UNITED STATES 389 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Anthropological Society of Washington. 



Address. Washington, D. C. General Secretary: Walter Hough, U. S. 



National Museum. 

 History. Founded Feb. 17, 1879; incorporated Dec. 13, 1887. 



Object. Encouragement of the study of the natural history of man, especially with 

 reference to America. 



Meetings. Alternate Tuesdays, Nov. to May, in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos 

 Club. 



Membership. 103 active, including 10 life (annual dues, $5) ; 35 honorary; 48 cor- 

 responding. 



Publications. 



Abstract of transactions . . . with the annual address of the presi- 

 dent, for the ist year, ending Jan. 20, 1880, and for the 2d year, 

 ending Jan. 18, 1881. Prepared by J. W. Powell. Washington, 

 1881. 8. 



Issued also in Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, v. 25, Washington, 



1883. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. 1-3, 1879/82-1883/85. Washington, 1882- 

 85. 8. 



Published with the cooperation of the Smithsonian Institution, v. i, 3, 

 issued also in Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, v. 25, 34, Wash- 

 ington, 1883, 1886 . v. 2, issued also as Smithsonian institution publication 

 544, having at head of cover-title : Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 



AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, v. I-XI, Jan. 1888 Dec. 1898. Washing- 

 ton, 1888-98. 8 



v. 1-8 issued quarterly; v. 9-11, monthly. Price: $30 the set. 

 From 1899 to date the organ of the society has been the AMERICAN 

 ANTHROPOLOGIST, NEW SERIES, which is supplied to members. 



See American anthropological association (p. 5). 

 Special papers, I, II. Washington, 1894. 8. 



Contents: no. i. Status of the mind problem, by Lester F. Ward. no. 2. 

 The earth, the home of man, by W J McGee. 



The Saturday lectures, delivered in the lecture-room of the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, under the auspices of the Anthropological and 

 Biological societies of Washington, in March and April 1882. Wash- 

 ington, Boston, 1882. 8. 



Distribution. No exchange by the society, which maintains no library. Sets of 

 its publications from 1879 on sale by the Secretary. 



