ADVERTISEMENT. vil 



DETAILS OF THE SECOND PART OF THE PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. 



This part contemplate.s the tornintinii of a hl)rary, a museum, and a gallery 

 of iirt. 



1. To carry out the plan liefore described a library will be required consist- 

 ing, first, of a complete collection of the transactions and proceedings of all the 

 learned societies of the world; second, of the more important current periodical 

 publications and other works uecessarA' in preparing- fjie ])priodical reports. 



2. The Institution should make special collections particidarl}' of objects to 

 illustrate and verify its own publications; also a collection of instruments of 

 research in all l)raiic]ies of experimental science. 



3. With reference to the collection of books otiier than those mentioned 

 above, catalogues of all the different libraries in the United States should be 

 procured, in order that the A'aluable books first purchased may be such as are 

 not to be found elsewhere in tlu^ United States. 



4. Also catalogues of memoirs and of books in foreign libraries and other 

 materials should be collected, for rendering the Institution a center of l)iblio- 

 graphical knowledge, whence the student may be directed to any work which 

 he may require. 



5. It is l)elieved that the collections in natural history will increase by 

 donation as rapidly as the income of the Institution can make provision for 

 their reception, and therefore it will seldom l)e necessary to ])urchase any article 

 of this kind. 



6. Attempts should be made to procure for the gallery of art casts of the 

 most celebrated articles of ancient and modern sculptiu^e. 



7. The arts may be encouraged 1j}' jirovidiug a room, free f)f expense, for 

 the exhibition c^f the objects of the Art Union and other similar societies. 



8. A small appropriation should annvially be made for models of antiquities, 

 such as those of the remains of" ancient temjjles, etc. 



9. The Secretary and his assistants, during the session of Congress, will be 

 required to illustrate new discoveries in science and to exhibit new objects of 

 art. Distinguished individuals should also be invited to give lectures on subjects 

 of general interest. 



In accordance with the rules adopted in the jji'ogTamme of organization, 

 the memoir in this volume lias l)een favorably reported on by a commission 

 appointed for its examination. It is, however, impossible, in most cases, to verify 

 the statements of an author, and therefore neither the commission nor the 

 Institution can be responsible for more than the general character of a memoir. 



