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The papers by Dr. Yarrow and Colonel Mallery, and the 
catalogue of manuscripts in the Bureau, prepared by Mr. Pill- 
ing, appended to this volume, will illustrate the value of these 
agencies. 
It is proposed in the near future to prepare similar volumes, 
as follows: 
Introduction to the Study of Medicine Practices of the North 
American Indians ; 
Introduction to the Study of the Tribal Governments of 
North America ; 
Introduction to the Study of North American Mythology. 
These additional manuals are nearly ready. Still others 
are projected, and it is hoped that the field of North American 
anthropology will be entirely covered by them. The series 
will then be systematically combined in a Manual of Anthro- 
pology for use in North America. 
SYSTEMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN TRIBES. 
There is in course of preparation by the Bureau a linguistic 
classification of North American tribes, with an atlas exhibit- 
ing their priscan homes, or the regions inhabited by them at 
the time they were discovered by white men. 
The foregoing sketch of the Bureau, for the first fiscal year 
of its existence, is designed to set forth the plan on which it is 
organized and the methods of research adopted, and the papers 
appended thereto will exhibit the measure of success attained. 
It is the purpose of the Bureau of Ethnology to organize 
anthropologic research in America 
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