Appendix VII. 



REPORT OF THE EDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1893. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report upon the publications of the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1893 : 



I. SMITHSONIAN CUNTKIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



Of the Volume XXVII of the quarto series of "Contributions" (having the serial 

 No. 839 in the Smithsonian list of publications) only a part has yet been issued, 

 namely, No. 801, ''Experiments in Aerodynamics," By S. P. Langley. This was 

 included in last year's list of publications. 



No. 840. "Life Histories of North American Birds, with special reference to their 

 breeding habits, and eggs; Avith twelve lithographic plates." By Charles Bondire. 

 Quarto volume of x+446 pages: illustrated with 12 plates of 185 chromo-lithographic 

 figures of birds' eggs. 



No. 841. "Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Volume xxviii." Thisvolume 

 is entirely occupied with the "Life Histories of American Birds," etc., just above 

 described. Agreeably to the established practice of the Institution, a separate edi- 

 tion of 250 coijies of the work has been issued as No. 840, for special distribution to 

 those more jjarticularly interested in the subject, the principal edition of 1,000 

 copies being designed for deposit with the leading scientific societies and public 

 libraries, in continuation of the series of " Contribution" volumes. With the extra 

 title-])age and preliminary matter this volume comprises xxi-|-446 pages, illustrated 

 with 12 chromo-lithographic plates. 



No. 842. " The Application of Interference Methods to Spectroscopic Measurements, 

 with five plates." By Albert H. Michelson. Quarto volume of 24 pages; illustrated 

 with 5 plates. 



II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



No. 843. "The Mechanics of the Earth's Atmosphere. A collection of Translations, 

 by Cleveland Abbe." Octavo volume of 324 pages; illustrated with 46 figures. 



No. 844. "Smithsonian Meteorological Tables." Octavo volume oflix-j-262 pages. 

 This w^ork will form the first part of Volume xxxvofthe " Miscellaneous Collec- 

 tions," which volume is not yet completed. 



No. 849. "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume xxxiv." This volume 

 contains : Article 1, The Toner Lectures. Lecture ix. — Mental Overwork and Prema- 

 tura Disease among Public and Professional Men. By Charles K. Mills, M. d., 

 January, 1885. Article 2, Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washing- 

 ton, Volume III, November 6, 1883— May 19, 1885, 1886. Article 3, Index to the 

 Literature of Columbiuui, 1801-1887. By Frank W. Traphagen, ph. d., 1888. Arti- 

 cle 4, Bibliography of Astronomy for the year 1887. By William C. Winlock, 1888. 

 Article 5, Bibliography of Chemistry for the year 1887. By H. Carriugton Bolton, 

 1888. Article 6, The Toner Lectures. Lecture x. — A clinical study of the skull. 

 By Harrison Allen, M. D., March, 1890. Article 7, Index to the Literature of Ther- 

 modynamics. By Alfred Tuckerman, PH. D., 1890. Article 8, The Correction of 

 Sextants for Errors of Eccentricity and Graduation. By Joseph A. Rogers, 1890. 

 Article 9, Bibliography of the Chemical Influence of Light. By Alfred Tuckerman, 

 PH. D., 1891. Article 10, The Mechanics of the Earth's Atmosphere. A collection 



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