2 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



The Editor with Mr. A. S. Coggeshall spent the months of April, 

 May, and June in Europe engaged in installing at the Royal Museum 

 in Berlin and at the National Museum in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 

 the replicas of Diplodocus carnegiei which Mr. Carnegie has presented 

 to the German Emperor and to the President of the French Republic. 

 While the labors incident to this journey were somewhat exacting, 

 compensation was found in the opportunity which was afforded to 

 form friendships with many of the most distinguished scientific men 

 of the German and French capitals. The kind invitation to be pres- 

 ent at the sessions of the International Anatomical Congress, which 

 was held in Berlin in April, was gladly accepted and resulted in per- 

 sonal acquaintance with many of those present, who represented the 

 latest achievements in this important branch of scientific inquiry. 

 With charming hospitality the Ministry of Public Instruction and the 

 Faculty of the University of Berlin on the evening of May 13 gave a 

 banquet in honor of Mr. Carnegie and his representative. The pleas- 

 ures of the occasion will never be forgotten. In Paris President Fal- 

 lieres in person accepted Mr. Carnegie's gift on the afternoon of June 

 15, and in the evening of the same day the Faculty of the Museum 

 united in a gathering at which in addition to choice viands there was 

 a generous display of gracious and witty oratory. Gratitude for Mr. 

 Carnegie's gifts was shown in everything that was said and done both 

 in Germany and France. The bestowal by the German Emperor of 

 the Royal Prussian Order of the Crown, and by the President of 

 France of the Cross of the Legion of Honor upon the Director of the 

 Carnegie Museum, and the bestowal of the order of Officier de 1' In- 

 struction Publique upon Mr. Coggeshall by the French President, fur- 

 nished striking evidence of their appreciation of the gifts of Mr. 

 Carnegie. 



The Diplodocus was for the time being the sensation of the French 

 capital and furnished the wise and the unwise, who thrive by pushing 

 their pens, an apparently unlimited field for the exercise of their 

 talents, as is evidenced by a collection of over six hundred clippings 

 taken from French journals. The Editor refuses to be held responsible 

 for a great deal that was published in the guise of accurate information 

 in reference to this interesting fossil ; and he certainly cannot be held 

 responsible for the vagaries of French wits, who apparently tasked 

 their ingenuity in order to amuse their readers. One of the funniest 

 productions is that of a writer, who alleges that the founder of the 



