112 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



From the Society. — Boletino da Sociedade de Geographia de Lis- 

 boa. 1883. 4 ser, Nos. 8, 9. 



From the Committee. — Mittheilungen des Komite der Geographi- 

 schen Gesellschaft von Bern. Oct., 1883. Pp. 8. 



From the Society. — VI. Jahresbericht der Geographischen Gesell- 

 schaft von Bern. 1883-84. 



From the Institute. — Rep. of the Am. Archseol. Institute for 1884, 

 at Boston. Cambridge. 1884. 



From the Company. — Bulletin of the Library Company of Phila- 

 delphia, for July, 1884. 



From the Society. — Bulletins de la Societe d'Anthropologie de 

 Paris. Jan. -Mar. , 1884. 



Proc. and Coll. Wyoming Hist, and Geol. Soc'y, Wilkes- 



Barre, Pa. 1858-S4. 



The Manuscripts of the Earl of Ashburnham. (Remarks of 



American Newspapers.) 1884. Pp- 23. 



From the Institute. — Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Vol. 15. 

 Nos. 1-9, and Vol. 16, Nos. 1-6. 



From the Society. — Bull. Societe de Geographiede Paris, i, 2, 3 

 Trimestre. 1884. 



Compte rendu of the Society. Nos. 10-13, i5~i7 of 1884. 



• Archivio per I'Anthropologia e la Etnologia. Firenze. 1884. 



XIV. Pt. 2. 



Publications of the Imper. Russian Geograph. Soc. St. Peters- 

 burg. 1884. XX. Pts. 2, 4. 



Report Imper. Russ. Geograph. Soc. for 1883. St. Peters- 

 burg, 1884. 



Bollettino della Societa Geografica Italiana. Roma. 1884. 



Pts. 1-7, 9-10, inclusive. 



From the Museum. — Sixteenth and Seventeenth Annual Report of 

 the Peabody Museum. 1884. Vol. III. Nos. 3, 4. 



On motion of Prof. Ward, the thanks of the Society was voted 

 for these valuable documents. , 



Mr. W. H. Holmes read a paper entitled " Origin and Devel- 

 opment OF Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art." 



ABSTRACT. 



The material for this paper was derived chiefly from the native 

 ceramic art of the United States. The advantages of this field, as 

 compared with that of the classic Orient, is apparent when it is 

 remembered that the dawn of that art lies hidden in impenetrable 



