The following universities have sent complete sets of their academic publications, including inaugural dissertations: Of late a considerable number of American universities have begun to publisn dissertations accepted for the degree of doctor of philosophy, and correspondence is now in progress for the purpose of securing full sets of these for the Library. For some time the question of providing reading matter for the employees of the Institution has been under consideration. During the year the Secretary authorized the purchase and binding of sets of a number of the more important literary magazines. These magazines, which are freely used, are also of much value in a scientific library, as they often contain early reports of explorations, new discoveries, and inventions. Through a course of changes in the Smithsonian Building, much needed improvements in the ventilation and lighting of the reading room and library offices were rendered possible. The list of donors to the library has become so large that it is impossible to specify them. Attention, however, must be directed to a magnificent gift of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of Turkey of more than fifty volumes of photographs representing the present condition of the Ottoman Empire in all departments of industry, learning, and art. The Institution has also acquired the library of the late Robert Stanton Avery by bequest. In addition to the reading room, which contains the current periodicals and transactions of learned societies, a room is provided for works of reference, and sectional libraries relating to astronomy and aerodromics are maintained. A collection of books and catalogues containing addresses is deposited in the office of the Bureau of International Exchanges. The library has now set apart five communicating rooms on the north side of the first floor, as well as a room on the second floor of the building, for prints. In addition to these, the various sectional libraries above referred to are kept in the different office rooms. The space assigned is more than double that allowed in past years, and the facilities thus accorded are much appreciated by the staff of the Institution and of the various scientific bureaus of the Government in Washington. By your direction I spent the months of August and September, 1894, in England and on the Continent of Europe, in examining into the exchange service. I also visited a number of libraries and booksellers and secured information concerning the indexing of scientific literature. A detailed report upon these subjects has already been presented to you. Respectfully submitted. Mr. S. P. LANGLEY, CYRUS ADLER, Librarian. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. APPENDIX VII. REPORT OF THE EDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1895. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1895: I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. The first memoir of the Contributions to Knowledge was by Messrs. Squier and Davis, on Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, published in 1848; since which time 127 memoirs, pertaining to nearly all branches of knowledge, have been issued, making twenty-seven completed quarto volumes. Parts of two other volumes have been printed and three additional volumes are now in press. No memoirs of this series were published during the year, though the manuscript of two papers was sent to the printer, one by Prof. E. W. Morley, on Densities of Oxygen and Hydrogen, and one by Drs. Billings, Mitchell, and Bergey, on the Composition of Expired Air and its Effects on Animal Life. II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. The first volume of the series of Miscellaneous Collections was published in 1862, and the series now numbers 35 completed octavo volumes, embracing 167 distinct papers, besides parts of 3 additional volumes. The following papers of this series were published during the past fiscal year: No. 854. Smithsonian Geographical Tables, prepared by R. S. Woodward. (Part of Vol. XXXV of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo, cv + 182 pages. The other parts of Vol. XXXV are the Meteorological Tables, issued in 1893, and the Physical Tables, now in press. No. 969. The Varieties of the Human Species. Principles and Methods of Classification. By Giuseppe Sergi. (Part of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo pamphlet of 61 pages; illustrated with 50 text figures. No. 970. Bibliography of Aceto Acetic Ester, by Paul H. Seymour, M. S. (Part of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo pamphle, of x+148 pages. No. 971. Indexes to the Literatures of Cerium and Lanthanum, by W. H. Magee, Ph. D. (Part of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo pamphlet of 43 pages. No. 972. Index to the Literature of Didymium, 1842-1893, by A. C. Langmuir, Ph. D. (Part of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo pamphlet of 20 pages. No. 975. Diary of a Journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, by William Woodville Rockhill. Octavo, xx+413 pages; illustrated with 13 text figures, 28 plates, and large map. SEPARATES FROM ANNUAL REPORT. No. 926. Proceedings of the Board of Regents and Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1893, together with Acts of Congress. Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 33 pages. (From the No. 927. The Wanderings of the North Pole, by Sir Robert Ball, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 13 pages. No. 928. The Great Lunar Crator Tycho, by A. C. Ranyard. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 6 pages. No. 929. The Early Temple and Pyramid Builders, by J. Norman Lockyer. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 11 pages. No. 930. Variable Stars, by Prof. C. A. Young. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 5 pages. No. 931. The Luminiferous Æther, by Sir George G. Stokes. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of pages. No. 932. Atoms and Sunbeams, by Sir Robert Ball, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 13 pages. No. 933. Fundamental Units of Measure, by T. C. Mendenhall. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages. No. 934. Photography in the Colors of Nature, by F. E. Ives. