is true to its great mission, will be but the deepening and broadening of the same beneficent purposes.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

1. PUBLIC ACTS AND DOCUMENTS.

The legislative proceedings relative to the incorporation and endowment of Cornell University may be followed in the journals of the senate and assembly of New York for 1865. For previous proceedings relative to the land grant and the People's College see the journals for 1863 and 1864.

The Cornell University. Speech of Hon. Andrew D. White, in [the] senate [of New York], March, 1865. pp. 8.

The legislation affecting the university may be found in the Revised Statutes of the State and the session laws. All legislation down to 1892 is included in the Laws and Documents relating to Cornell University, published by the university in that year. This publication also contains all public documents relating to the university.

The reports of the comptroller of the State since 1864 are of value in following the history of the land grant and the disposition of the scrip. Mr. Cornell's reports to the comptroller are also of great value.

The relation of the State to the land-scrip fund is decided in the case of The People ex rel. Cornell University v. Davenport, comptroller (117 N. Y., 549).

The relation of the State and the university to the Cornell endowment fund and the history of the McGraw-Fiske will contest appear in the decisions in the matter of McGraw (45 Hun., 354; ib., 111 N. Y., 66); Cornell University v. Fiske (136 U. S., 152).

The land-grant history is enriched by the "History of the Agricultural College Land Grant of 1862" (Ithaca, 1890, pp. xx, 106), by S. D. Halliday, attorney for the university which grew out of the first case above cited and contains the decision in the case.

The investigation made, at the request of Mr. Cornell, by the legislature of New York in 1873-74 resulted in the three following documents:

State of New York: Senate (1874) Document No. 92. Majority report of the commission to inquire into the college land grant, etc. [Albany, 1874.] pp. 40.

Signed by W. A. Wheeler and John D. Van Buren.

State of New York: Senate (1874) Document No. 93. Minority report of the commission to inquire into the college land grant, etc. [Albany, 1874.] pp. 10.

Signed by Horatio Seymour. It concurs with the majority report in vindicating Mr. Cornell, but differs as to the relation of the State to the Cornell endowment fund. State of New York: Senate, 1874, Document No. 103. Testimony in investigation of the college land grants, etc. [Albany, 1874.] pp. 498.

2. HISTORIES OF THE UNIVERSITY.

A "Sketch of the beginning of Cornell University" was in 1876 prepared by Vice-President William Channing Russel, to be read before the University Convocation of the State of New York. The paper, if read, never appeared in the printed report of the convocation; but the manuscript of it is in the library of the university, and has been of much use. There did appear, however, in the convocation's report for 1876, under the head of "University necrology," brief sketches, by Vice-President Russel, of Ezra Cornell and of John Stanton Gould.

History of Cornell University in the twenty-five years of its existence, by Prof. Waterman Thomas Hewett, published in "Landmarks of Tompkins County," 1894. Cornell University: Her general and technical courses. By F. C. Perkins. 1891. Outside its own publications, the yearly reports of the university to the regents of the University of the State of New York, printed in full or in abstract in the reports of that body to the State legislature, form, perhaps, the most important series of data; but their contents are usually an abridgment of that of the university's own "Register" for the corresponding year.

3. LIVES OF THE FOUNDER.

In Memoriam: The death and burial of Hon. Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University. Ithaca, 1874. pp. 40.

Apparently compiled and published by the Ithaca Journal, from whose columns all the contents of the pamphlet are taken.

A memorial address, delivered in Library Hall [Ithaca], January 11, 1875, "Founder's Day." In commemoration of the life and character of Ezra Cornell, founder of the Cornell University. By Rufus P. Stebbins, pastor of the First Unitarian Church. Ithaca, 1875. pp. 34.

Dr. Stebbins was the close personal friend of Mr. Cornell, who was an attendant upon his church.

Biography of Ezra Cornell, Founder of the Cornell University. [By Alonzo B. Cornell]. New York, 1884. pp. 322.

The author, late the governor of New York, is the eldest son of Ezra Cornell, and by the charter a trustee of the university. He writes largely from personal observation. The Life and Services of Ezra Cornell: An address delivered at Cornell University on Founder's Day (January 11, 1887), by Francis M. Finch, judge of the court of appeals of the State of New York. [Ithaca, 1887.] pp. 16.

Judge Finch was one of the earliest and closest associates of Mr. Cornell in the foundation of the university, and for long, as librarian of the Cornell Library in Ithaca, an ex officio trustee.

