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And from Mrs. Charles D. Walcott and the scientists of the Institu- 

 tion, notably Secretary Abbot and Assistant Secretary Wetmore, even 

 more publications than usual were received. 



But perhaps the outstanding gift of the year was made by Mrs. 

 William Woodville Rockhill, widow of the one-time American Min- 

 ister to China. This consisted of 1,186 volumes and pamphlets, 

 chiefly in Chinese and other Eastern languages, on the history and 

 culture of China. It was assigned, naturally, to the library of the 

 Freer Gallery of Art, where it supplements in a notable way the 

 Eockhill and other collections, as these supplement appreciably, 

 for research purposes, the Division of Orientalia in the Library of 

 Congress. 



Other gifts included the following : La Mostra del Tintoretto, Cata- 

 logo delle Opere, from Count Urbano de Bellegarde; Pintura Mexi- 

 cana (1800-1860), by Roberto Montenegro, from Angel Rosas; Tur- 

 key in Pictures, from his Excellency, the Turkish Ambassador to 

 the United States; Description Geometrique Detaillee des Alpes 

 Franchises, Annexe du Tome Second and Annexe du Tome Dixieme 

 (2 copies of each), by Paul Helbronner, from Le Marechal Petain; 

 reprint of The Cactaceae, in 4 volumes, by N. L. Britton and J. N. 

 Rose (Publication No. 248 of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- 

 ton), from The Cactus and Succulent Society of America; Nikola 

 Tesla, a volume issued on the occasion of his 80th birthday, from 

 La Societe pour la Fondation de l'Institut Nikola Tesla ; A Catalogue 

 of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John 

 Nettlefold, Volumes III-IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon 

 Roe, from Frederick John Nettlefold; Mollusques Terrestres et 

 Fluviatiles d'Asie-Mineure (Voyage Zoologique d'Henri Gadeau de 

 Kerville en Aise-Mineure), by Louis Germain, from Henri Gadeau de 

 Kerville; The Works of Edwin Howland Blashfield, with an Intro- 

 duction by Royal Cortissoz, from Mrs. Grace Hall Blashfield; The 

 Geology of Pennsylvania, Volume I and Volume II, Parts 1 and 2, by 

 Henry Darwin Rogers, from John W. Berry for the family of the 

 late R. D. Lacoe, who, before Ms death in 1900, presented the Institu- 

 tion with a valuable collection of coal fossils and his library on 

 paleozoology ; The Birds of Tropical West Africa, Volume IV, by 

 David Armitage Bannerman, from The Crown Agents for the Col- 

 onies, London; Captains and Mariners of Early Maryland, by Dr. 

 Raphael Semmes, from the author; Complete Self -Instructing Li- 

 brary of Practical Photography, in 10 volumes, edited by S. B. 

 Schriever, from Mrs. A. B. Stebbins ; Automobilens Historia, by John 

 Neren, from the author ; 15 books and pamphlets on various subjects, 

 including Historia de la Medicina en el Uruguay, Volumes 1-2, by 

 Rafael Schiaffino, and Historia de la Domination Espaiiola en el 

 Uruguay, Volumes 1-3, by Francisco Bauza, from Dr. Rafael Schiaf- 



