742 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Louis Palma di Cesnola, Associate Fellow in Class III., 

 Section 4 ; Thomas Messinger Drown, Associate Fellow in 

 Class I., Section 3. 



The Recording Secretary read the following letter from 

 the Recording Secretary of the Massachusetts Historical 

 Society : — 



Walthabi, Dec. 12, 1904. 

 Dear Mr. Watson, — 



At the last meeting of the Mass. Historical Society it was Voted — 



"To allow the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to use the 



rooms in our building, which they at present occupy, iviiJiout diarge till 



their removal." Yours truly, 



Edward J. Young, Recording Secretary. 



On motion of C. P. Bowditch it was 



Voted, That the thanks of the Academy be tendered to the 

 Massachusetts Historical Society in grateful acknowledgment 

 of the favor to the Academy, in allowing the use of the rooms 

 it now occupies, free of charge, until removal. 



The following report of the Committee on House and Library 

 Accommodations at 28 Newbury Street was read : — 



The Committee appointed on the 9th of November to examine and 

 report upon the house No. 28 Newbury Street, recently bought by the 

 Academy, have visited the house, and consulted with the arciiitects who 

 built it in regard to the nature and cost of the necessary alterations and 

 constructions. They find that even if the building could be made fire- 

 proof, which it cannot, the floors are not strong enough to sustain the 

 weight of the library ; but that a fire-proof book-stack can be built in 

 the rear of the house without injuriously darkening it. They find also 

 that the two lower stories are excellently adapted for the uses of the 

 Academy. These afford on the lower floor a room, in front, for the 

 Secretary, and in the rear a reading-room, lighted by south windows 

 and in immediate connection with the book-stack, in which might be 

 placed the most recent additions to the library and current numbers of 

 periodicals. In the second story is a room, handsomely finished in oak, 

 which would serve as a council chamber, and here might be placed, 

 perhaps, encyclopaedias and other works of reference. Behind it, 



