4 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 36 



In August, 1886, the Director of the Bureau was authorized by 

 joint resolution of Congress to begin tiie publication of a series of 

 Bulletins, which were issued in octavo form and in paper covers, and 

 in July, 1888, the continuation of the series was authorized by concur- 

 rent resolution. Provision for publishing the Bulletins was omitted 

 from the public printing law of Jan. 12, 1895, and the issue termi- 

 nated in 1894. LTp to that time 24 bulletins had been published. By 

 concurrent resolution in April, 1900, Congress authorized the resump- 

 tion of the Bulletin series in royal octavo form. No. 25, 26, and 27 

 were issued under this provision, and in February, 1903, by joint 

 resolution of Congress the octavo form was again resumed. Since 

 then Bulletins 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 have appeared, while no. 33, 34, 

 35, 36, 37, and 38 are in press. The maximum edition of the Bulletin 

 series is 9,850 copies, of which the Senate receives 1,500, the House 

 of Representatives 3,000, and the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 3,500 copies. The remaining 1,850 copies are distributed by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office. Of these 

 about 500 copies are sent to designated libraries; the rest are held by 

 him for' sale at a price slightl}' above cost. 



Besides the series mentioned there have been issued small editions of 

 four Introductions and of eight Miscellaneous Publications, intended 

 wholly or chiefly for the use of collaborators and correspondents. 

 These were not specially authorized by Congress, but as a rule were 

 paid for from the annual appropriations for continuing researches. 



With the exception of the few copies of the publications of the 

 Bureau disposed of l)y the Sixperintendent of Documents the editions 

 are distrilnited free of charge. The quota allowed the Bureau is dis- 

 tributed mainly to libraries and institutions of learning and to collab- 

 orators and others engaged in anthropological research or in instruction. 



Annual Reports 



First annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the secretar}^ of 

 the Smithsonian Institution 1879-'80 by J. W. Powell director 

 [Vignette] "Washington Government Printing Office 1881 



Roy, S'-'. XXXV, 603 p., 347 tig. (inch 54 pi.), map. Out of 

 print. 



Report of the Director. P. xi-xxxiii. 



On the evolution of language, as exhibited in tlie specialization of the graniniatic 

 processes, the differentiation of the parts of speech, and the integration of the 

 sentence; from a study of Indian languages, by J. W. Powell. P. 1-16. 

 Sketch of the mythology of the North American Indians, by J. W. Powell. 



P. 17-56. 

 Wyandot govermnciit: a short study of tribal society, by J. AV. Powell. P. 



57-69. 

 On limitations to the use of some anthroi)ologic data, by J. W. Powell. P. 71-86. 



