Excerpt from Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 1901-1904, Vol. 1The first volume Of the Memoirs Of the Carnegie Museum is brought to its con elusion with the publication Of Dr. William H Ashmead's exceedingly important Monograph upon the Chalcidoidea, the descriptive portion of which is based upon the collections made in South America by Mr. Herbert H. Smith, now the property Of the Carnegie Museum. NO less valuable from a scientific standpoint than the concluding paper Of the series embodied in this volume are the papers Of Mr. Hatcher on Paleontology and the Osteological Monograph Of Dr. Shufeldt.It is with a feeling Of satisfaction that the Editor contemplates the issue in final form Of this volume, which marks the initiation in the city Of Pittsburgh Of an enterprise which is destined to give to it as the years go by'an enduring reputation as a center Of scientific culture. TO the fame Of Pittsburgh as the seat Of some of the most Cyclopean industries of the age is being added reputation as a seat of learning. Under the cloud of smoke, which attests the industry Of her inhabitants, and is the sign of her material prosperity, live men who find their pleasure in ex ploring the wonders of the material universe, and the record of their discoveries and researches will from year to year be found in the Annals and the Memoirs Of the great Museum which the more than princely generosity of Mr. Andrew Car negie has called into being. Here are being brought together from all over the globe materials for study illustrating the different arts and sciences, and upon these collections is destined to be built up an extensive literature, which will add to the sum Of human knowledge. Among the first fruits Of this movement the following pages are found, and they are submitted to the attentive regard of students through out the world in the confident belief that those who are capable of correctly esti mating the value Of such publications will find in them both pleasure and profit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.