SECRETARY’S REPORT 221 
Bulletin 166. River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 8. Excavations in the McNary 
Reservoir Basin near Umatilla, Oregon, by Douglas Osborne. With appendixes 
by Marshall T. Newman, Arthur Woodward, W. J. Kroll, and B. H. McCleod. 
x+258 pp., 40 pls., 6 figs., 19 maps. December 31, 1957. 
Bulletin 167. Archeological investigations at the mouth of the Amazon, by 
Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans. xxviii+664 pp., 112 pls. 206 figs. Decem- 
ber 31, 1957. 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
The editorial work of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 
continued under the immediate direction of Ernest E. Biebighauser. 
The year’s publications are as follows: 
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASTROPHYSICS 
Volume 2 
No. 5. Geomagnetism and the emission-line corona, 1950-1953, by Barbara Bell 
and Harold Glazer. Pps. 51-107, 35 figs., November 27, 1957. 
No. 6. A new catalog of ancient novae, by Hsi Tsé-tsung. Pp. 109-130. His- 
torical records of meteor showers in China, Korea, and Japan, by Susumu 
Imoto and Ichiro Hasegawa. Pp. 131-144. February 12, 1958. 
No. 7. Distribution of meteoritic debris about the Arizona meteorite crater, by 
John §. Rinehart. Pp. 145-160, 9 figs., January 28, 1958. 
No. 8. Sunspots and geomagnetism, by Barbara Bell and Harold Glazer. Pp. 
161-179, 12 figs, March 13, 1958. 
No. 9. On two parameters used in the physical theory of meteors, by Luigi G. 
Jacchia. Pp. 181-187, 3 figs., June 18, 1958. 
No. 10. Orbital data and preliminary analyses of satellites 1957 Alpha and 1957 
Beta, by various authors. Pp. iii-vii-+189-3847, May 23, 1958. 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
A retrospective exhibition of sculpture by Paul Manship. With foreword, “An 
Appreciation,” by Thomas M. Beggs. 31 pp.,illus. 1958. 
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions, 1958-1959. 32 pp. 1958. 
PUBLICATIONS OF THE FREER GALLERY OF ART 
Ars Orientalis, vol. 2. vii+639 pp., 224 pls, 123 fgs. (Publ. 4298.) 1957. 
($31.00. ) 
REPRINT 
The Freer Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian Institution. 16 pp., 8 pls., 3 figs. 
(Publ. 4185.) 1958. 
REPORTS 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 by him communicated to Congress, as provided in 
