REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 115 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVA- 
TORY. 
Volume Iil, Annals of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, by C. G. 
Abbot, F. E. Fowle, and L. B. Aldrich. July 16, 1918, xi+241 pp., 7 pls. 
(Publ... 2230.) 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The annual reports of the American Historical Association are 
transmitted by the association to the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
Institution, and are communicated to Congress under the provisions 
of the act of incorporation of the association. 
Volumes 1 and 2 of the annual report for 1911 were published 
November 10, 1918, and January 14, 1914, respectively, with con- 
tents as follows 
Volume TI. 
Report of the proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Ameri- 
ean Historical Association. By Waldo G. Leland, secretary. 
Report of the proceedings of the eighth annual meeting of the Pacific coast 
branch. By H. W. Edwards, secretary of the branch. 
The archives of the Venetian Republic. By Theodore IF. Jones. 
Materials for the history of Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- 
turies. By Sidney B. Fay. 
The materials for the study of the English cabinet in the eighteenth century. 
By Edward Raymond Turner. 
Francois de Guise and the taking of Calais. By Paul van Dyke. 
Factions in the English privy council under Elizabeth. By Conyers Read. 
Anglo-Dutch relations, 1671-72. By Edwin W. Pahlow. 
American-Japanese intercourse prior to the advent of Perry. By Inazo Nitobe. 
Colonial society in America. By Bernard Moses. 
French diplomacy and American politics, 1794-95. By James Alton James. 
The insurgents of 1811. By D. R. Anderson. 
The tariff and the public lands from 1828 to 1833. By Barnes G. Wellington. 
The “Bargain of 1844” as the origin of the Wilmot proviso. By Clark E. 
Persinger. 
Monroe and the early Mexican revolutionary agents. By Isaac Joslin Cox. 
Public opinion in Texas preceding the Revolution. By Eugene C. Barker. 
Relations of America with Spanish America, 1720-1744. By H. W. V. Tem- 
perley. 
The genesis of the Confederation of Canada. By Cephas D. Allin. 
Proceedings of the eighth annual conference of historical societies. 
List of European historical societies. 
Twelfth report of the public archives commission. By Herman Y. Ames, 
chairman. - 
Appendix A. Proceedings of the third annual conference of archivists. 
Appendix B. Report on the archives of the State of Colorado. By James 
F. Willard. 
Appendix C. List of commissions and instructions to governors and lieuten- 
ant governors of American and West Indian Colonies, 1609-1784. 
Writings on American history, 1911. By Grace G. Griffin. 
