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The Fogg Museum has lately received, as an addition to the Forbes collection, a small marble relief, which is an interesting and instructive example of later Greek sculpture. It will shortly be placed on exhibition in the hall of sculpture.
Very recently a collection of the works of Dean Swift was bought from the library of Col. Frederick Grant, costing fifty-five pounds. The collection also includes a number of books written by authors contemporaneous with Swift, relating to him. The most valuable of these books are a bound volume...
The Peabody Museum has lately received an interesting and extensive collection of stone implements from some large aboriginal quarries near the village of Mill Creek, Illinois. The collection includes finished and unfinished implements of all sizes and shapes, and flints like those from which they were made, by flaking them...
The Committee on the Semitic Museum has decided to use several rooms in the Museum for educational purposes. The furnishing of the building has already been begun, and the rooms will be ready for use about March 1. The entire Semitic Department will be transfered to the new quarters as...
The Fogg Museum has lately received, as an addition to the Forbes Collection, a fine water-color drawing of the Simplon by Turner. This drawing is of Turner's best period, and is a characteristically imaginative rendering of the great Alpine pass under the effect of early morning light. The...