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knowledg-e. It \h ))y these icports, which arc in a good sense popular, 

 as well as by its original seientifie works, that the Institution growls 

 each year better known as one of those whose influence for good is 

 limited by no boundary, but, as its motto declares, goes ''* throughout 

 the world.'' In this the Secretary has for some years past imitated 

 the action of his honored predecessor, Henry, in giying a great deal 

 of his personal attention to its editorship, with a view to making it of 

 more popular interest, and he has been gratified at the large demand 

 just referred to, with which the result of his labors has been met. 



In addition to the preceding publications by the Institution proper, 

 a considerable number of works, chiefly on biological topics, have 

 been added to the Museum series. 



Of the publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the 

 second part of the Eighteenth Report for the fiscal year 1896-97 

 was distributed, also the separate papers of the Nineteenth Report 

 for 1897-98. The manuscripts of the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and 

 Twenty-second Reports for the years 1899 to 1901 were transmitted 

 to the printer during the last half of the fiscal year. 



Mention ma}' also lie made of a special edition of Volume I of the 

 Annals of the Astrophysical 01)servatory. reprinted from a Senate 

 document of which it formed a part. This document" consisted of a 

 volume of 339 pages and 44: plates, submitted to Congress in response 

 to the following item in the sundry" civil act of March 3, 1901: "That 

 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is directed to report to 

 Congress on the first day of the next regular session an entire 

 account of all appropriations heretofore expended l)y the Astro- 

 physical Observatory, what results have been reached, and what is 

 the present condition of the Avork of said Observatory.'"' 



The Secretary during the ye'AV transmitted to Congress the Annual 

 Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1901, and 

 also the Fourth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of 

 the American Revolution. The Institution has no share in the dis- 

 tribution of the latter report, only the " usual" document number 

 (1,682) being printed. Of the Historical Reports a limited number, 

 beginning with the 1891 report, have been at the disposal of the Insti- 

 tution for distribution to the larger historical societies of the world 

 in exchange^ for their publications. 



LIBRARY. 



Tile accessions to the Smithsonian deposit in the Library of Congress 

 dui'ing the year were 1,678 volumes, 20,831 parts of volumes, 3,732 

 pamphlets, and 111 charts, or a total of 26,658, extending the accession 

 numbers to 115,523. The libraries of the Secretary's ofl&ce, and of 



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