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year ago. It contains much valuable material, but the writer was not 

 satisfied that it was in proper form for printing. It has accordingly- 

 been subjected during the past year to a thorough revision, in order 

 to improve the diction and to secure greater accuracy and uniformity 

 in the footnotes. The former work has been in charge of Dr. John 

 Cummings, the latter, of Mrs. A. A. Best, whose experience as Dr. 

 Clark's assistant gave her especial qualifications for the work. 



Mr. Parker, who has now given up his office in the United States 

 Geological Survey in order to take the position of director of the 

 Anthracite Bureau of Information of the anthracite mining companies 

 of Pennsylvania, prepared the first draft of his history of mining last 

 winter. The writer has examined this manuscript of over 500 pages 

 and discussed it with the editorial committee, and Mr. Parker expects 

 to put further work upon it this winter. Most of the material has been 

 gathered, but the original plan seemed likely to give the history a 

 disproportionate compass, and a large part of Mr. Parker's available 

 time has been devoted to solving the problems of condensation. Mr. 

 Parker reports the following regarding the work of his assistants: 

 The chapter on the history of iron-ore mining, by Professor C. K. Leith, 

 has been completed since the last report; Professor R. J. Holden, 

 assistant to Professor Leith, has subjected it to an editorial revision, 

 and it is now being re-typewritten. Dr. F. B. Laney has been unable 

 to finish his chapter on the history of the quarrying industry, and it is 

 now being completed by Mr. G. F. Loughlin, of the United States 

 Geological Survey. Mr. Samuel Sanford, of the United States Bureau 

 of Mines, has been assisting in the editorial work of the division. 



Professor Commons's study of the labor movement is completed in 

 substance, and is now undergoing a careful revision in order to pre- 

 pare it for the press. The process has been a slow one on account of 

 the magnitude of the work. Professor Commons has had as assistants 

 Dr. Helen L. Sumner, Dr. John B. Andrews, Sehg Perlman, E. B. 

 Mittelman, and David J. Saposs. 



The writer has made progress on his histor}^ of social legislation, 

 and that part of it which is now prepared for the press amounts to 

 about half of what the finished work is expected to be. A good many 

 topics require more personal research than was at first expected, and 

 the time which he had hoped to give to it during the summer was much 

 curtailed by the editorial demands mentioned above. 



In the division of agriculture Professor Henry C. Taylor's history of 

 agricultural production from 1840 to 1860 is nearly completed. It is 

 a detailed study of the subject from original sources, but as it had not 

 yet been received by President Butterfield, when he made his report, 

 no recommendation can be made with regard to publication. The 

 work of Dr. L. C. Gray on the history of the plantation from 1840 

 to 1800 is nearing completion, and the author has returned from 



