. The city of New York. the Art Museumis the most practical, educational and help-ful of all our institutions. It caters first ofall for the artisan and the student. Hereare found the best examples of every schoolof art extant. An Adam, Heppehvaite, orSheraton Chair for the furniture designer,is here in abundance; for the worker inleather, silver,_ copper, bronze, tapestries,or any of the industrial arts—the choicestexamples of the greatest ancient and mod-ern artists are spread before him withoutmoney and without price. It is a liberaleducation to merely visit the Museum anda priceless posses
. The city of New York. the Art Museumis the most practical, educational and help-ful of all our institutions. It caters first ofall for the artisan and the student. Hereare found the best examples of every schoolof art extant. An Adam, Heppehvaite, orSheraton Chair for the furniture designer,is here in abundance; for the worker inleather, silver,_ copper, bronze, tapestries,or any of the industrial arts—the choicestexamples of the greatest ancient and mod-ern artists are spread before him withoutmoney and without price. It is a liberaleducation to merely visit the Museum anda priceless possession to the man who knowshow to make use of its treasures. Across from the Metropolitan is theMuseum of Natural History. It is difficultto give an idea of the magnificent resultsachieved by this wonderful of money have been freely spent toobtain its present pre-eminence and thestudent can find nowhere else the remark-able specimens here placed at his disposal,for the mere trouble of a visit. 277. New York Historical Society Directly opposite the Museum of NaturalHistory is the classic pile denoting the homeof the New York Historical Society. Found-ed one hundred and ten years ago, it ranksas the oldest organization in continua ] ex-istence with the possible exception of Society and the New York Hos-pital which began at the same time. Thebuilding from the street gives no: dea of thesix stories or more wherein are stored therecords of our city almost from its incep-tion. Under the Presidency of Mr. JohnAbeel Weekes, and Mr. R. H. Kelby, Libra-rian, the society has reached a distinguishedposition in the annals of New Aquarium Elsewhere I have briefly referred to theAquarium at the Battery—formerly CastleGarden. It would be difficult to describethe peculiar fascination this place has forold and young. It is visited by over twomillion persons every year and every oneof them I am sure enjoyed the the curious denizens of the
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