94 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1907. 
VI. Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 
The twenty-sixth annual report of the Bureau of American Hthnology and 
Bulletins 33, 34, 35, and 36 were sent to the printer during the year. Bulletins 
31 and 32 were published in July. Part 1 of Bulletin 30, Handbook of American 
Indians, appeared in March, and the twenty-fourth annual report in May.e A 
list of publications of the Bureau and a special article on Indian missions were 
issued in June. These publications are elsewhere described in detail in the 
report on the Bureau. 
VII. Report of the American Historical Association. 
The annual report of the American Historical Association for the year 1905 
was sent to the printer in May, 1906, and Volume I was completed in November 
of that year. Volume II, however, comprising a complete bibliography of the 
publications of American historical societies for more than a century, had not 
been issued at the close of the fiscal year. 
The manuscript of the report for 1906 was received in May, 1907, but was 
not forwarded to the printer until after the close of the fiscal year. 
VIII. Report of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 
The ninth report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution was received from the society in Mebruary, 1907, and submitted to 
Congress in accordance with law. 
IX. Smithsonian Committee on Printing. 
The editor has served as secretary of the Smithsonian advisory committee 
on printing and publication. To this committee have been referred the manu- 
seripts proposed for publication by the various branches of the Institution, 
also those offered for printing in the Quarterly Issue of the Smithsonian 
Miscellaneous Collections. The committee has also passed upon blank forms 
for current use in the Institution and its branches. The committee considered 
and reported to the Secretary on various questions relating in general to print- 
ing and publication. Twenty-six meetings were held during the year and 101 
manuscripts were reported upon. 
X. Press Abstracts of Publications. 
Beginning in March, 1907, an editorial assistant was assigned to the prepara- 
tion of abstracts of such publications of the Institution and its branches as 
could be put in popular language for the use of newspapers throughout the 
country. There has also been sent out a number of brief accounts of current 
investigations and longer descriptions of general work in the National Museum, 
the International Exchanges, the Astrophysical Observatory, the Zoological 
Park, and other branches of the Institution’s work. 
Respectfully submitted. 
A. Howarp CLARK, 
Editor. 
Dr. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
