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ANNOUNCEMENT. 



We issue volume XX, part II, with confidence that it will be re- 

 ceived as a valuable contribution to scientific literature and a credit 

 to the Academy. Owing to the pressure of legislative printing, it 

 has been impossible to complete the work sooner. This volume 

 will be sent to all members who have not neglected their annual 

 dues and to all corresponding institutions. There are two con- 

 stant sources of growth in our library : First, scientific publications 

 secured by exchanges ; and second, the rapidly multiplying publica- 

 tions of the agricultural and other departments at Washington. 



The annual reports of the Smithsonian Institution and many 

 other of these accessions are of great and permanent value, and we 

 have now about 500 such volumes, foreign and domestic, ready for 

 the binder. Our library needs a new book-stack to accommodate 

 this enlargement and make it possible to put our books where they 

 can be readily consulted. 



A provisional catalogue, compiled under direction of Prof. F. B. 

 Dains, will soon be issued, showing the scientific resources of libra- 

 ries in the state-house and in Washburn College. This will be 

 printed under direction of the state librarian, and cannot fail to be 

 a great help to scientific workers in this vicinity. 



The usual announcement of our next annual meeting will be 

 sent out some time in August, and all members are urged to com- 

 municate with the secretary if they have a choice as to the time of 

 meeting or can give any suggestion that will contribute to the suc- 

 cess of our next meeting, at Emporia. We ought to increase our 

 membership, so as to include at least all Kansans who are interested 

 in the progress of science. The nominal fee of membership is amply 

 repaid by our annual volumes, and it rests with members to show 

 how much these can be improved. Local branches of the Academy, 

 with more frequent meetings and greater opportunity for discus- 

 sion, might stimulate our work and widen its influence. 



J. T. LOVEWELL. 

 ToPEKA, Kan., March, 1907. 



