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March 25. — Simple Wind Instruments. 

 April I. — Reed Wind Instruments. 



" 8. — Miscellaneous Musical Instruments. 



" 15. — Sound Waves and Musical Harmony. 



" 22. — Telephone and Phonograph. 



A course of six lectures on "Evolution," by Professor 

 Samuel C. Schmucker. 



October 7. — A Master Mind. (An account of the life and work of Charles 

 Darwin.) 

 " 14. — His Master Idea. (Natural Selection.) 



21. — Down Through the Past. (The Geological History.) 

 2S. — What a Chicken can teach Us. (An account of embryology 

 and domestication.) 

 November 4.— The Humming Bird's Plistory. (The evolution of a bird.) 

 " 11. — The Flower's Best Friend. 



A course of three lectures on "The Industries of Animals," 

 by Professor Charles L. Bristol. 



November 18. — Hunting and Fishing. 



25. — Methods of Defence and Care of Young. 

 December 2. — Construction of Dwellings. 



A course of three lectures on "Forestry," by Miss Grace 

 E. Cooley. 



December 9. — How the Forests pay their Rent. 



16. — The Struggle for Existence from the Standpoint of a Tree — 

 Ingenious Methods of Winning Success. 

 " 23. — Forestry and the Citizen. 



In concluding this my quarter of a century of service as 

 the President of the American Museum of Natural History, I 

 cannot refrain from referring to the Report of twenty-five 

 years ago, when the Trustees stated that "they most re- 

 spectfully appeal to the generous citizens of New York, to aid 

 in the effort to make our Metropolitan City the centre of the 

 highest scientific culture in our land, and to join in adding 

 new collections and new departments to the admirable nucleus 

 which has been already secured." As your President it has 

 been my constant effort to fulfil the desires as expressed by the 



