SECRETARY'S REPORT as} 
The 878 publications acquired during the year included purchases, 
gifts, and those sent in exchange for Freer publications. Unfortu- 
nately, the prices of books and periodicals continue to increase, and a 
good many institutions and societies that formerly sent their journals 
freely, in exchange or gratis, now find it necessary to charge for them 
in order to assure continuity of publication. 
Outstanding among the purchases last year were: Japan Biographi- 
cal Encyclopedia & Who’s Who, compiled by the Japan Biographical 
Research Department, 1958, which is the first good Japanese biogra- 
phy in English since Papinot did his Historical and Geographical 
Dictionary in 1909; Gunsho ruishé [Shin ko], a collectanea of miscel- 
laneous writing, compiled by Kawamata Kydichi, Tokyo, 1931-37, 24 
volumes with 3 supplements and index in 105 volumes; Awez-ch“i-lai, 
a makimono painting illustrating T‘ao Ch‘ien’s “Homecoming Ode.” 
This is a copy of a part of the Freer painting 79.119, which is attrib- 
uted to Li Kung-lin. Professor Sirén’s notes and comments on the 
paintings are attached to the scroll. The Yunkang, the Buddhist 
Caves . . . , which began publication in 1951, was completed with 16 
volumes in 36 folio volumes. 
The year’s record of cataloging included a total of 1,879 entries of 
which 714 analytics were made, 451 titles of books and pamphlets were 
cataloged, and 48 titles were recataloged and reclassified. Once more 
the specialized nature of the library and its unique importance for the 
study of Oriental art are emphasized by the fact that less than 8 per- 
cent of the necessary cards were available as printed cards at the 
Library of Congress. This shows the original and difficult catalog- 
ing required in a specialized library. 
PUBLICATIONS 
One publication was issued by the Freer Gallery as follows: 
Ars Orientalis. The Arts of Islam and the East, vol. II. The Charles Lang 
Freer Centennial Volume. 637 pp., 224 pls., and text ills. (Smithsonian 
Publication 4298. Published jointly with the Department of Fine Arts, 
University of Michigan. Three members of the staff contributed to this 
issue. ) 
Papers by staff members appeared in this and in outside publica- 
tions as follows: 
Cahill, James F. Review of “The Arts of the T‘ang Dynasty.” Catalog of an 
exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum, 1957. In The Journal 
of Asian Studies, vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 142-143, November 1957. 
Httinghausen, Richard. Bibliographie der Islamischen Einbandkunst, 1871- 
1956, von Emil Gratz], K. A. C. Creswell, und Richard Ettinghausen. In 
Ars Orientalis, vol. II, pp. 519-540, 1957. 
Bibliography of the writings of K. A. C. Creswell. In Ars Orientalis, 
vol. II, pp. 509-512, 1957. 
Bibliograph of the writings of Mehdi Bahrami. In Ars Orientalis, 
vol. II, pp. 625-627, 1957. 
