38 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Notable additions to the ceramics in the Museum have been made, 

 among which may be mentioned the gift of one hundred and forty- 

 three specimens of early colonial and eighteenth century English 

 pottery and glass-ware presented by Mrs. Jessie Porterfield Heasley. 



A gift which is much appreciated is that made by Messrs. Healey & 

 Company, the famous carriage-builders of New York City, who 

 presented to us a D'Orsay, made under the personal supervision of 

 General Healey, which is a masterpiece of the art of the blacksmith 

 and carriage-builder, and which has historic interest because it is 

 known to be the first vehicle manufactured in America which was 

 illuminated by electric light from storage-batteries, and was one of the 

 first, if not the very first, to be provided with rubber tires. 



Numerous interesting additions were made to our carvings in wood 

 and ivory, and art-work in the metals. 



Important accessions of letters and documents were added to our 

 rapidly growing accumulation of historical papers. 



The foregoing paragraphs serve to throw some light on the activities 

 of the Museum during the past year. Fuller and more detailed 

 information is contained in the Annual Report of the Director, pre- 

 sented to the Trustees in April, 1919. 



The fraternity between men of science in foreign lands and our- 

 selves has been illustrated in a pleasing manner on several occasions 

 during the past years. 



The following letter was received from Monsieur Edmond Perrier, 

 the Director of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, 

 and Ex- President of the Academic des Sciences, shortly after the United 

 States had begun hostilities against Germany. 



"Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 



"Paris, le 22 Avril, 1917. 



"Le Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris au Musee Car- 

 negie. 



" Dr. \V. J. Holland, Directeur, 



" AIo?i cher Collegiie. 



" Au moment ou on va dresser avec accompagnement de salves d'ar- 

 tillerie ])our cette fin le drapeau americain et le drapeau tricolor 

 accoles I'un a I'autrc au sommet de la tour Eiffel, le Museum National 



