10 BULLETIN 51, UNITED STATP:S NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



V. Papers published in separate form (hiring the year ending June 30, 



1896. pp. 251-253. 



VI. Specimens sent to the ]\Iu8eum for examination and re})ort. pp. 

 254-267. 

 VII. Lectures and meetings of societies, pp. 268-270. 

 VIII. Finance, property, supplies, and accounts, pp. 271-272. 

 IX. Statement of the distribution of specimens during the year ending 

 June 30, 1896. pp. 273-280. 

 X. The work of the mechanics and laborers, pp. 281-28-1. 

 Papers illustrating the collections pp. 285-1057. 



Annuiil Report | of the | Board of Regents | of the | Smithsonian 

 Institution, | showing | the operations, expenditures, and condi- 

 tion I of the Institution ] for the | j^ear ending June 30, 1S97. j 



I Report I of the | U. S. National Museum. | Part I. | | 



Washington: | Government Printing Office. | 1899. 



Svo., pp. xxvii, 1-1021, 150 pis., 457 figs. 



Report of the Assistant' Secretary l)p. 1-88. 



Appendices, pp. 89-245. 



I. The scientific and administrative staff, pji. 89-90. 

 J I. List of accessions, pp. 91-151. 



III. List of accessions to the Museum library l)y gift and exchange dur- 



ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. pp. 153-191. 



IV. Bibliography, pp. 19.3-211. 



V. Papers published in separate form during the year ending June 30, 



1897. pp. 213-215. 



VI. Specimens sent to the Museum for examination and report, pp. 

 217-234. 

 VII. Lectures and meetings of societies, pp. 235-237. 

 VIII. Finance, property, supplies, and accovnits. p. 238. 

 IX. Statement of the distribution of specimens during the year ending 

 June 30, 1897. pp. 239-245. 

 Papers illustrating the collections pp. 247-988. 



Annual Report | of the | Board of Regents | of the | Smithsonian 

 Institution, | showing | the operations, expenditures, and condi- 

 tion I of the Institution | for the | year ending June 30, 1897. | 

 I Report I of the | U. S. National Museum. | Part II. | 



I Washington: | Government Printing Office. | 1901. 



pp. xii, 1-515, 110 pis. 

 This volume constitutes a memorial to Dr. G. Brown Goode. 



CONTENTS. 



Memorial meeting, pp. 1-61, and reprints of the following of Dr. Goode's papers: 

 Museum-history and museums of history, pp. ti3-.Sl. 

 The genesis of the U. S. National Museum, pp. .S3-191. 

 The principles of museum administration, pp. 193-210. 

 The museums of the future, pp. 241-262. 

 The origin of the national scientific and educational institutions of the United 



States, pp. 263-3.54. 

 The beginnings of natural history in America, pp. 355-400. 

 The beginnings of American science, pp. 407-466. 

 The first national scientific congress (Washington, April, 1844) and its connection 



with the organization of the American Association, pp. 467-477. 

 The published writings of George Brown Goode, 1S69-1S96. By Kandolph I. Geare. 



pp. 479-500. 



