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pended in midsummer, on account of the preparation of museum 

 material for the Industrial Exposition. It will soon be resumed, 

 and continued as fast as circumstances will permit. In this way 

 the wealth of our Library, in some departments greater than before 

 the fire, will be brought within reach of members and others who 

 may desire to consult it. 



The number of books will be exactly known when the Catalogue 

 of Accessions is complete. At present we must be content with the 

 following approximations : 



Volumes, bound 800 



" unbound 900 



- i,7oo 

 Pamphlets 1,000 



BUST OF COL. FOSTER. 



At the first regular meeting of the current season, in October, 

 1877, the Library was graced by the reception, with appropriate 

 memorial services, of the bust of Col. JOHN W. FOSTER, LL.D., 

 late President of the Academy. It is the work of our Chicago 

 sculptor, LEONARD W. VOLK. As a portrait, it is true ; as a work 

 of art, superb. The expense of the work has been defrayed by a 

 subscription, the chief donors being the artist and the late Col. 

 SAMUEL STONE, a life-member of the Academy. A worthy memo- 

 rial of a worthy man, its presence honors the givers, the artist, the 

 subject, and the Academy. 



ACCESSIONS. 



The Library has received additions during the past year from 

 the following sources : 



FOREIGN. 



The Royal Society, of London. 



The Royal Society, of New South Wales. 



The Public Library, of Melbourne, Australia. 



The Cobden Club. 



The Meteorological Office, of Toronto. 



The Entomological Society, of Ontario. 



The Royal Academy of Mauritius. 



The University of Christiania, Norway. 



