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by Dr. Albert Charles Seward, master of Downing College and pro- 

 fessor of botany, Cambridge University. Doctor Seward's subject 

 was Plant Records of the Rocks; the lecture will appear in the 

 Smithsonian Report for 1932. 



Lecture on anthropological work in Alaska. — On February 24, 

 1932, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropology in the 

 National Museum, lectured on Anthropological Exploration in 

 Alaska, under the auspices of the Institution. 



SMITHSONIAN SCIENTIFIC SERIES 



The Smithsonian Scientific Series is a set of 12 volumes, written in 

 popular style and profusely illustrated, on the various branches of 

 science included in the scope of the Institution's work. The books 

 were written by members of the staff and collaborators of the Insti- 

 tution, and they are published and sold by a New York corporation, 

 the Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc. The Institution receives a 

 definite royalty on all sales. Three-fourths of all receipts are added 

 to the permanent endowment, the remainder used as income to pro- 

 'mote the Smithsonian program of research and publication. 



Eleven volumes of the series have thus far been issued and the 

 twelfth and last was in press at the close of the fiscal year. The titles 

 and authors are as follows: 



1. The Smithsonian Institution, by Webster Prentiss True. 



2. The Sun and the Welfare of Man, by Charles Greeley Abbot. 



3. Minerals from Earth and Sky. Part I, The Story of Meteorites, by George 



P. Merrill ; Part II, Gems and Gem Minerals, by William F. Foshag. 



4. The North American Indians. An account of the American Indians north of 



Mexico, compiled from the original sources, by Rose A. Palmer. 



5. Insects : Their Ways and Means of Living, by R. E. Snodgrass. 



6. Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo, by William M. Maun. 



7. Man from the Farthest Past, by C. W. Bishop, C. G. Abbot, and A. 



Hrdlicka. 



8. Cold-Bloodod Vertebrates, by C. \\\ Gilmore, D. M. Cochran, and S. F. 



Hildebrand. 



9. Warm-Blooded Vertebrates. Part I, Birds, by Alexander Wetmore ; Part II, 



Mammals, by Gerrit S. Miller, jr., and James W. Gidley. 



10. Shelled Invertebrates of the Past and Present, with Chapters on Geological 



History, by Ray S. Bassler, Charles E. Resser, Waldo L. Schmitt, and 

 Paul Bartsch. 



11. Old and New Plant Lore, by Agnes Chase, A. S. Hitchcock, Earl S. Johnston, 



J. H. Kempton, Ellsworth P. Killip, Daniel T. MacDougal, Albert Mann, 

 and William R. Maxon. 



12. Great Inventions, by Charles Greeley Abbot. 



COOPERATIVE ETHNOLOGICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



In 1928 Congress appropriated $20,000 for cooperative ethnological 

 and archeological investigations in this country, the allotments to 

 be made on approval of the Secretary of the Institution in amounts 



