Lincoln Park: Academy of Sciences Museum; botanical conservatories and a zoological garden with a splendid Lion House. Also the fine Saint Gaudens Statue of Lincoln at the entrance and other monuments in the park. Chicago Historical Society Library and Collection, Dearborn Ave. and Ontario St.; an interesting collection of historic relics and documents. The Municipal pier, at the foot of Grand Ave., built by the city at a cost of $4,000,000; devoted to recreational activities as well as to commercial purposes. Excursion steamers may be taken here to various points on the lake. The Newberry Library, a free reference library, Clark St. and Walton Place. Northwestern University, in Evanston (at the extreme North of the city--actually outside the city limits). Northwestern University is a Methodist-Episcopal institution of about 5,000 students. Ft. Sheridan. A U.S. military post north of Evanston. Lake Forest, a fashionable suburb north of Ft. Sheridan. South Side Life Saving Station at the mouth of the Chicago River. Tablet marking site of Ft. Dearborn, River St., opposite the old Rush St. Bridge. Crerar Library, East Randolph St., a reference library devoted chiefly to scientific subjects; open to the public. Board of Trade, La Salle and Jackson Sts.; visitors may obtain admission to gallery overlooking the famous wheat pit. Auditorium hotel and theatre building, Michigan Ave. at Congress St.; view of city from tower. The Coliseum building, 16th St. and Wabash Ave.; all the national Republican conventions of recent years have been held here. Field Museum of Natural History (founded by Marshall Field), in Grant Park; a fine anthropological and historical collection. The Museum, originally housed in a temporary building in Jackson Park, was made possible by the gift of $1,000,000 by Marshall Field, who on his death (1906) bequeathed a further $8,000,000 of which $4,000,000 has been used for the new building. Ft. Dearborn Massacre Monument, 18th St., near the lake. Armour Institute of Technology, founded by the Armour family, 3300 Federal St. Douglas Monument, 35th St. near Lake Michigan; Stephen A. Douglas is buried here.