"Promote as an object of primary importance institutions for the increase and diffusion of

knowledge."

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

In his Farewell Address.

THE

ELEVENTH YEAR BOOK

OF

THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

FOUNDED 1824.

RE-CHARTERED 1824, 1843, 1862.

THE PRESENT CHARTER GRANTED IN 1890.

1898-9.

CONTAINING

THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS,
COPIES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS,

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE, AN
ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF 1898-9,
AND A COPY OF THE CHARTER.

"For the People, by the People."

BROOKLYN:

PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE.

1899.