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Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, in order to consult 

 hooks which they must see, and thus a great imjjulse will be given to 

 the prosecution of original research among the three or four millions 

 of people who are within reach of the Institute. 



Through the kindness of the executors of the estate of the late 

 Heber R. Bishop of New York a copy of the magnificent work upon 

 Jades prepared by him and published by his executors after his death, 

 has been presented to the library of the Museum. This sumptuous 

 work, which is jjrobably the most splendid set of \olumes, which has 

 thus far apjjcared in the twentieth century, is a gift which is greatly 

 appreciated by the authorities of the Museum, not only because of its 

 beauty and intrinsic value, but because of the fact that it is of the ut- 

 most practical use at the present time, for without it it would be im- 

 possible for us to do justice in description to the splendid collection 

 of jades and jadeites belonging to the Yelasco collection, uj^on which 

 Mr. C. V. Hartman is at present preparing a monographic paper. 



