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culture of Central Asia, jjarticularly of Mongolia and Thibet, and 

 included a number of rare items, several in manuscript, and various 

 works of general reference, among which was a copy of the Palace 

 Edition of the Imperial Dictionary issued in 171G in 40 volumes by a 

 commission of scholars under the personal supervision of Emperor 

 K'ang Hsi. This gift constitutes a most valuable sup})lement not 

 only to the Chinese works in the library of the Freer Gallery but to 

 those in the oriental division of the Library of Congress. 



The other noteworthy gift came from the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science. It comprised approximately 3,500 

 volumes of serial and society publications, from all parts of the world 

 and in nearly all languages, many in almost unbroken sets extending 

 over years. From this collection have already been selected more 

 than 1,500 volumes and parts needed in the Smithsonian deposit and 

 the libraries of the National Museum and the Astrophysical Observa- 

 tory. Among these were some that were out of print and very rare, 

 including not a few that these libraries had been trying for some 

 time to get to complete their sets. The gift is one of the most useful 

 that the library has received in recent years. 



Among other gifts worthy of especial mention were scientific publi- 

 cations in 68 volumes and 47 parts, lacking in the Smithsonian library, 

 from the Library of Congress; North American Wild Flowers, 

 volumes 1 to 3, by Mary Vaux Walcott, from the artist-author; a 

 collection of 70 volumes and 174 pamphlets, mainly on art, from 

 Dr. William H. Holmes, director of the National (iallery; various 

 works, in 50 volumes, chiefly on Egyptian art and archeology, from 

 Mrs, George Cabot Lodge; To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926, by Wil- 

 liam K. Vanderbilt, from the author; A Souvenir of Wyoming — an 

 illustrated manuscript in 3 volumes, with text by John G. White, 

 being a diary of a fishing trip in Jackson Hole and Yellowstone Park, 

 with remarks on early history and historical geography — from 

 Thomas A. McCaslin ; the Ronald Aeronautic Library, in 12 volumes, 

 presented by the publishers at the suggestion of Mr. Paul E. Garber, 

 assistant curator of the divisions of mineral and mechanical tech- 

 nology ; and about 300 volumes, pertaining largely to the religions of 

 the Old World, from the estate of Dr. I. M. Casanowicz, late assistant 

 curator of the division of Old World archeology, 



IMany other gifts were also received, especially from Secretary 

 Abbot, Assistant Secretary Wetmore, Mr. A. H. Clark, Dr. Walter 

 Hough, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, Dr, W. R. Maxon, Mr. J. U. Perkins, Miss 

 M. J. Rathbun, Dr. C. W. Richmond, Mr. Robert Ridgeway, the late 

 Dr. J. N. Rose, Mr, R. C. Smith, Dr. L. Stejneger, Mr. B. H. Swale^ 

 and Dr. J. R. Swanton. 



