New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

sorbing more or less valuable information.
The group of rock birds Includes ganne;s.
INJURIES. auks pufins and kittiwake gulls all
from the Gulf of St Lawrence. on one of his
visits Audubon. the naturalist. found an island
so covered with them that he thought there
had been a snowstorm.
| on the left hand is large room devoted to
natural history specimens. Most interesting
perhaps are the groups which We're contributed
| by z. Marshall Crane son Of the founder on q
recent Western hunting trip he killed "a family
of Rocky Mountain goats i'm the Sawtooth Range
Of Idaho, and a cougar with young i'm the
Ventre Mountains, Wyoming \ magnificent
golden eagle. captured ON the Hancock side OF
Potter Mountain. in Pittsfied. attracts more at
tention than many of the strange beasts from
| out-of- the-way parts of the world
| On the opposite side of the hall are two rooms
one holding a fine collection Of butterflies and
botanical specimens the other shells and min
erals. The collection of shells. particularly
| fine. is the work of Miss Clara T.. BiIwelL
On the wall is remarkable specimen of the
devil crab, from Japan. whose dangerous look
ing creepers spread out for a distance of several
/ feet.
! Climbing the stairs passes under the
stuffed head Of an elephant, and at the top
finds the mummy of Egyptian king OF the
Nineteenth Dynasty. which dates about 100 T.
G 1t was found ut Sakkara, Egypt, and is in
excellent condition. 1t is shown in a highly
decorated and inlaid mummy case.
| The art gallery of the museum contains the
beginning OF an excellent collection Of painting
one of the most important is Bouguereau's The
Two Sisters which presented to the mu-
scum by Ex-Governor w. Murray Crane. a
brother of the founder. Pittsfeld people are
particularly Interested in Douglas Volk's We
Maden's Revcrie." The artist was born in
Pittsheld in iSi6 and lived there some time
with his father. Leonard w. Volk. the sculptor.
Among other interesting paintings are a por-
trait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Haquette's
rine. The Last Return; Joseph and H,
Brethren example of early Flemish ant:
The Building of the Tower of Babel" by Bas-
sano sixteenth century Italian. and Berstadt's
/ Giant RedwoOds of California
| The American Indian room draws the hill
dren who come to the museum and holds them
as does other department There is a large
. collection of arrow heads of New-Yurk and
New England tribes The weapons, garm.u.f
. and ornaments of the Western Indians are we'll
Illustrated.
In the room devoted to sculpture. antiques and
fine arts there is much to hold lovers of t..
beautiful one end of the room is decorated
with east Of the west ffieze of the PdrtheuoI
and at the other end is the CantOria freze. IL
Luca Della RObbia. There is cabinet Of
cent glass of the third and second century Il. e..
which came from Tyre, and a collection Of CiIees
and Roman bronze from Mt. Carmel and Haur,,a
i'm Syria The ancient glass specimens were
Gently recovered from Syrian tombs. The shapes
are varied and of unique beauty. Many of tn.--l
carry the opaIescence of rare gems. others
the glow of the rainbow. AS digging ia $y..,
has been going on since the Roman periods, D. =
not likely that many more specimens Of t..-s
sort can be recovered.
An exhibit which is costly and rare is a ease
of Tanagra figures and clay tablets from anc.-tt
BabyIonia. The piece which attracts the II. s.,
attention is a sealed letter, the address tee
outside and the letter u tablet within the
clay covering. The letter not delivered f..
some reason other and has never yet i'.I
opened Visitors TO the museum like to spe-u-
late on its contents.
woman after reading the card of eXplanatIo'
| who knows what disappointment may
wrapped up in that unopened clay envelope.
More than likely il is BILL" declared Il
young man who with her. "I'ttA aps The
chap was afraid to open it
Every one in Pittsfield, even 10 the small boy.
is Interested in the new museum. Though u
was opened in April. it is crowded every pleas
ant afternoon. With many persons this Inteie&
takes the form Of a desire 10 contribute some
thing to its wonders. While Tribune reporter
stood talking with the curator's assistant th'
other day this was s;rikiuSIy demonstrated
First came doctor with "a Zig piece Of skate
n. Of D. "A