ESSAYS AND LECTURES. 5 



the debts, sold several of the comfortable sofas which no 

 one cared to occupy. 



But there was a small band of devotees to science, meet- 

 ing occasionally in Prof. Kirtland's room, at the College, 

 who discussed questions of importance in a way to do credit 

 to a society, in all other respects defunct. The essays 

 delivered from time to time in the lecture room were both 

 interesting and valuable. Sometimes the audiences were 

 good, but the place was then so far outside the population 

 that the attendance was quite uncertain. 



It is the object of the present publication to present the 

 records, which are not very complete, and to print such of 

 the papers as can be recovered. A part of them were 

 published in the Annals of Science^ at Cleveland, by 

 Prof. Hamilton Smith, now of Hobart College, New York ; 

 some got into the daily papers, and more were reported for 

 the Ohio Farmer^ by the late Mr. Kirkpatrick, while he 

 was Secretary of the Academy. 



Lectures were delivered by Prof. Kirtland, Hamilton L. 

 Smith, J. S. Newberry, J. Brainerd, Col. Whittlesey and 

 others, of which the records give no account. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article 1.— This society shall be styled the Cleveland 

 Academy of Natural Science. 



Article 2. — It shall consist of three classes of members, 

 viz: Resident, Corresponding and Honorary, Resident 

 Members, such as reside in the city of Cleveland, or its 

 vicinity. Corresponding Members, such as reside at a dis- 

 tance from said city, or m other States, and Honorary 

 Members, such as may be judged worthy, from their attain- 

 ments in Natural Science, or favors conferred upon the 

 society, to be admitted into this Academy. 



