70 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



of Translations, by Clevelaud Abbe, 1891. The whole forms a volume of v+1054 

 pages: illustrated with 69 figures. 



No. 850. "A Select Bibliography of Chemistry, U92-1892." By Henry Carrington 

 Bolton. Octavo volume of xiii4-1212 pages. 



No. 851. "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Volume xxxvi." This volume 

 consists of a single Avork: the ''Select Bibliography of Chemistry" just above 

 described, 2.50 copies of the bibliographj^having been issued as an independent book, 

 and 1,000 copies (with additional title page) as the 36tli volume of the "Miscella- 

 neous " series, for libraries and societies. Octavo volume of xviii+1212 pages. 



No. 852. Tables of uatural sines and co-sines, tangents and co-tangents, together 

 with useful physical constants, etc. Octavo pamphlet of 8 pages. 



III. — SMITHSOXIAX ANNUM. REPORTS. 



No. 845. "Report of S. P. Laugley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, for 

 the year ending June 30, 1892," to tlie Regents of the Institution. Octavo pamphlet 

 of iii+83 pages. Illustrated with 5 figures. 



No. 846. "Report of the National Museum, annual report of the Board of Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, exi)enditure8, and condition 

 of the Institutiou for the year ending June 30, 1890." This volume comprises five 

 sections: I. Report of the assistant secretary of the Smithsonian, G. Brown Goode, 

 in charge of the National Museum, upon the condition and prospect of the Museum; 

 II. Rej)orts of the curators of the National Museum upon the progress of work dur- 

 ing the year; III. Papers describing and illustrating the collections in the Museum; 

 IV. Bibliography of publications and papers relating to the Museum during the year; 

 and V. List of accessions to the Museum during the year. The whole forms an octavo 

 volume of xviii-f 811 pages, illustrated with 163 plates and 99 figures. 



No. 848, the Smithsonian rejKU't to July 1, 1891, and No. 8.53, the Museum report to 

 July 1, 1891, have not yet been received from the Public Printer. 



IV. REPORTS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



No. 847. "Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, 1S85, 1886:" By J. W. Powell, Director. Tliis volume 

 contains the introductory report of the director (27 pages), together with accom- 

 panying papers, to wit: "Indian Linguistic Families of America north of Mexico," 

 by J. W. Powell; "The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa," by 

 W. J. Hoffman; "The sacred Formulas of the Cherokees," by James Mooney. A 

 royal-octavo volume of xliii + 409 pages; illustrated with 39 ligures in the text, 

 and 26 plates, of which 2 are ma})s, and 6 are chromo-lithographs. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



W, B. Taylor, 



Editor. 

 Mr. S. P. Langley. 



Sccretari/ of the Smithsonian Institution. 



