Abstract of History. XXV 
more popular abstracts of recent investigation or pro- 
gress. From time to time public lectures, calculated to 
interest a larger audience, are provided for in some suitable 
hall. | 
The following dates for regular meetings for the year 1906 
have been fixed by the Council : — 
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April.| May. | June.| Oct. | Nov. | Dec. 
4) D 2 7 4 4) 3 
15 | 19 19 16 21 15 19: 17 
LIBRARY. 
After its organization, the Academy met in Pope’s Medical 
College, where a creditable beginning had been made toward 
the formation of a museum and library, until May, 1869, 
when the building and museum were destroyed by fire, the 
library being saved. The library now contains 15,654 books 
and 14,245 pamphlets, and is open during certain hours of 
the day for consultation by members and persons engaged in 
scientific work. 
PUBLICATIONS AND EXCHANGES. 
Fifteen thick octavo volumes of Transactions have been 
published since the organization of the Academy, and widely 
distributed. Two quarto publications have also been issued: 
one from the Archaeological section, being a contribution to 
the archaeology of Missouri, and the other a report of the 
observations made by the Washington University Eclipse 
Party of 1889. The Academy now stands in exchange rela- 
tions with 580 institutions or organizations of aims similar to 
its own. 
