CATALOGUE OF PITBLICATIONS 



^MiTPisorsi^v^s' i:N.-TiTTrTio:Nr 



ET irrLLTA3f J. BHEES. 



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The presfcL: ^.... . :^,- ..•iraces all the articles pnblblied hy the 

 Smithsonian iDStitntion, from its organization in l^i to the first of 

 Joly. 1S8C. a j>€r!od of forty rears. 



At the begiiining nothing was issce«l bet pamphlets e3[p>lanatoiy of 

 tht pliin of the Institution, and brief aannal repoits of the proceedings 

 of the Board of Eegente. irirlfcated in the catalogne by the letters A. 

 B, C, D, E. F. G. n. I. J. K. L. 31, >". O. Q. An elaJx.rate work fP m 

 the catalogue), by Eobebt Dahe OwE!r. on public architectnre. ^th 

 - : ferenceto the plans of the Smiih.>osian lastitatioa. prepare*! 



: of the building committee, ^as printe*! ar the expense of the 

 Institntion in 1S49. but did not form part of the regular series organized 

 bv the Secretary of the Institntion, I*rofessor Henry, 



T. Smithmnian Contributions^ to Knotdedge. 



The series entitletl - Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge." in 



quarto lonn. was commenced in jS4^S by the i>ublication of Sqnier and 



Davis's Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley- The following 



■ a«]vertisement~ of the first volume, prepare*! by Professor Henry. 



iL'iicate? ^h<* ^hnracter atd design of the series: 



"Thi- :s intended to form the first of a series of volumes, 



"'-:=::stii:^ • r I .^ina' : ^^ on different bTanches f-f knowledge pub- 



- -r'l at the exyienstr rr the direction of the Smithsonian Insti- 



" n. The x»nt»licai: n -; :iiis series forms part of a general plan 

 ; ::e«i for carnring into efiect the benevolent intentions of James 

 S :.:::;-vr;. >q,. of England. This gentleman left his p>roii«TTy in nnst 

 r • "• '^^ - 1 S^T^e^ "^f Arrer-y-i f f'nnd at ^^ashinglon an iuiStitntion 



have for its objects • the in'^rea^ 

 „ ." TliLstmst was accepted by the 

 G>' t:. : ..f^:.- niied States, and an act of Congress was passe^l 



Augu-: .'•. : . _ „-titnting the President and other principal exec- 

 utive ofiicers of the General Government, the Chief Jnstic-e of the Su- 



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