VI CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Bureau of American Ethnology 28 



International Exchanges 30 



National Zoological Park 30 



Astrophysical Observatory 31 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literatui'e 32 



Necrology 33 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 35 



2. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 49 



3. Report on the International Exchanges 73 



4. Report on the National Zoological Park 83 



5. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 99 



6. Report on the library 104 



7. Report on the International Catalogue of Scieutitic Literature 109 



8. Report on publications 112 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND REGENTS. 



Report of Executive Committee 119 



Proceedings of Board of Regents 124 



GENERAL APPENDIX. 



Administration and activities of the Smithsonian Institution, by A. Howard 



Clark 13 



News from the stars, by C. G. Abbot 157 



The distances of the heavenly bodies, by W. S. Eichelberger 169 



A census of the sky, by R. A. Sampson 181 



Gun-report noise, by Hiram P. Maxim 193 



Molecular structure and life, by Ame Pictet 199 



Ideals of chemical investigation, by Theodore W. Richards 213 



The earth: Its figure, dimensions, and the constitution of its interior, by T. C. 



Chamberlin, Harry Fielding Reid, John F. Hayford, and Frank Schlesinger. 225 



Dry land in geology, by Arthur P. Coleman 255 



The petroleum resources of the United States, by Ralph Arnold 273 



The outlook for iron, by James Furman Kemp 289 



The origin of meteorites, by Fr. Berwerth 311 



The present state of the problem of evolution, by M. Caullery 321 



Some considerations on sight in birds, by J. C. Lewis 337 



Pirates of the deep: Stories of the squid and octopus, by Paul Bartsch 347 



The economic importance of the diatoms, by Albert Mann 877 



Narcotic plants and stimulants of the ancient Americans, by W. E. Safford. . . 387 

 New archeological lights on the origins of civilization in Europe, by Arthur. 



Evans 425 



The great dragon of Quirigua, by W. H. Holmes 447 



A prehistoric Mesa Verde Pueblo and its people, by J. W. Fewkes 461 



The art of the great earthwork builders of Ohio, by Charles C. Willoughby 489 



A half century of geographical progress, by J. Scott Keltie 501 



The relation of pure science to industrial research, by J. J. Carty 523 



Mine safety devices developed by the United States Bureau of Jkfines, by 



Van H. Manning 533 



Natural waterways in the United States, by W. W. Harts 545 



Theodore N. Gill, by William H. Ball. 579 



The life and work of Fabre, by E. L. Bouvier 587 