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 12 pages. No. 935. Photographs in Natural Colors, by the Process of L. Lumbirèe, by Leon Warnerke. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 2 pages. No. 936. Electric-Spark Photographs of Flying Bullets, by C. V. Boys, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 18 pages; illustrated with 11 plates. No. 937. Magnetic Properties of Liquid (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) with 1 figure. Oxygen, by Prof. James Dewar, F. R. S. No. 937. The Problem of Flying, by Otto Lilienthal. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 6 pages; illustrated with 6 figures. (From the Smith No. 938. Practical Experiments in Soaring, by Otto Lilienthal. sonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 5 pages; illustrated with 2 plates. No. 939. Phenomena Connected with Cloudy Condensation, by John Aitken, F. R. S (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 30 pages. No. 940. On Chemical Energy, by Dr. W. Ostwald. (From the Smithsonia Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 8 pages. No. 941. The American Chemist, by Prof. G. C. Caldwe.. Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 14 pages. From the Smithsonia No. 942. The Highest Meteorological Station in the World, by A. Lawrence Rotch. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 5 pages. No. 943. The Mont Blanc Observatory. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 5 pages; illustrated with 1 figure. No. 944. Relations of Air and Water to Temperature and Life, by Gardiner G. Hubbard. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 11 pages. No. 945. The Ice Age and its Work, by A. R. Wallace, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 24 pages; illustrated with 1 plate. No. 946. Geologic Time, as indicated by the Sedimentary Rocks of North America, by Charles D. Walcott. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 34 pages; illustrated with 1 map. No. 947. The Age of the Earth, by Clarence King. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 18 pages; illustrated with 2 plates and 1 figure. No. 948. The Renewal of Antarctic Exploration, by John Murray, LL. D. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 21 pages; illustrated with 1 map. No. 949. The North Polar Basin, by Henry Seebohm, F. L. S., F. Z. S. (From the hsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 20 pages; illustrated with 1 map. No. 950. The Present Standpoint of Geography, by Clements R. Markham, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 24 pages. No. 951. How Maps are Made, by W. B. Blakie. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages; illustrated with 2 plates. No. 952. Biology in Relation to other Natural Sciences, by J. S. Burdon-Sanderson, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 29 pages. No. 953. Field Study in Ornithology, by H. B. Tristram, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 21 pages. No. 954. The so-called Bugonia of the Ancients, and its Relation to a bee-like FlyEristalis tenax, by C. R. Osten-Sacken. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 14 pages. No. 955. Comparative Locomotion of Different Animals, by E. J. Marey. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 4 pages; illustrated with 3 plates. No. 956. The Marine Biological Stations of Europe, by Bashford Dean. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages; illustrated with 2 figures and 9 plates. No. 957. The Air and Life, by Henry de Varigny. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 24 pages. No. 958. Deep-sea Deposits, by A. Daubrée. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 22 pages; illustrated with 2 maps. No. 959. The Migrations of the Races of Men Considered Historically, by Prof. James Bryce. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 22 pages No. 960. The "Nation" as an Element in Anthropology, by Daniel G. Brinton. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 12 pages. No. 961. Summary of Progress in Anthropology, by Otis Tufton Mason. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 29 pages. No. 962. North American Bows, Arrows, and Quivers, by Otis Tufton Mason. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 50 pages; illustrated with 57 plates. No. 963. Oriental Scholarship during the Present Century, by Prof. Frederick Max Müller. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 20 pages. No. 964. Stone Age Basis for Oriental Study, by Prof. E. B. Tylor, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Octavo pamphlet of 8 pages. No. 965. Biographical Sketch of the Smithsonian Report for 1893.) Henry Milne-Edwards, by M. Berthelot. (From No. 973. Report of S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year ending June 30, 1894. Octavo pamphlet of iii +88 pages; illustrated with 1 text figure and 4 plates. III. SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORTS. No. 925. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution to July, 1893. This volume contains the journal of proceedings of the Board of Regents at the annual meeting, held January 25, 1893; the report of the executive committee of the board for the year; acts and resolutions of Congress relative to the Institution, and the report of the secretary of the Institution; concluding with the general appendix, in which are given the following papers: "The wanderings of the North Pole," by Sir Robert Ball, F. R. S.; "The great lunar crater Tycho," by A. C. Ranyard; "The early temple and pyramid builders," by J. Norman Lockyer; "Variable stars," by Prof. C. A. Young; "The luminiferous æther," by Sir George G. Stokes; "Atoms and sunbeams," by Sir Robert Bali, F. R. S.: "Fundamental units of measure," by T. C. Mendenhall; "Photography in the colors of nature," by F. E. Ives; "Photographs in natural colors, by the process of L. Lumière," by Leon Warnerke; "Electric-spark photographs of flying bullets," by C. V. Boys, F. R. S.; "Magnetic properties of liquid oxygen," by Prof. James Dewar, F. R. S.; "The prob 1 The papers in the general appendix of the annual reports are issued separately, as pamphlets, are noted under Miscellaneous Collections. |