10 PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION'. 



DETAILS OP THE PLAN FOR DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE. 



I. By the puhUcation of a series of reports, giving an account of the new 

 discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all 

 hranchcs of knowledge not strictly professional. 



1. These reports will diffuse a kind of knowledge generally interest- 

 ing-, bnt which, at present, is inaccessible to the pnblic. Some of the 

 reports may be pnblished annually, others at longer internals, as the 

 income of the Institution or the changes, in the branches of knowledge 

 may indicate. 



2. The reports are to be prepared by collaborators eminent in the dif- 

 ferent branches of knowledge. 



3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals and publica- 

 tions, domestic and foreign, necessary to the compilation of his report; 

 to be paid a certain sum for his labors, and to be named on the title- 

 page of the report. 



4. The reports to be published in separate parts, so that persons inter- 

 ested in a particular branch can procure the parts relating to it without 

 purchasing the whole. 



5. These reports may be presented to Congress, for partial distribu- 

 tion, the remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific institu- 

 tions, and sold to individuals for a moderate price. 



The following are some of the subjects which may be embraced in the 

 reports :* 



I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



1. rh.vsics, including astronomy, natural philosophy, chemistry, and 

 meteorology. 



2. Natural history, including botany, zoology geology, &c. 



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to arts. 



II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, 

 antiquities, &c. 



G. Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral philosophy. 



8. A survey of the political events of the world ; penal reform, &c. 



III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



9. Modern literature. 



10. The fine arts, and their application to the useful arts. 



11. Bibliography. 



12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



'This part of the plan has been but partially carried out. 



