108 AISTNTJAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1960 



LIBRARY 



Accessions of books, pamphlets, periodicals, and study materials 

 totaled 738 pieces of which over one-half were purchases. Unfortu- 

 nately the cost of publication increases, and the many institutions and 

 societies that formerly sent their journals freely, in exchange or gratis, 

 now find it necessary to offer them on subscription basis in order to 

 assure continuity of publication. Fewer titles were acquired but the 

 cost of the purchases was greater. 



Some important works acquired in a wide bibliography of art in- 

 cluded Ho-un, nos. 1-36 (1932-1946), Tokyo and Kyoto; Ku Rung 

 TYiin liua san pai chung (300 masterpieces of Chinese painting in the 

 Palace Museum collection), selected and compiled by an editorial 

 committee ... of the National Palace Museum and the National Cen- 

 tral Museum, Taichung, Taiwan, 1959; six folio pen in t'^ao; Shang- 

 hai po-wan-huan ts^ang-hua chi (collection of paintings from the 

 Shanghai Museum), Shang-hai jen-min ch'u-pan-she, 1959; Chinese 

 painting: leading masters and principles, by Osvald Siren, 2 sections in 

 7 volumes. New York, Ronald Press, 1956-58: Chvng-hiia ta tz'"u 

 tlen (Encyclopedia sinica), compiled by Yang Chia-lo, to be complete 

 in 40 volumes, Taipei. Chinese cultural research institute, 1960; 

 Tlie M aasir-id-umara, by Nawab Samsam-ud-Dowla Shah Nawaz 

 Khan Rahim . . . Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1887-1897, 

 3 volumes in Persian; The M adthir-ul-umard, being biographies of 

 the Muhammadan and Hindu officers of the Timurid sovereigns of 

 India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D., by Nawwab Samsam-ud-Daulah 

 Shah Nawaz Khan and his son 'Abul-Hayy (second edition), trans- 

 lated by TT. Beveridge . . . revised, annotated, and completed by Baini 

 Prasha, Calcutta, Royal Asiatic Society, 1911-52, 2 volumes (Biblio- 

 theca Indica, Work No. 202) ; Nishikie no halin no hosho (the date 

 proof marks on prints), by Tshii Kend5, Tolcyo, Tsehin shoten, 1920. 



An exchange of study photographs of Wliistler paintings has been 

 instituted with the University of Glasgow, and the Gallery has re- 

 ceived 80 study photographs of the little-kno^vn "\Yliistler paintings 

 Avhich IMiss Rosalind Birnie Philip gave to the University. 



Sam R. Broadbent presented an etching for the study collection, 

 "Little Quimper," by Charles A. Piatt, the architect for the Freer 

 Building. 



Four locked bookcases of four sections each installed by the cabinet 

 shop provided much-needed expansion for the Oriental! a. Mrs. PTog- 

 enson and Mrs. Usilton did the reshelving and made an inventory 

 while doing so. All the cataloged books and pamphlets were ac- 

 counted for when fmished. The folio books were marked with the 

 proper symbol and the catalog cards marked to correspond. 



