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world, showing the promptness with which the Smithsonian has dis- 

 tributed the books. 



The binding of two hundred copies of Volume V. in cloth has been 

 delayed to secure an appropriate design for the die on the cover. 



As Volume V. closes the first series of the Academy Proceedings 

 and contains a number of Dr. Parry's original papers, among them his 

 last one, it seems proper that a flower discovered by and named for him 

 should be represented on the outside cover. So far we have not been 

 able to determine the proper flower. 



Another work of your committee is the publication of fifty-two 

 pages of Volume VI., comprising a " Bibliography of Iowa Antiqui- 

 ties," by Prof. Frederick Starr, Ph.D.; "Buddhism in America," by 

 Edward L. Berthoud, and "Ancient Grooved Rocks in Arkansas," 

 by W. A. Chapman (illustrated). 



Beside these a very interesting and carefully prepared " Biograph- 

 ical Sketch of the Late Charles C. Parry " has been written by Dr. C. 

 H. Preston, supplemented by a list of the papers published by Dr. 

 Parry, prepared by his wife. 



Mrs. Parry has presented two thousand copies of a fine steel plate 

 portrait of Dr. Parry to accompany Volume VI. 



Prof. Starr has stated his willingness to prepare a summary of all 

 the matter that has been written on Iowa archeology, if he can have 

 the assurance that the Academy will publish it. Your committee 

 would recommend the assumption of this important work. 



It is with grateful remembrance that the chairman of your commit- 

 tee would speak of the zeal and untiring labor of Prof. W. H. Pratt, 

 whose death occurred in Minneapolis on Dec. 4, 1893. He was a 

 member of the first publication committee, and from the inception of 

 the movement threw his enthusiasm into it with an appreciation of its 

 importance contagious to his co-laborers. Ready alike with pencil and 

 pen, the first volumes of the Proceedings teem with his illustrations 

 and descriptions of mounds and other papers. 



The first publication committee consisted of W. H. Pratt, J. D. 

 Putnam, C. H. Preston, R. J. Farquharson and George H. French, 

 of whom Dr. Preston alone remains and is still on the Publication 

 Committee doing most efficient work. 



At a memorial meeting of the Academy held in honor of our late 

 lamented friend W. H. Pratt, a committee was appointed to prepare a 

 biographical sketch to appear in Volume VI. of the Proceedings. 



Perhaps an interesting item in connection with the publication is 

 the fact that aside from the returns in valuable donations of curiosities 

 and a library of at least 28,000 volumes, five hundred to one thou- 

 sand dollars has been realized from the sale of the Proceedings, 

 which receipts have always been used to continue the publication. 

 For this reason the publication fund has been kept separate from the 

 general fund and has always been in bank on the account of the chair- 

 man of your committee. 



