FOGG ART MUSEUM REPORT.

The report of Professor Charles H. Moore, director of the Fogg Art Museum, for the year 1899-1900, is shortly to be published. The list of accessions, which forms the leading feature of the report, shows that steady and gratifying progress has been made in the formation of a valuable working collection of original works of art. Chief among these are the undetermined head in red marble, and the four paintings of religions subjects, presented by Mr. Edward W. Forbes '95. Two drawings by Samuel Prout two by John Ruskin, and a water color by J. M. W. Turner, have been acquired,--the last being an exceptionally fine example of Turner's early style.

To the print collection nine etchings of the Liber Studiorum, by Turner, mostly the work of the master's own hand, have been added by the Fine Arts Department; and eight others, with six teen copper prints of Durer's Passion, have been purchased from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The income of the Randall fund has been used for expenses of mounting, arranging, and cataloguing the Randall collection, so that no increase has been made in the number of these engravings.

The additions to the collection of photographs number 1,829, making the total number to date 29,199. 533 lantern slides have been acquired, illustrating architecture, sculpture, paintings, stained glass and mosaics of various nations and periods. The extensive reference list of portraits in the collection of photographs has been completed, and several other classified lists have been made.

As time has passed, various defects of the museum building have been brought to notice. The principal one is the lack of light, preventing any proper appreciation of the new paintings, which must be hung on the walls. Professor Moore recommends the construction of a new higher roof, and the removal of the present horizontal ceiling,--changes which would at once give sufficient light and improve the appearance of the building. Better facilities for unpacking and storing objects for which no permanent place has been arranged, would greatly enhance the convenience of this work.