RErORT OF THE SECRETARY 9 



ties of the Smithsonian and its branches. The Institution receives a 

 definite royalty from the sale of the books which provides greatly 

 needed additional funds for the continuation of its researches. Vol- 

 umes 1 to 4 were issued in 1929, and volumes 5 to 8 in 1930. The 

 titles are as follows : 



1. The Smithsonian Institution, by Webster Prentiss True. 



2. Tlie Sun and the Welfare of Man, by Charles Greeley Abbot. 



3. Minerals from Earth and Sky. Part I, The Story of Meteorites, by George 



P. Merrill. Part II, Gems and Gem Minerals, by William F. Foshag. 



4. The North American Indians. An account of the American Indians north 



of Mexico, compiled from the original sources, by Rose A. Palmer. 



5. Insects : Their Ways and Means of Living, by R. E. Snodgrass. 

 G. Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo, by William M. Mann, 



7. Man From the Farthest Past, by C. W. Bishop, C. G. Abbot, and A. flrdlicka, 



8. Cold-Blooded Vertebrates, by C. W. Gilmore, D. M. Cochran, and S. F. 



Hildebrand. 



Volumes 9, 10, and 11 were in press at the close of the year, and 

 the manuscript of volume 12 was practically completed. 



The first edition of the series to be put on the market was a 

 limited de luxe set known as the James Smithson memorial edition; 

 this was quickly sold out. The publishers are now selling two dis- 

 tinct editions known as the patrons' edition and the William Howard 

 Taft memorial edition. 



RESEARCHES IN EUROPEAN ARCHI\TSS 



Dr. C. U. Clark continued his research work among the European 

 archives under the grant furnished by Ambassador Charles G. 

 Dawes in 1929. In addition to the important materials listed last 

 year, Doctor Clark has made some very interesting new discoveries 

 of manuscrii^ts relating to the ethnology of many tribes of North 

 and South America. In the library at Evora in Portugal he brought 

 to light a great many documents of unusual interest which had been 

 deposited by Jesuit missionaries of the early colonial period in 

 Brazil. In the British Museum Doctor Clark discovered some im- 

 portant works of Francisco Cardenas relating to the Maya Indians 

 of Yucatan. In addition to the new work in Portugal and Eng- 

 land, Doctor Clark continued his researches in the archives of the 

 Indies at Seville and in the Vatican Library and the Propaganda 

 Fide in Eome. Insomuch as the Dawes fund will expire in Sep- 

 tember, Doctor Clark will bring his work to a conclusion at that 

 time. The results that have been obtained through this research 

 have been exceptionally valuable, and the interesting material 

 brought to light was considerably more than might have been 

 expected. Although the research was undertaken primarily for the 

 purpose of locating material on the Maya Indians of Yucatan, in 



