ANNUAL REPORTS 9 



Memoir of George Brown Goode. By Samuel Pierpont Langley. Pp. 39-61. 

 Papers by George Brown Goode. Pp. 63-477, 103 pis. 



Museum-history and museums of history. Pp. 63-81. 



The genesis of the United States National Museum. Pp. 83-191. 



The principles of museum administration. Pp. 193-240. 



The museums of the future. Pp. 241-262. 



The origin of the national scientific and educational institutions of the 



United States. Pp. 263-354. 

 The beginnings of natural history in America. Pp. 355-406. 

 The beginnings of American science: The third century. 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. By Randolph Iltyd Geare. 

 Pp. 481-500, 6 pis. 

 Report of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1898. 



Pt. 1. Report on condition and progress of the Museum. By Charles D. Walcott. 



Pp. 1-149. 

 Pt. 2. The crocodilians, lizards, and snakes of North America. By Edward 

 Drinker Cope. Pp. 153-1270, 347 figs., 36 pis. 

 Report of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1899. 



Pt. 1. Report on condition and progress of the Museum. By Richard Rathbun. 



Pp. 1-152. 

 Pt. 2. Papers describing and illustrating collections in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 

 No. 1. Guide to the study of the collections in the section of applied geology: 

 The nonmetallic minerals. By George P. Merrill. Pp. 155-483, 

 12 figs., 30 pis. 

 No. 2. A primitive frame for weaving narrow fabrics. By Otis Tufton 



Mason. Pp. 485-510, 19 figs., 9 pis. 

 No. 3. An early West Virginia pottery. By Walter Hough. Pp. 511-521, 



18 pis. 

 No. 4. Pointed bark canoes of the Kutenai and Amur. By Otis T. Mason. 



Pp. 523-537, 6 figs., 5 pis. 

 No. 5. Descriptive catalogue of a collection of objects of Jewish ceremonial 

 deposited in the U. S. National Museum by Hadji Ephraim Ben- 

 guiat. By Cyrus Adler and I. M. Casanowicz. Pp. 539-561, 36 pis. 

 Report of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1900. 



Pt. 1. Report on condition and progress of the Museum. By Richard Rathbun. 



Pp. 1-152, 9 pis. 

 Pt. 2. Papers describing and illustrating collections in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 

 No. 1. Anthropological studies in California. By William Henry Holmes. 



Pp. 1-187, 50 pis. 

 No. 2. Aboriginal American harpoons: A study in ethnic distribution and 



invention. By Otis Tufton Mason. Pp. 189-304, 92 figs., 19 pis. 

 No. 3. A sketch of the history of ceramic art in China, with a catalogue of 

 the Hippisley Collection of Chinese porcelains. By Alfred E. Hip- 

 pisley. Pp. 305-416, 21 pis. 

 No. 4. Contributions to the history of musical scales. By Charles Kasson 



Wead. Pp. 417-462, 8 figs., 10 pis. 

 No. 5. A collection of Hopi ceremonial pigments. By Walter Hough. Pp. 



465-471. 

 No. 6. Descriptive catalogue of the collections of gems in the United States 

 National Museum. By Wirt Tassin. Pp. 473-670, 26 figs., 9 pis. 



No. 7. Descriptive catalogue of the meteorite collection in the United States 

 National Museum, to January 1, 1902. By Wirt Tassin. Pp. 671- 

 698, 4 pis. 



