The Mineralogical Museum has received from Miss Mary Dandridge Peck of Sterling, Mass., the collection of minerals made by her grandfather and father, and containing five to six hundred specimens, some of which are of considerable value and all of which will be useful in some way.

This gift has a peculiar interest as Miss Peck's grandfather, Professor William D. Peck. A.B. 1782, was first "Massachusetts Professor of Natural History" in Harvard College (1805-1822), and her father, Dr. William D. Peck, was A.B. 1833 and M.D. 1836. For this reason Miss Peck thought it appropriate that the collection should come to Harvard College.