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CORCORAN SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY AND
GEOLOGY.

Prof. W. M. Fontaine, M. A.

This school is divided into three classes, viz: Geology, Mineralogy
and Botany.

I. Geology.—The subject of Geology will be taught during the entire
session, and three lectures per week will be devoted to it. The
aim of the course of instruction is to give as thorough an exposition of
the fundamental principles of the science as possible, and to teach the
student how to use them in practical work in the field. Special reference
is made to the Geology of America.

Text-Books.—The Professor's Lectures, and Le Conte's Elements of Geology.
For reference, Dana's Manual, and Lyell's Elements and Principles of Geology.

II. Mineralogy.—The subject of Mineralogy will be studied until
the intermediate examination in February. Two lectures per week will
be devoted to it. Special attention will be paid to crystallography, as
well as the chemical and physical properties of minerals. In Descriptive
Mineralogy, the mode of occurrence, the geological importance and relations
of the species, will be made prominent.

Text-Books.—The Professor's Lectures, and Dana's Manual of Mineralogy and
Lithology. For reference, Dana's Text-Book of Mineralogy.

III. Botany.—The study of Botany will be taken up after the intermediate
examination, and will be pursued to the end of the session.
Two lectures per week will be devoted to it. The time will be mainly
devoted to the study of Phaenogamic Botany, with the analysis and determination
of living plants. Cryptogamic Botany, however, will receive
as much attention as circumstances will allow.

Text-Books.—The Professor's Lectures, and Gray's School and Field Book of Botany.
For reference, Gray's Botanical Text-Book, and Gray's Manual of the Botany
of the Northern United States.

The excellent collections of Geological, Mineralogical, and Botanical
specimens in the Lewis Brooks Museum of Natural History, afford
facilities for the study and illustration of the principles taught.