ADVERTISEMENT VII 



DETAILS OF THE SECOND PART OF THE PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. 



This part contemplates the formation of a library, a museum, and a gallery 

 of art. 



1. To carry out the plan before described a library will be required con- 

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

 the learned societies of the world; second, of the more important current period- 

 ical publications and other works necessary in preparing the periodical reports. 



2. The Institution should make special collections particularly of objects 

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

 of research in all branches of experimental science. 



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

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

 procured, in order that the valuable books first purchased may be such as are 

 not to be found elsewhere in the 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 biblio- 

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

 he may require. 



5. It is believed 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 be necessary to purchase 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 sculpture. 



7. The arts may be encouraged by providing a room, free of expense, for 

 the exhibition of the objects of the Art Union and other similar societies. 



8. A small appropriation should annually be made for models of antiqui- 

 ties, such as those of the remains of ancient temples, 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 sub- 

 jects of general interest. 



In accordance with the rules adopted in the programme of organization, 

 each memoir in this volume has been 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. 



