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In short, bibliou'iaiihiial experieiuo conlinus tlie jiul«uit'iit that souu'tliiiiK 

 "very like" this eatalo^'iie us to coiupleteness is the essential, ami full title 

 method best, without prt'juiliee as to variety iu olluT details. • • • 



Seieutilie bibliograiihy has tlie very high honor iu bil»lio),'raithieal history of hav- 

 ing been the first to conceive and to carry out on u large scale in the interna- 

 tional catalogue the seeing-as-a-whole aspect of things which the modern school 

 of psychologists is now exploiting. It would be au even greater honor if it 

 should lead the promotors of research generally to api»ly the ccmiprehensive 

 method to other large fields. 



Notwithstaiulin<^ tlie practical deadlock still existing in interna- 

 liunul lelationships, where cooi)erati()n is essential to success, it is 

 lioped antl expected that some method will be foiuul to reorganize 

 and finance this great enterprise, as its history and past success en- 

 titles it to first place when worth-while projects are being consid- 

 ered by private individuals or by existing foundations whose aim 

 and purpose is to aid the advance of knowledge and the welfare of 

 mankind, 

 liespectfully submitted. 



Leonard C. Gunnell, 



Ass/Jit ant in Chaiv/r. 

 Dr. Charles G. Abbot, 



Secretai'y^ Smithsonian Institution, 



