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include the Jarves gallery of Italian art numbering 122 paintings, 

 dating from the nth to the 17th centuries; the Trumbull gallery of 

 historical portraits and other works of modern art; a collection of 

 original sketches by the old masters; about 150 casts and marbles 

 representative of Greek and renaissance art; a valuable collection of old 

 Chinese porcelain and bronzes; an extensive series of Belgian wood 

 carvings of the 17th century, the confessionals and wainscoting of an 

 old chapel in Ghent; and a considerable collection of autotypes. 



There is also an art library containing technical handbooks and 

 the principal English, French, and German art periodicals in complete 

 sets, besides coUections of etchings and engravings. 



The museum is open free to the public from October 1 to July 1 

 on week-days from 1 to 5, and on Sundays from November 1 to May 

 1 from 1.30 to 4.30. During the summer vacation the galleries are 

 open from 9 to 1 and 2 to 5, when a fee of 25 cents is charged. This 

 fee is also charged when special loan exhibitions are. organized, in 

 order to meet incidental expenses. 



YALE UNIVERSITY. Botanical Garden. 



The garden was established in 1900 on the estate of the late Prof. 

 Othniel C. Marsh, who bequeathed the place to the university for 

 this purpose. It is connected with the Yale Forest School and is under 

 the care of James W. Tourney, director. 



YALE UNIVERSITY. The Eaton Herbarium. 



This collection was given by the family of the late Prof. Daniel 

 C. Eaton in 1896, in accordance with his wishes, on condition that a 

 suitable fireproof room be provided for it on or before October 1, 1896, 

 and that proper provision be made for its care and preservation; also 

 that it be kept as a separate collection, or else that the sheets be marked 

 with some distinguishing stamp or label, as "The Eaton Herbarium." 



YALE UNIVERSITY. Peabody Museum of Natural History. 



Staff. Curators, A. E. Verrill (zoology) , Edward S. Dana (miner- 

 alogy), Charles Schuchert (geology), G. F.» Eaton (osteology), G. G. 

 MacCurdy (anthropology); Associate curators, R. S. Lull and G. F. 

 Eaton (vertebrate paleontology); Lecturer on paleobotany, G. R. 

 Wieland; Chief preparator, Hugh Gibb; 2 preparators, 2 museum assis- 

 tants, 1 librarian, and 1 janitor. 



Anthropology. A general collection, comprising stone imple- 

 ments, the Mpseley collection of Indian baskets, Panama pottery, 1 

 Mexican calendar stone, the Prudden collection of material from the 

 ancient pueblos and cliff dwellings of the southwest United States, the 



