4 THE LEWIS BROOKS MUSEUM. 



arrangement, most of the large public museums are almost 

 worthless as aids to the teacher of science. 



THE BUILDING. 



The building is both handsome and substantial, form- 

 ing a decided ornament to the University grounds. It con- 

 tains two principal halls, a lower and an upper. The lower 

 hall contains on the floor the Geological collections, and in 

 galleries running around the entire hall, the Mineralogical 

 collections. The upper hall contains in its main portion 

 the Zoological collections, while attached to it on the same 

 floor is the Botanical hall, in which the specimens are not 

 not yet mounted, though most of them are on hand. A 

 lecture-room and laboratories are also present in the build- 

 ing. 



THE COLLECTIONS. 



In speaking of the collections no attempt will be made 

 to give a catalogue of 'them. Only a few objects will be 

 mentioned, in the order of arrangement, so that the reader 

 may form some idea of the scope and character of the dif- 

 ferent groups. 



CABINET OF MINERALOGY. 



The Cabinet of Mineralogy contains in the aggregate 

 about 3,000 carefully selected and handsome specimens, 

 which are classified in two divisions. The first division 

 illustrates the structure and physical properties of minerals. 

 The second is the systematic collection, in which the mine- 

 ral species are arranged In classes. 



STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL DIVISION. 

 The specimens in this division are chosen with a view 

 to the illustration of the various natural properties of mine- 

 rals, as shown in their external features and internal struc- 

 ture. 

 I. — Structural Series. 



Crystallography. — Crystallography, or the external 

 forms of crystals, is illustrated in the collection > both by 



