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partly sustained by assistance given by some members of the staff 

 who continued a number of the subscriptions so that there might 

 be no break in the files. Grateful acknowledgment of this coopera- 

 tion is made herewith. 



Assistant Curator Henry Field, on his return from the Field 

 Museum Anthropological Expedition to the Near East, brought an 

 important collection of books received from various institutions, 

 mostly in the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics. 



The American Friends of China, Chicago, again made generous 

 gifts of greatly desired books, selected by the late Dr. Berthold 

 Laufer, Curator of Anthropology-, to supplement to best advantage 

 works alread}' on the shelves. 



At the death of Dr. Laufer his private library, which he had 

 accumulated and used in connection with his work, became the 

 property of Field ]\Iuseum as a result of a bequest for which he 

 had arranged some years ago. It will add 5,000 or more titles to 

 the Librar}-. As the Museum already had a carefully selected 

 collection of works on China, and the greater part of Dr. Laufer's 

 books are on this subject, this addition will give the IMuseum one 

 of the most complete libraries on China in the Middle West. The 

 Chinese section will be segregated so as to be easily accessible for 

 the use of scholars desirous of consulting it. Dr. Laufer's books 

 on other subjects will greatly strengthen other sections of the 

 Libran.'. 



IMr. Sadajiro Yamanaka, of New York, enriched the Library by 

 presenting some valuable books on ceramics of China and Japan: 

 Ko-Sometsukesara Hyakusen {Album of Selected Old Chinese Blue and 

 White Porcelain Dishes); Ko-Akaesara Hyakusen (Album of Selected 

 Old Three-color Porcelain Dishes of China); Nippon Koto Mehinshu 

 (Album of Selected Old Ceramics of Japan); Kutani Nabeshima 

 Kakiyemon Meihinshu {Album of Old Ceramics of Kutani, Nabeshima 

 and Kakiyemon); Tanamono Shusei {Collection of Japanese Wood, 

 Lacquer Tabks and Chests). All of these are illustrated with 

 beautiful plates. 



Mr. Fahim Kouchakji, of New York, presented a work in two 

 volumes entitled Glass; Origin, History, Chronology, Technic, and 

 Classification to the 16th Century. This is a subject on which it 

 is difficult to find information, and these volumes will be very 

 useful. 



A Centun,' of Progress exposition sent to the Library a collection 

 of its most interesting publications. 