My Reminiscences of Ezra Cornell: An address delivered before the Cornell University on Founder's Day, January 11, 1890, by Andrew Dickson White, LL. D., L. H. D., first president of the university. Ithaca, 1890. pp. 42.

4. PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

(Of the manifold publications of the university, only those are here chronicled which are of the first importance to the student of its general history.) Report of the committee on organization, presented to the trustees of the Cornell University October 21, 1866. Albany, 1867. pp. 48.

Signed, for the committee, by Andrew D. White, who was the chief author of the report.

The Cornell University: First general announcement. [Albany, 1867.] pp. 19. A second edition, printed in the spring of 1868, has a list of the professors already appointed, with biographical notices of them.

The Cornell University: Second general announcement. Albany, 1868.

A second edition, with additions (pp. 27), was issued in the same year. The same pamphlet was also published under the title of "Circular to school commissioners, city superintendents, and supervisors," a circular of the State superintendent of public instruction being prefixed to this second edition. A four-page supplement to the second general announcement, containing courses of study and conditions of admission, was later published.

The Cornell University: Account of the proceedings at the inauguration, October 7, 1868. Ithaca, 1869. pp. 37.

The Cornell University Register. Yearly.

1868 to the present. 27 vols.

The annual catalogue of the university. The first issue bore the title of "Catalogue of the officers and students of the Cornell University for the academic year 1868–69," etc., but it was followed by a "Register" in the same year. Since 1886 the Register has been supplemented by the "Annual announcement of the School of Law," and annual announcements are issued by some other schools.

The Ten-Year Book of the Cornell University. Decennially. 1878, 1888, 1898. 2 vols.

A catalogue of the officers and matriculates of the university, with biographical statistics of its graduates. Compiled by the librarian of the university.

Reports of the President. Yearly. 1880-81, 1882-83, to the present. 17 vols.

The report for 1881-82 was not published. Appended, in full or in abstract, have usually been the reports of heads of departments and colleges to the president.

Reports of the Treasurer.

In some years these reports are bound up with the reports of the president, but of late they have been printed separately.

The Library Bulletin of Cornell University; edited by the librarian. 1882 to 1896. 3 vols.

Appearing at irregular intervals and devoted mainly to the additions to the library, but containing lists of the publications of professors and many notes of importance for the history of the library. Since 1896 the list of publications by professors has appeared as an appendix to the president's report.

Laws and Documents Relating to the Cornell University. Ithaca, 1870, pp. 91; 1883, pp. 161; 1892, pp. 234. 3 vols.

Certain regulations proposed for the Cornell University. Ithaca, 1870. pp. 8. Report submitted to the trustees of Cornell University in behalf of a majority of the committee on Mr. Sage's proposal to endow a college for women. By Andrew D. White, chairman of the committee. Ithaca, 1872. pp. 40.

The Cornell University: What it is and what it is not.

By President White.

Ithaca, 1872.

pp. 30.

Proceedings at the laying of the corner stone of the Sage College of the [Cornell] University, May 15, 1873; [with the] report to the trustees on the estabIthaca, 1873. pp. 134.

lishment of said college.

Of importance as regards the admission of women to the university. Proceedings at the unveiling of the portrait of the Hon. Justin S. Morrill,

June 20, 1883. Ithaca, 1884. With portrait.

The addresses of President White and of Senator Morrill are of historical value.

Letter of Andrew Dickson White, LL. D., resigning the presidency of Cornell University. Ithaca, 1885. pp. 8.

Cornell University: Proceedings in memory of Louis Agassiz, and in honor of Hiram Sibley. Commencement week, 1885. Ithaca, 1885.

The Presidency of Cornell University: Remarks of Andrew Dickson White,

pre

sented in accordance with the request of the trustees that he would address them regarding the election of his successor. Ithaca, 1885. pp. 28. Proceedings and addresses at the inauguration of Charles Kendall Adams, LL. D., to the presidency of Cornell Uni ersity, November 19, 1885. Ithaca, 1886. pp. 77. Cornell University: Report of a special committee on the establishment of a department of law, together with a preliminary announcement of the action of the trustees in establishing such a department. Ithaca, 1886. pp. 28.

Cornell University: Its significance and its scope. An address,

1886, by Charles Kendall Adams, LL. D., president of the University. Ithaca, 1886. pp. 19. Cornell University: Report of the executive committee on the reorganization of the department of history and political science, adopted January 18, 1887. Also, a letter from ex-President White, offering as a gift to Cornell University his library of works on history and political science, and the action of the trustees accepting the same and reorganizing the department. [Ithaca, 1887.] pp. 8.

