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THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, BY FREDERICK WlLLIAM 



TRUE 303 



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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, BY W J McGEE 367 



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 THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SYSTEM, BY WlLLIAM CRAWFORD 



WINLOCK 397 



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 THE ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, BY SAMUEL PlERPONT LANGLEY 4 1 9 



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THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, BY FRANK BAKER 443 



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 EXPLORATION WORK OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, BY 



FREDERICK WILLIAM TRUE 459 



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 THE SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS, BY CYRUS ADLER 481 







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 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE BROWN GOODE, BY DAVID 



STARR JORDAN, President of Leland Stanford Junior University .... 501 



APPRECIATIONS OF THE WORK OF THE SMITHSONIAN 



INSTITUTION 



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PHYSICS, BY THOMAS CORWIN MENDENHALL, President of the Worcester 



Polytechnic Institute 519 



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MATHEMATICS, BY ROBERT SlMPSON WOODWARD, Professor of Mechanics, 



Columbia University $6l 



