4 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



the kind person who sent this interesting and remarkable specimen to 

 the Museum. 



The work of completing the sets cf scientific periodicals required 

 in the work cf the naturalists connected with our staff is going forward 

 continuously. A number of important additions were made during 

 the summer and fall, and some others are contemplated. The work 

 of building up a reference library, such as is indispensable in a large 

 museum, calls for patience and a considerable expenditure of money. 



At the request of the President of the Argentine Republic, Dr. 

 Roque Saenz Pena, Mr. Andrew Carnegie has decided to present to 

 the Museum at La Plata a replica of Diplodocus carnegiei similar to 

 the one which he has given to the Kings of England and Italy, the 

 President of France, and the Emperors of Germany, Austria, and 

 Russia. The work of assembling the replica and mounting it pre- 

 paratory to shipment will necessarily consume much time. The task 

 is long and tedious, but experience has enabled us to solve many of 

 the greater difficulties, so that this specimen may possibly be prepared 

 with greater rapidity than those which were originally made. It is 

 impossible at this moment to tell when the arrangements can be made 

 for shipping and installing the specimen in the museum for which it is 

 destined. 



In October, during the absence of the Director, Mr. Childs Frick 

 visited the Museum, and was assisted by Mr. Stewart in making pre- 

 liminary arrangements for outfitting his expedition to Abyssinia. 

 He sailed from New York a couple of days before the Director of the 

 Museum landed at that port, and, when last heard from, had safely 

 arrived in Abyssinia, and was about to proceed into the interior. 

 His friends at the Carnegie Museum follow him with their best wishes 

 for success, good health, and prosperity in all his undertakings. 



