but one well adapted to the purpose. (5) A room in the basement fitted up for assay and furnace work. All the rooms except the last are on one floor, are well lighted and ventilated, and communicate with each other in a convenient manner. The University is now able to offer ample facilities for successful study and instruction in both General and Analytical Chemistry, and in the allied branches of study. Persons desiring analyses made should address Prof. S. F. Peckham.

THE PHYSICAL LABORATORY.—In the main building, the rooms devoted to the Department of Physics are so arranged and furnished that students desiring to make a specialty of Physics, can have opportunity to use the apparatus, and perform their own experiments. In addition a small room has been set apart for a lathe and work bench. Students are permitted to construct models and apparatus. Excellent specimens have already been produced.

THE MINERALOGICAL LABORATORY.-Tables and apparatus sufficient for the use of twelve workers at a time, have been provided in room 49, main building. Additions will be made as required.

DRAWING ROOMS.

Room 45 in the main building, 47x30 feet, is furnished with stout wooden tables for the use of the classes in Geometrical and Free Hand Drawing. There are also cases and cabinets for holding drawings and drawing boards. A considerable collection of prints, drawings, and models for lessons and illustrations, has been made.

Room 40 is provided with the Worcester Adjustable Drawing Tables of wood and iron for the use of the classes in Descriptive Geometry, Engineering and Architecture.

MUSEUMS.

The GENERAL MUSEUM comprises the collections of the Geological and Natural History Survey of the State, augmented by purchases and donations. At present only the zoological specimens belonging to the Museum are on exhibition. They comprise specimens of some of the larger mammals of the Northwest, a set of casts of fossils purchased of Prof. H. A. Ward of Rochester, N. Y., embracing representations of over 350 species and several hundred specimens of recent intervertebrates. These are placed in suitable cases in room 51, which is opened daily for the use of students and visitors. The south room of the Museum, devoted to mineralogical collections, is fitted with cases for the display of the minerals and lithological specimens, which already number several thousands. Among these is a complete suite of the zinc and iron minerals and their associates, from Franklin and Ogdensburg, N. Y., purchased of Mr. Geo. P. King, with many duplicates.

Contributions to the Museum should be sent to Prof. N. H. Winchell, Curator.

The MUSEUM of AgriculturE is designed to assist in illustrating the instruction in Agriculture and Horticulture. It is intended to contain models of agricultural implements, seeds of all kinds of grasses, grains and noxious weeds, in jars; grasses and grains, in the straw; drawings and lithographs of machines and animals; fruits preserved in alcohol; fertilizers, and other articles of interest to the farmer. Already considerable progress has been made in collecting and arranging. Further contribu

tions may be sent to Prof. Chas. Y. Lacy.

The PLANT HOUSE is similar in purpose to the Museum. It is designed to furnish (1) means for illustrating the subject of Botany, viz.: specimens for analysis before the class, and living plants of botanic or economic interest, that cannot be grown in

the open air in Minnesota; (2) means for illustrating the subject of Horticulture, viz.: the propagation of plants and the construction, heating and management of plant houses.

MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY.-A cabinet of specimens illustrating the products and processes of applied Chemistry, is being collected by the Professor of Chemistry, as opportunity offers. This collection will embrace fuels, ores, furnace products, textile materials, both raw and manufactured; dye-woods and other materials used in dyeing; specimens illustrating the bleaching and printing of cotton, linen and woolen goods; earthenware, pottery, etc. A good beginning has already been made, and it is hoped that large additions will be obtained during the coming year. Contributions are respectfully solicited, for which due credit will be given.

The CLASSICAL MUSEUM, a beginning of which has been made this year, will comprise all materia that may illustrate Classical Geography, Topography, Chronology, Mythology, Geography, Archæology, and Art, such as Plans of ancient Cities, Temples, Battle-fields, Camps, &c.; Photographs of Cities, famous Places, Ruins, Statuary, Architecture, &c.; Busts (original and plaster casts); Coins, Medals; specimens (original and plaster casts) of ancient Sculpture, Friezes, Capitals, Columns, &c.; of Vases, &c.; books and plates of Costumes, Military Weapons, Armor, Household and Agricultural affairs, and Naval Illustrations, &c.; Architectural Illustrations, with models of the different Orders of Architecture; ancient Books and Manuscripts; specimens of Inscriptions, and Implements used in Writing, and in the Arts. Additions will be made to the Museum constantly. Contributions may be sent to Prof. Jabez Brooks, D. D.

The collection of Patent Office models, and the Schroeder models for descriptive Geometry are displayed in substantial cases in rooms 12 and 45 main building.

APPARATUS.

No attempt has been made at display, but great pains have been taken to procure for the various departments the essential instruments and materials for illustration. In addition to articles referred to in previous statements, may be mentioned: a transit, Y level, compass, chains and tape measures, and a full set of fine drawing instruments for the Department of Civil Engineering; a variety of geographical maps,, ancient and modern; globes, charts, geometrical models, stereopticons, etc.

THE LIBRARY.

The number of bound volumes has reached nearly 12,000, and additions are constantly being made. Besides the books purchased of booksellers, the following collections have been acquired:

(1) The Robertson Collection of 1,200 volumes, purchased from Col. D. A. Robertson of St. Paul, formerly a professor in the University. This collection is rich in works on American History, Arctic travel and Discovery, Ethnography and Political Economy.

(2) The Campbell Collection of 2,800 volumes selected by Prof. Campbell in London, Berlin, Florence and other cities of Europe. This embraces many French, German and Italian works. The subjects most numerously represented are Philology, Philosophy and Social Science, general Literature, History and Biography.

(3) The Tappan Collection, comprising 2,500 volumes from the private library of the Rev. H. P. Tappan, D. D., LL. D., ex-President of the University of Michigan. This collection contains choice and valuable editions of standard English authors, numerous works on philosophical subjects, and many reviews and works of reference.

(4) The State Library Collection, being the miscellaneous books, 1,400 in number, of that library turned over to the University by act of the Legislature of 1877.

The miscellaneous purchases have been confined to Encyclopœdias, Dictionaries, Biographical material, and works of first necessity for the various departments of instruction. Among the public documents are to be found sets of the Smithsonian publications, the Coast Survey Reports, the Survey of the Pacific Railroad, Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes, United States Geological Surveys, &c.

The alphabetical lists of authors printed from year to year, serve a good purpose as a catalogue of authors, and furnish the titles for the printed card catalogue. The alphabetical catalogue of subjects has not yet been printed.

The Library and Reading Room occupy rooms 18, 20, 22 and 24 in the first story of the main building. The books are shelved according to a simple classification upon a so-called "elastic system," which allows additions indefinitely without disturbing the existing arrangement and numbering.

The Library is open to everybody, from seven to nine hours, every day of the University year except Sundays and holidays. Students are allowed to borrow books for home reading, to be kept seventeen days; but works marked in the catalogue with a *, comprising books of reference, illustrated works, and rare and costly books, cannot be removed. These works, as well as all others, may be read and consulted during the same hours in the READING ROOM,

where a number of periodicals are also to be found; among them are the following:

QUARTERLY.

The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, The Edinburgh Review, The North British Review, The London Review, Mind, The North American Review, The International Review. (The last two six times a year.)