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issued at Rome in 1892-96 under the auspices of the Ministry of 

 Pubhc Instruction, from Otto H. F. Vollbehr; Algemeene en Byzon- 

 dere Natuurlyke Historie (1773), in 17 volumes, by Comte de Buffon, 

 from Morris M. Green; Cowboy Scrap Books, in 3 volumes, by L. Fred 

 Foster, from John H. Foster and Louise T. Foster Ramer; 22 books on 

 cycling and the bicycling era in England and America, from Albert 

 E, Schaaf; 19 publications on archeology, by Louis Speleers, from 

 the author; Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, volumes 

 1-19, from G. H. Snow; Journal of Osteopathy, 179 volumes and parts, 

 from H. E. Litton, editor; The Birds of Tropical West Africa, volume 

 3, by David Armitage Bannerman, from the Crown Agents for the Col- 

 onies; Lectures, Selected Papers, Addresses, by Cyrus Adler, from the 

 author; Teneriffe: An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth, 

 from John C. Bridwell; Some Aeronautical Music from the Collection 

 of Bella C. Landauer, from Mrs. Landauer; Harry Wearne: a Short 

 Account of His Life and Work, with 63 Reproductions of His Designs 

 in Full Color, from Harry Wearne, Inc.; Historic House Museums 

 (2 copies), from the American Association of Museums; The Folger 

 Shakespeare Library, from the Trustees of Amherst College; The 

 Reconstruction of Tokyo (2 copies), from Mayor Torataro Ushizukas; 

 The Elephant, 2 volumes, by Etsujiro Sunamoto, from the author — 

 the second copy presented by him; Navaho Weaving: Its Technic and 

 History, by Charles Avery Amsden, from Frederick W. Hodge; 

 Cave Life of Kentucky, by Vernon Bailey, from the author; The 

 Earth Upsets, hj Chase Salmon Osborn, from the author; Indo-China. 

 a Sportsman's Opportunity, by Archibald Harrison, from Francis 

 Burton Harrison; Japan and America: a Journey and a Political 

 Survey, by Henry W. Taft, from the author; Ruf, Haight, Eddy, 

 Sumner, Hatch, and Allied Families, from Mrs. Alpha H. Ruf; The 

 Benedicts Abroad, by Clare Benedict, from the author; Siam: Nature 

 and Industry, and Siam: General and Medical Features, from Hugh 

 M. Smith; The Development of the Peace Idea and Other Essays, by 

 Benjamin F. Trueblood, from Mrs. Benjamin F. Trueblood; Le Livre 

 d'Or de Victor Hugo . . . par des Ecrivains Contemporains, from the 

 Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires. Among the gifts, too, were three 

 important ethnological works from the library of her late brother, 

 Daniel Folkmar, from Mrs. Etta F. Winter; a letter from R. R. Wal- 

 dron to Sarah J. Hale on the U. S. Exploring Expedition (Wilkes), 

 from Charles B. Hale; and several publications of a miscellaneous 

 character, from Haydn T. Giles. Other gifts included 789 publica- 

 tions from the Library of Congress, 373 from the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, 447 from the American Association 

 of Museums, 563 from the Bureau of American Ethnology, 25 from 

 the Anthropological Society of Washington, and several from the 

 Geophysical Laboratory. Gifts were also received from Secretary 



