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past by great men of the present who were their pupils or their friends. 
A pamphlet containing the addresses in full and illustrated with photo- 
graphs of the busts is now being prepared to serve as a worthy memento 
of the occasion and a guide leaflet to the foyer. 
The artist who prepared the busts is Mr. William Couper of this 
city, a sculptor of international reputation. The busts are intended to 
represent the subjects in the prime of life and at the zenith of their powers. 
The data used were photographs, painted and other portraits, descrip- 
tions by contemporaries and the criticisms and suggestions of friends 
and relatives, as far as obtainable. 
EXHIBITION OF THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 
S a feature of the great convention of American scientists 
which was held from December 27 to January 2 at the 
Museum, Columbia University and other institutions in 
the city, the New York Academy of Sciences in coéper- 
ation with the Museum assembled material from all 
over the country to represent the progress in science, 
both pure and applied, that has been made during the past few years. 
It would be impracticable to give, in the space available in the AMERI- 
cAN Museum JouRNAL, an exhaustive account of the noteworthy fea- 
tures of the exhibition and we shall attempt only to touch upon a few 
of the most salient points. The exhibition was given Friday and 
Saturday, December 28 and 29, under the direct auspices of the 
Acadenty and was continued under the auspices of the Museum for 
two weeks longer. 
In the department of Anatomy a series of excellent preparations of 
electric fishes and dissections and diagrams of their electric organs was 
surprising as showing the number of such species and the strength of 
current induced by their peculiar organs. ‘The exhibit of Astronomy 
was declared by an eminent authority to be the most remarkable and 
important assemblage of its kind thus far gotten together in this country, 
since it showed all the most important recent work of all the great 
observatories in the United States. In the department of Bacteriology 
there were extensive exhibits of cuitures and methods from ail the great 
institutions in this city which are carrying on researches in this science, 
