﻿EEPCRT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETAEY 
  

  

  117 
  

  

  Persia, 
  and 
  the 
  nearer 
  East 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  life 
  and 
  works 
  of 
  James 
  McNeill 
  

   Whistler 
  and 
  of 
  certain 
  other 
  American 
  painters 
  Avhose 
  pictures 
  are 
  

   owned 
  by 
  the 
  gallery 
  ; 
  and, 
  further, 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent, 
  by 
  the 
  Biblical 
  

   manuscripts 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  centuries, 
  which, 
  as 
  the 
  possession 
  

   of 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery, 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Washington 
  Manuscripts. 
  

   It 
  contains 
  many 
  works 
  in 
  the 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  languages, 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  rare, 
  and 
  thus 
  supplements 
  for 
  research 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  the 
  oriental 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Librarj'^ 
  of 
  Congress. 
  During 
  the 
  

   year 
  just 
  closed 
  the 
  library 
  was 
  increased 
  by 
  345 
  volumes 
  and 
  191 
  

   pamplilets. 
  Of 
  these, 
  114 
  volumes 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  

   designed 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  gallery. 
  This 
  collection 
  

   now 
  numbers 
  about 
  814 
  volumes 
  and 
  500 
  pamphlets, 
  while 
  the 
  main 
  

   library 
  totals 
  4,269 
  volumes 
  and 
  2,769 
  pamphlets. 
  Two 
  of 
  the 
  note- 
  

   worthy 
  accessions 
  were 
  Sir 
  Aurel 
  Stein's 
  Innermost 
  Asia 
  and 
  a 
  copy 
  

   of 
  the 
  Codex 
  Argenteus 
  UiDsaliensis, 
  the 
  latter 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  received 
  

   as 
  a 
  gift 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  from 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   Upsala 
  and 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  as 
  a 
  fitting 
  addition 
  

   to 
  the 
  Biblical 
  material 
  already 
  on 
  its 
  shelves. 
  Among 
  the 
  visitors 
  

   there 
  Avas 
  the 
  usual 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  readers 
  and 
  students, 
  some 
  of 
  

   whom 
  came 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  facsimiles 
  of 
  the 
  Washington 
  Manuscripts, 
  

   and 
  others 
  to 
  make 
  drawings 
  or 
  tracings 
  from 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  library. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  volumes 
  bound 
  was 
  82. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  PARK 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  which 
  is 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  

   administration 
  building 
  at 
  the 
  park, 
  is 
  the 
  immediate 
  working 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  the 
  director 
  and 
  his 
  assistants. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  about 
  1,209 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  400 
  pamphlets, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  animals 
  and 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  them. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  accessions 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  9 
  volumes 
  and 
  100 
  pam- 
  

   phlets, 
  and 
  of 
  volumes 
  bound, 
  5, 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  ACCESSIONS 
  

  

  The 
  accessions 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  may 
  be 
  summarized 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Library 
  

  

  Volumes 
  

  

  Pam- 
  

   phlets 
  

   and 
  

   charts 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  

  

  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  

  

  Langley 
  aeronautical 
  

  

  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  >. 
  

  

  Radiation 
  and 
  organisms... 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  deposit, 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress. 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  office. 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  

  

  101 
  

   591 
  

   345 
  

   85 
  

   153 
  

   9 
  

  

  224 
  

   200 
  

   191 
  

   138 
  

   82 
  

   100 
  

  

  325 
  

   791 
  

   536 
  

   223 
  

   235 
  

   109 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  3,569 
  

  

  144 
  

  

  2,247 
  

  

  7,244 
  

  

  5,928 
  

   16 
  

  

  748 
  

  

  7,627 
  

  

  9,497 
  

  

  160 
  

  

  2,995 
  

  

  14, 
  871 
  

  

  