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The paleogeographical relations of antarctica. By Charles Hedley. 11 pp. 
(Publ. 2209.) 
The ants and their guests. By P. E. Wasmann. 20 pp.,10 pls. (Publ. 2210.) 
The penguins of the antarctic regions. By L. Gain. 8 pp., 9 pls. (Publ. 2211.) 
The derivation of the European domestic animals. By ©. Keller. 9 pp. (Publ. 
2212.) 
Life: its nature, origin, and maintenance. By EH. A. Schifer. 33 pp. (Publ. 
2213.) 
The origin of life: a chemist’s fantasy. By H. E. Armstrong. 15 pp. (Publ. 
2214.) 
The appearance of life on worlds and the hypothesis of Arrhénius. By Alphonse 
Berget. 9 pp. (Publ. 2215.) 
The evolution of man. By G. Elliot Smith. 20 pp. (Publ. 2216.) 
The history and varieties of human speech. By Edward Sapir. 238 pp. (Publ. 
2217.) 
Ancient Greece and its slave population. By S. Zaborowski. 12 pp. (Publ. 
2218.) 
Origin and evolution of the blond Europeans. By Adolphe Bloch. 22 pp. (Publ. 
2219, ) 
History of the finger-print system. By Berthold Laufer. 22 pp., 7 pls. (Publ. 
2220.) 
Urbanism: A historic, geographic, and economic study. By Pierre Clerget. 
15 pp. (Publ. 2221.) 
The Sinai problem. By E. Oberhummer. 9 pp., 8 pls. (Publ. 2222. 
The music of primitive peoples and the beginnings of Huropean music. By 
Willy Pastor. 22 pp. (Publ. 2223. 
Expedition to the South Pole. By Roald Amundsen. 16 pp. (Publ. 2224.) 
Icebergs and their location in navigation. By Howard T. Barnes. 24 pp., 3 pls. 
(Buble 2225.) 
* Henri Poincaré, his scientific work, his philosophy. By Charles Nordmann. 
23 pp. (Publ. 2226.) 
Report for 1915. 
The report of the executive committee and proceedings of the 
Board of Regents of the Institution, as well as the report of the 
Secretary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, both forming part 
of the annual report of the Board of Regents to Congress, were pub- 
lished in pamphlet form in November and December, respectively, 
1913, as follows: 
Report of the executive committee and proceedings of the Board of Regents 
for the year ending June 30, 1918. 21 pp. (Publ. 2250.) 
Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending 
June 30, 1918. iii, 119 pp., 1 pl. (Publ. 2249.) 
The general appendix to the Smithsonian Report for 1913 was in 
type, but actual presswork was not completed at the close of the fiscal 
year. In the general appendix are the following papers: 
The earth and sun as magnets, by George E. Hale. 
The reaction of the planets upon the sun, by P. Puiseux. 
Recent progress in astrophysics, by C. G. Abbot. 
The earth’s magnetism, by L. A. Bauer. 
