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XIII PAGE 



THE COOPERATION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WITH 

 OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING, BY Daniel CoiT GilMAN, 

 President of Johns Hopkins University 805 



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THE INFLUENCE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UPON 

 THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES, THE ORGANIZATION AND 

 WORK OF SOCIETIES, AND THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC 

 LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES, BY JOHN Shaw BiLLINGS, 

 Director of the New York Public Library 815 



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RELATION BETWEEN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND THE 

 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, BY AiNSWORTH RaND SpOFFORD, Librarian 

 of Congress 823 



APPENDIX 



PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION, 



Compiled by William Jones Rhees 833 



INDEX 843 



