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given during the next season. This plan has thus far 

 succeeded admirably in rendering the study of the sci- 

 ences attractive. 



The library has received by donation and exchanges 

 1,046 bound volumes and 8,543 pamphlets, besides news- 

 papers, manuscripts, etc., the donations from one hundred 

 and ten individuals and twenty-six societies, the exchanges 

 from ninety-six societies and incorporated bodies, of which 

 sixty-four are foreign. From the editors of the "Ameri- 

 can Naturalist" one hundred and eighty-seven serial pub- 

 lications. 



It is only requisite at this time to present these statis- 

 tics, the particulars having been reported at the regular 

 meetings and printed in the BULLETIN. 



Museum. Many valuable additions have been made to 

 the department of Natural History, which have been depos- 

 ited with the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science, 

 and have been acknowledged, duly cared for and properly 

 arranged by the officers of that Institution. The speci- 

 mens of an historical interest and works of art are placed 

 in Plummer Hall under the immediate superintendence of 

 the officers of the Institute. Those of an historical inter- 

 est consist of a large collection of antiquarian and histor- 

 ical relics ; paintings and engravings of many of the old 

 houses, and of the persons who have in years past been 

 prominent in our annals ; medals ; coins ; paper currency, 

 etc., etc. Additions continue to be made to this depart- 

 ment, the collection is becoming one of great value, and 

 more extended accommodations are required in order to 

 have it properly arranged and classified. The few speci- 

 mens of works of art, possessing no special interest, are 

 not arranged systematically, and may be regarded only as 

 a nucleus, around which it is desirable that, at an early 