A People's University: An address delivered before the Cornell University on Founder's Day, January 11, 1888, by J. G. Schurman, professor of philosophy. Ithaca, 1888. pp. 32.

Exercises at the dedication of Barnes Hall, June 16, 1889. Ithaca, 1889. pp. 39. Exercises and addresses at the laying of the corner stone of the University Library Building, October 30, 1889. Ithaca, 1889. pp. 32.

Proceedings of the board of trustees of Cornell University, including the minutes of the executive committee, July 21, 1885-July 22, 1890. Ithaca, 1890. pp. 387.

Ibid., 1890.

Proceedings and addresses at the inauguration of Jacob Gould Schurman, LL. D., to the presidency of Cornell University, November 11, 1892. Ithaca, 1892. pp. 81.

Proceedings and addresses at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of Cornell University. [Edited by Prof. George L. Burr.] Ithaca, 1893. Memorial exercises in honor of Henry Williams Sage. [Held Feb. 22, 1898.] Ithaca, 1898. pp. 80.

A Generation of Cornell, being the address given June 16, 1898, at the thirtieth annual commencement, by Jacob G. Schurman, president of the university. New York, 1898. pp. 58.

5. ALUMNI PUBLICATIONS.

Proceedings of the associate alumni of Cornell University. Yearly. 1884 to the present.

Reports of the alumni trustees to the alumni of Cornell University. Yearly. 1884, 1886, to the present. 12 vols.

Since 1887 this report, made in obedience to the resolution of the alumni, that the university trustee "last elected by the alumni, at the end of the first year of his office, make a report on the condition and needs of the university," has been included in the "proceedings of the associate alumni." The reports are as follows: 1884, James Fraser Gluck; 1886, George R. Van De Water; 1887, Mynderse Van Cleef; 1888, David S. Jordan; 1889, Daniel E. Salmon; 1890, Frank H. Hiscock; 1891, Walter C. Kerr; 1892, Robert H. Treman; 1893, George B. Turner; 1894, Charles S. Francis; 1895, -; 1896, Daniel E. Salmon; 1897,

; 1898, Jared T. Weidman.

Petition of the alumni of Cornell University in opposition to honorary degrees, presented to the board of trustees Wednesday, October 27, 1886. Ithaca, 1886. pp. 13.

6. UNDERGRADUATE PUBLICATIONS.

The Cornell Era. Weekly. 1868 to the present. 30 vols.
The Cornellian. Yearly. 1868 to the present.

30 vols.

An illustrated annual, published under the varying title of Cornelian or Cornellian, at first by the secret fraternities of the University. then (since 1883) by the successive junior classes. In 1877 and again in 1878 both a Cornelian and a Cornellian appeared.

The Cornell Times. Weekly. 1873-74. 1 vol.

The Cornell Review. Monthly. 1873-1886. 13 vols.

Cocagne. Fortnightly. 1878 (April-June). 6 numbers. An illustrated satirical

publication.

The Cornell Daily Sun. 1880 to the present. 18 vols.

The Association Bulletin; published by the Cornell University Christian Association. Monthly. 1886 to 1896. 11 vols.

The Cornell Magazine. Monthly. 1888 to the present. 10 vols.

The Widow. 1894 to the present. 4 vols.

An illustrated satirical biweekly.

electrical engineers. Monthly. 1887-1890. 4 vols. The Sibley Journal of Engineering (formerly the Crank). 1890 to the present. In all, 12 vols. The New York Law Review. 1895. A monthly periodical published by members of the school of law. 1 vol.

7. GUIDEBOOKS AND DESCRIPTIONS.

The Cornell University. The university guide. Ithaca, 1870. pp. 31.

By Prof. Willard Fiske.

Guidebook of the Ithaca gorge and its surroundings. By William G. Johnson. Ithaca, 1873. pp. 58.

The University Guide: Containing an account of the buildings and collections of Cornell University. Ithaca, 1875. pp. 61.

Students' handbook. Yearly. 1885 to the present.

A descriptive guide for new students, revised and published annually by the Christian Association of Cornell University.

and

In and out of Ithaca: A description of the village, the surrounding scenery, Cornell University. By C. H. Thurber [registrar of the university.] Ithaca, 1887.

8. MISCELLANEOUS.

The more important of the numerous magazine articles which have been devoted to Cornell University can readily be found by the aid of Poole's Index. Of cyclopedia articles, those in Appleton's American Cyclopedia, in Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia, and in Stoddart's Encyclopedia Americana, being written by officers of the university, have a quasi official authority.