APPENDIX VII. REPORT OF THE EDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1896. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1896: 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. Thirty quarto volumes and parts of two additional volumes have since been published, comprising 129 memoirs pertaining to nearly every branch of knowledge. Volumes XXX, XXXI, and XXXII were completed during this year, the first two being the text and plates of an exhaustive treatise on Oceanic Ichthyology by Dr. G. Brown Goode and Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, and the last volume a second contribution by Major Bendire on the Life Histories of North American Birds. No. 980. On the Densities of Oxygen and Hydrogen, and on the Ratio of their Atomic Weights, by Edward W. Morley, Ph. D. (Part of Vol. XXIX of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.) Octavo pamphlet of 128 pages, illustrated with 40 text figures. Nos. 981, 982. Oceanic Ichthyology, a Treatise on the Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, by George Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean. Two quarto volumes, text xxxv (26), 553 pages, and an atlas of 417 figures on 123 plates. (Vols. XXX and XXXI of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.) Nos. 983, 984. Volumes XXX and XXXI of Contributions, as above. No. 985. Life Histories of North American Birds, from the Parrots to the Grackles, with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. By Maj. Charles Bendire, United States Army. Quarto volume of viii, 518 pages, illustrated with seven lithographic plates. (Vol. XXXII of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.) No. 986. Volume XXXII, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, as above. No. 989. The Composition of Expired Air and its Effects upon Animal Life, by Drs. J. S. Billings, S. Weir Mitchell, and D. H. Bergey. (Part of Vol. XXIX of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.) Octavo pamphlet of 84 pages. II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. The first volume of the Miscellaneous Collections was published in 1862, and the series now numbers 35 completed octavo volumes, embracing 167 distinct papers, besides parts of 4 additional volumes. The following papers of this series were published during the past fiscal year: No. 1031. An Index to the Genera and Species of the Foraminifera, by Charles Davies Sherborn. Part II, Non to Z. (Part of Vol. XXXVII of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo pamphlet of 248 pages. Part I of this work was published in 1894. No. 1032. Smithsonian Meteorological Tables. Revised edition. Octavo pamphlet of 333 pages. This revised edition contains an index and the "International Meteorological Symbols" not included in the first edition, published in 1893. (Part of Vol. XXXV of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. The other parts of this volume are Geographical Tables, published in 1894, and the Physical Tables, now in press.) III. PAPERS FROM ANNUAL REPORT. No. 990. Report of S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for the year ending June 30, 1895. An octavo pamphlet of 86 pages, with 6 full-page illus trations. No. 993. Proceedings of Regents. Report of executive committee. Acts of Congress. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 30 pages. No. 994. On the Magnitude of the Solar System, by William Harkness. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 28 pages. No. 995. Schiaparelli's Latest Views Regarding Mars, by William H. Pickering. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages; illustrated with 1 plate. No. 996. Light and Electricity, according to Maxwell and Hertz, by M. Poincaré. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 10 pages. No. 997. The Henry, by T. C. Mendenhall. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 11 pages. No. 998. The Age of Electricity, by M. Mascart. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 19 pages. No. 999. Terrestrial Magnetism, by Prof. A. W. Rücker. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 16 pages. No. 1000. Photographic Photometry, by M. J. Janssen. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 14 pages; illustrated with 15 plates. No. 1002. The Waste and Conservation of Plant Food, by Harvey W. Wiley. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 22 pages. No. 1003. Four Days' Observation at the Summit of Mont Blanc, by M. J. Janssen. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 10 pages. No. 1004. Weather Making, Ancient and Modern, by Mark W. Harrington. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 21 pages. No. 1005. Variation of Latitude, by J. K. Rees. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 8 pages. No. 1006. The Development of the Cartography of America up to the Year 1570, by Dr. Sophus Ruge. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages; illustrated with 28 plates. No. 1007. Antarctica: A Vanished Austral Land, by Henry O. Forbes. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 19 pages. No. 1008. The Promotion of Further Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions, by Clements R. Markham. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 24 pages. No. 1009. The Physical Condition of the Ocean, by Capt. W. J. L. Wharton, R. N. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages. No. 1010. The Origin of the Oldest Fossils and the Discovery of the Bottom of the Ocean, by Prof. W. K. Brooks. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 17 pages. No. 1011. The Relations of Physiology to Chemistry and Morphology, by Giulio Fano. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 12 pages. No. 1012. The Work of the Physiological Station at Paris, by E. J. Marey. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 21 pages; illustrated with 8 plates. No. 1013. The Method of Organic Evolution, by Alfred R. Wallace. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 22 pages. No. 1014. The Part Played by Electricity in the Phenomena of Animal Life, by M. Ernest Solvay. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 13 pages. No. 1015. The Influence of Certain Agents Destroying the Vitality of the Typhoid and of the Colon Bacillus, by John S. Billings and Adelaide Ward Peckham. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamplet of 7 pages. No. 1016. Modern Developments of Harvey's Work in the Treatment of Diseases of the Heart and Circulation, by Dr. T. Lauder Brunton, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 19 pages. No. 1017. Ants' Nests, by Dr. August Forel. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 26 pages; illustrated with 2 plates. No. 1018. The Evolution of Modern Society in its Historical Aspects, by R. D. Melville. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 14 pages. No. 1019. Migration and the Food Quest. A Study in the Peopling of America, by Otis Tufton Mason. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 17 pages; illustrated with 1 plate. No. 1020. The Guanches: The Ancient Inhabitants of Canary, by Capt. J. W. Gambier, R. N. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 12 pages; illustrated with 15 text figures. No. 1021. Psychology of Prestidigitation, by Alfred Binet. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 16 pages. No. 1022. A Discovery of Greek Horizontal Curves in the Maison Carrée at Nimes, by William Henry Goodyear. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages; illustrated with 6 plates. No. 1023. The Methods of Archæological Research, by Sir Henry Howorth, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 19 pages. No. 1024. The Art of Casting Bronze in Japan, by W. Gowland, F. S. A. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 42 pages; illustrated with 7 plates. No. 1025. Study and Research, by Rudolph Virchow. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 13 pages. No. 1026. Scientific Problems of the Future, by Lieut. Col. H. Elsdale. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 13 pages. No. 1027. The Founding of the Berlin University and the Transition from the Philosophic to the Scientific Age, by Rudolph Virchow. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 15 pages. No. 1028. The Institute of France in 1894, by M. Loewy, president of the Institute. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 12 pages. No. 1029. Herman von Helmholtz, by Arthur W. Rücker, F. R. S. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 10 pages. No. 1030. Sketch of Heinrich Hertz, by Helene Bonfort. (From the Smithsonian Report for 1894.) Octavo pamphlet of 8 pages. IV. PUBLICATIONS OF BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. The annual reports and bulletins of the Bureau of Ethnology published during the year are mentioned in the Director's report. V. PUBLICATIONS OF NATIONAL MUSEUM. The National Museum has issued several Bulletins and papers of the Proceedings, which are enumerated on another page. Respectfully submitted. Mr. S. P. LANGLEY, A. HOWARD CLARK. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. |