312 TJII-: AMERICAS Ml'SEl'M .lOlHSAL 



December 14 — Du. Chaklks H. Townsknd, "The Voyage of the Fisheries .Steam- 

 ship Albatross to the Gulf of California." 



A popular account of an expedition in which the American Museum of Natural History, 

 the New York Zoological Society, the New York Botanical Gardens and the National 

 Musi-uin at Washington cooi)eratcd with tlic U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. The scientific 

 results of the voyage in oceanography, in the fisheries, and the general l)iology and botany 

 of the coastal regions of I^wcr California will be presented. Deep-sea dredging was carried 

 on successfully to a depth of two miles. Large collections of mammals, birds, reptiles and 

 plants were secured. 



PIPIL.S' COURSE 



The.se lectures are open to the i)ui)ils of the jjublic schools when accoiiii)aiiii(| 

 by their teachers, and to cliildrcn of Members of the Musevuii on |)resentution of 

 Membership tickets. 



Dec. G — Mr. A. E. Butler, "The Rocky Mountain Region." 



Dec. 8 — Mr. .1. .V. Grossbeck, "Insects U.seful and Harmful tf) Man." 



PEOPLE'S COURSE 



Given in cooperation with the City Department of Erlucation 

 Tuesday evenings at 8:1.5 o'clock. Doors open at 7:30. 



The last two of a course of lectures on "Great Classical and Romantic Com- 

 posers" by ]Mr. Daniel Gregory Mason. Illustrated at the piano. 



December .5 — "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy." 

 December 12 — "Frederic Chopin." 



Saturday evenings at 8:1.5 o'clock. Doors open at 7:.30. 



The last three of a course of lectures, "From the Rhone Glacier to the Pillars 

 of Hercules; Courtly Provence and Romantic Spain," by Professor Charles U. 

 Clark of Yale University. Illustrated by .stereopticon views. 



December 2 — "Madrid." 



December 9 — "Cordova and Grenada." 



December 16 — " With Roman and Moor in Andalusia." 



LEGAL HOLIDAY COURSE 



Fully illustrated. Open free to the public. Tickets not requiro.1. 

 Lectures begin at 3:1.5 o'clock. Doors open at 2:45. 



December 2.5 — Dr. Louis Hussakof, "Behind the Scenes in a Natural History 



Museum." 

 January 1 — Mr. Albert E. Butler, "Travels in the Rocky Mountain Region." 

 February 22 — Professor Henry E. Crampton, "In the Wilds of Briti.^h Guiana 



and Brazil." 



