SECRETARY'S REPORT 209 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 



Calligraphers and painters: A treatise by Qadi Ahmad, son of Mir-Munshi 



(circa A.H. 1015/A.D. 1606). Translated from the Persian by V. Minorsljy. 



With an introduction by B. N. Zakhoder, translated from the Russian by 



T. Minorsky. Freer Gallery of Art Occ, Pap., vol. 3, No. 2. x+225 pp., 



8 pis. (Publ. 4339.) 1959. ($4.00.) 

 Hokusai paintings and drawings in the Freer Gallery of Ar<;, by Harold P. 



Stern. Catalog. 40 pp., 36 pis. (Publ. 4419). 1960. ($1.00.) 

 Medieval Near Eastern ceramics iu the Freer Gallery of Art, by Richard 



Ettinghausen. Catalog. 40 pp., 40 plate figs. (Publ. 4420.) 1960. ($1.00.) 

 Ars Orientalis, vol. 3. vl+263 pp., 132 pis., 28 figs. (Publ. 4381.) 1959. 



($20.00.) 



REPORTS OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCLVTION 



The annual reports of the American Historical Association are 

 transmitted by the Association to the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and are by him communicated to Congress, as provided in 

 the act of mcorporation of the Association. The following reports 

 were issued during the year : 

 Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1955. VoL 2, Writings 



on American History, 1953. 1960. 

 Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1958. Vol. 1, Proceed- 

 ings. 1959. 



REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN 



REVOLUTION 



In accordance with law, the manuscripts of the sixty-first and sixty- 

 second annual reports of the National Society, Daughters of the 

 American Revolution, were transmitted to Congress on February 1 

 and March 7, 1960, respectively. 



OTHER ACTIVITIES 



During the year the Smithsonian Institution was elected to affiliate 

 membership in the Association of American University Presses. 

 Late in May, the chief of the Editorial and Publications Division 

 attended the annual meeting of the Association in Pittsburgh, repre- 

 senting the Institution and formally accepting the membership. 



A project consummated during the year was the editing of "Smith- 

 sonian Treasury of Science," an anthology of 50 articles that have 

 appeared over the years in the General Appendices of the Report of 

 the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian. These appendices, which 

 have appeared in the Report without a break for well over a century, 

 have contained many outstanding and important articles in science 

 and technology, most of them by eminent scientists and writers. 

 "Written primarily for the general public, rather than for specialized 

 readers, they have formed a significant part of the Institution's pro- 



