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ijiveu during the next season. This plan has thus far 

 succeeded admirably in rendering the study of the sci- 

 ences attractive. 



The library has received by donation and exchanges 

 1,046 bound volumes and 8,543 pamphlets, besides news- 

 papers, manuscripts, etc., the donations from one hundred 

 and ten individuals and twenty-six societies, the exchanges 

 from ninety-six societies and incorporated bodies, of which 

 sixty-four are foreign. From the editors of the "Ameri- 

 cau Naturalist" one hundred and eighty-seven serial pub- 

 lications. 



It is only requisite at this time to present tliese statis- 

 tics, the particuhirs having been reported at the regular 

 meetings and printed in the Bulletin. 



Mufieum. Mau}^ valua1)le additions have been made to 

 the department of Natural History, which have been depos- 

 ited with the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science, 

 and have Ijeen acknowledged, duly cared for and properly 

 arranged by the officers of that Institution. The s[)eci- 

 mens of an historical interest and works of art are i)hiced 

 in Plummer Hall under the immediate superintendiMic*? of 

 the officers of the Institute. Those of an historical inter- 

 est consist of a large collection of antiquarian and histor- 

 ical relics; paintings and engravings of many of the old 

 houses, and of the persons who have in years past ijcen 

 prominent in our annals ; medals ; coins ; [)a[)er eurrent-y, 

 etc., etc. Additions continue to be miide to this dt'[)art- 

 ment, the collection is becoming one of great value, and 

 more extended accommodations nre required in order to 

 have it properly arranged and classiiied. The few speci- 

 mens of works of art, [)ossessing no special interest, ;irc 

 not arranged systematically, and may be regarded only as 

 a nucleus, around which it is desirable that, at an early 



