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pamphlets and unbound papers. There have been added through the 

 Biltmore collection, presented bj 7 Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, more 

 than 2,000 volumes on botanical subjects, 50 of which are distinct 

 editions of volumes not heretofore available. By transfer from the 

 Hygienic Laboratory, 932 volumes and 2,072 pamphlets and periodi- 

 cals on pharmaceutical subjects were received. Dr. William H. 

 Dall added 237 titles to the library on mollusks, while among mem- 

 bers of the staff and others to whom acknowledgments are due for 

 gifts of publications are Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Dr. O. P. Hay, Dr. 

 C. W. Richmond, Dr. W. H. Holmes, Mr. W. R. Maxon, Mr. G. C. 

 Maynard, Mr. William Palmer, Dr. J. M. Flint, Mr. G. S. Miller, jr., 

 Mr. B. H. Swales, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, Mr. J. P. McLean, and Mr. 

 R. G. Paine. 



MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES. 



The Washington Society of the Fine Arts, as during several years 

 past, was granted the use of the auditorium for its three courses of lec- 

 tures, which included : A members' course on fine arts, to be delivered 

 on a Wednesday evening in each month from November 14 to March 

 13 ; a course on literature, to be delivered on a Thursday evening in 

 each month from November 22 to March 21 ; and a course of illustrated 

 lecture-recitals on " The modern orchestra," by Daniel Gregory 

 Mason, to be delivered on a Saturday evening in each month from 

 November 24 until March 23. Owing to the fact that part of the 

 natural history building in which the auditorium is located had been 

 turned over to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance for offices, some of 

 the reservations were cancelled, and only the following lectures were 

 delivered in the auditorium : " The Serbian sculptor — Mestrovic," by 

 Miss Edith Chadwick, on November 14, and " Flemish art and the 

 war," by Maurice W. Brockwell, on December 12, in the first course ; 

 " The novel of to-day," by William Lyon Phelps, on December 6, in 

 the second course; and "The constitution of the orchestra and the 

 suites of Bach and Handel," on November 24, and " The brass section 

 of the orchestra," on December 15, in the music course. 



Among the scientific societies that had in the previous years met 

 regularly in one of the rooms on the foyer in the natural hist'or}' 

 building were the Anthropological Society of Washington, the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia Dental Society, and the Federal Photographic So- 

 ciety. These organizations had been granted reservations for the 

 winter season, but as these were canceled early in October, the 

 Anthropological Society was only able on October 2 to present 

 an illustrated lecture on " Bohemia," by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, in one of 

 the committee rooms; and thereafter held its larger meetings in the 

 auditorium, where, on October 16, an illustrated lecture on " Greece " 

 was given by Dr. Mitchell Carroll: on November 6, a lecture on 



