﻿REPORT 
  OP 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  53 
  

  

  many 
  types 
  of 
  early 
  glass 
  from 
  Egypt, 
  Syria, 
  and 
  elsewhere. 
  In 
  

   addition 
  to 
  these 
  there 
  are 
  80 
  small 
  rods 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  

   mosaics, 
  and 
  44 
  shells, 
  probably 
  from 
  ancient 
  graves 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  

   amulets, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  1,395 
  objects. 
  In 
  this 
  work 
  the 
  curator 
  

   had 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Gustavus 
  A. 
  Eisen, 
  author 
  of 
  Glass, 
  New 
  

   York, 
  1927. 
  

  

  Eepairs 
  tending 
  to 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  objects 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   have 
  been 
  completed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (1) 
  Resurfacing: 
  

  

  2 
  oil 
  paintings 
  by 
  Whistler. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Remounting: 
  

  

  1 
  Japanese 
  screen. 
  

  

  1 
  Japanese 
  panel. 
  

  

  2 
  Chinese 
  makimono. 
  

   1 
  Chinese 
  panel. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Mending 
  of 
  breaks: 
  

  

  17 
  pieces 
  of 
  Chinese 
  bronze. 
  

  

  7 
  pieces 
  of 
  Chinese 
  jade. 
  

  

  5 
  pieces 
  of 
  Chinese 
  pottery. 
  

  

  8 
  pieces 
  of 
  Egyptian 
  glass. 
  

   1 
  piece 
  of 
  Egyptian 
  bronze. 
  

   1 
  piece 
  of 
  Korean 
  pottery. 
  

  

  1 
  piece 
  of 
  Japanese 
  pottery. 
  

  

  2 
  pieces 
  of 
  Chinese 
  stone 
  sculpture. 
  

  

  These 
  pieces 
  were 
  broken 
  when 
  purchased 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  put 
  in 
  

   condition 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  

  

  Changes 
  in 
  exhibition 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  have 
  involved 
  106 
  different 
  

   objects, 
  itemized 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  25 
  Chinese 
  bronzes. 
  

  

  6 
  Chinese 
  paintings. 
  

  

  2 
  Chinese 
  stone 
  sculptures. 
  

  

  28 
  Chinese 
  pottery. 
  

  

  6 
  Japanese 
  screens. 
  

  

  5 
  Japanese 
  paintings. 
  

  

  15 
  Near 
  Eastern 
  pottery, 
  

  

  19 
  Near 
  Eastern 
  paintings. 
  

  

  THE 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  library 
  231 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  staff 
  114, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  

   345 
  volumes; 
  41 
  unbound 
  periodicals 
  and 
  129 
  pamphlets 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  

   library 
  and 
  53 
  periodicals 
  and 
  62 
  pamphlets 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  library, 
  

   making 
  totals 
  of 
  94 
  periodicals 
  and 
  191 
  pamphlets. 
  Thirty-four 
  vol- 
  

   umes 
  of 
  KokJca 
  were 
  rebound 
  and 
  9 
  other 
  volumes. 
  The 
  field 
  library 
  

   sent 
  39 
  volumes 
  to 
  the 
  bindery. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  new 
  accessions 
  to 
  the 
  

   library, 
  in 
  its 
  two 
  divisions, 
  accompanies 
  this 
  report 
  as 
  Appendix 
  A, 
  

   Parts 
  I 
  and 
  II 
  (not 
  printed). 
  

  

  