Oct. 1895. Annual Report of the Director. ii 



hall and case numbers. An appendix contained a list of the donors, 

 contributors of loan collections, and collectors' names. The numer- 

 ous changes and arrangement of material entailed much alteration of 

 the proof, so that the edition was more expensive than usual. The 

 edition was 3,000. The second edition of the Guide was published 

 as soon as the first was exhausted, and the opportunity was taken 

 advantage of to make the numerous changes required by re-installa- 

 tion. This edition was also of 3,000. A subsequent edition of 3,000 

 was issued in March of this year. 



In October, 1894, a plan was outlined for a series of scien- 

 tific and historical publications which should be the medium of 

 presenting to the world the results of the research and investi- 

 gation conducted under the auspices of the Museum. The pub- 

 lications are intended primarily to convey information upon the col- 

 lections and expeditions of the Museum. There is no restriction, 

 however, as to authorship or subject, provided the papers come 

 within the scope of scientific or technical discussion. Each number 

 as issued is treated as a separate monograph on the subject, so 

 that the publication series includes what in other museums and scien- 

 tific institutions appear under the title of transactions, memoirs, 

 bulletins or catalogues. In order to provide for volume binding, a 

 sectional plan has been adopted, and the following series have thus 

 far been established: Historical, Geographical, Botanical, Zoologi- 

 cal and Anthropological. Each series has its own volume numbers 

 and consecutive pagination. This plan has the obvious advantage 

 that the publications of each department are kept distinct, and when 

 bound for library use the numbers are already classified according to 

 subjects. Another great advantage is in enabling the Museum to 

 enlarge its exchange list; instead of sending an entire set of publi- 

 cations in each case, only that series is sent to an institution or indi- 

 vidual that is of especial interest thereto. The following publications 

 have been issued: 



Pub. I. — Hist. Ser. , Vol. i, No. i. An Historical and Descriptive 



Account of the Field Columbian Museum. 

 Pub. 2. — Hist. Ser., Vol. i. No. 2. The Authentic Letters of Colum- 

 bus. 

 William Eleroy Curtis, Honorary Curator of the Colum- 

 bus Memorial. 

 Pub. 3. — Geol. Ser., Vol. i, No. i. Handbook and Catalogue of the 

 Collection of Meteorites. 

 Oliver C. Farrington, Curator of Geology. 



Pub. 4. — Bot. Ser., Vol. i. No i. Flora of Yucatan. 



Charles Frederick Millspaugh, Curator of Botany. 



