris, Millet, Morland (3), Pannini (3), Rembrandt, De Reyn, 

 Rosa (3), Rousseau (3), Ryckaert, Stork,. J. Vernet (3), Vollon (2), 

 Wilkie, AVilson (3). 



The collections, noteworthy as they alread}^ are, may still be regarded 

 merely as a beginning of nuich greater achievements. One might well 

 wish to live to see the completion of the entire building, since it 

 promises to be a highly creditable accomplishment, and the devotion 

 of the citizens of this rich city guarantees that the nuiseum will not 

 lack good collections. 



3. IMETROPOLITAX MUSEUM OF ART. 



" For the purpose of establishing and maintaining a museum and 

 library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine 

 arts, and the application of arts to manufactures and- practical life, of 

 advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that 



« The cases are of wood, with chimsy framework, not meeting the present require- 

 ments (see remarks on the American Museum of Natural History, p. 338, footnote.) 

 In a building where everything is fireproof — which even has iron window frames, 

 something very hard to find anywhere else — it is strange that the kindred idea of 

 introducing iron furniture did not occur to the builders. 



The collection is still une(iually developed. We may make special mention of tlie 

 butterfly collection of nearly 100,000 specimens, with more than 1,200 types (the 

 Dresden Museum has about 40,000 specimens, includhig about 8,000 species). No 

 special care has as yet been l)estovve(l upon the methods ol exhibition. 



