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modification of the plan of the catalogue, which necessitated 

 a change in the form of the titles of periodicals — about one- 

 third of the entire list. In connection with this work Doctor 

 Thomas made supplementary examinations of works in the 

 libraries of Washington, especially the Library of Congress 

 and the libraries of the Department of Agriculture and the 

 National Museum, and in those of Boston and Worcester. 

 He carried on also, so far as time would permit, the prepara- 

 tion of subject cross-references. 



Doctor Thomas continued to assist in the preparation of 

 Part 2 of the Handbook of American Indians, furnishing a 

 number of articles, especially biographies, and assisting the 

 editor in the reading of proofs, particularly with the view of 

 detecting omissions, lack of uniformity in names, and certain 

 other shortcomings. 



SPECIAL RESEARCHES 



In addition to the systematic investigations conducted by 

 members of the Bureau staff, researches of considerable im- 

 portance were undertaken by collaborators of distinction. 

 Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist of the Bureau, practi- 

 cally completed his work on the Handbook of American In- 

 dian Languages, and at the close of the year a large part of 

 the manuscript of volume 1 had been submitted to the Bu- 

 reau. This volume comprises an extended introduction by 

 Doctor Boas, and a number of studies of selected languages, by 

 special students, designed to illustrate the introductory dis- 

 cussion. With the approval of the Secretary the first of these 

 studies — the Athapascan (Hupa) — by Dr. Pliny E. God- 

 dard, was submitted to the Public Printer with the view of 

 having it placed in t^-pe for the use of Doctor Boas in pre- 

 paring other sections for the press. The highly technical na- 

 ture of the typesetting made this procedure necessaiy. Field 

 work requii'ed in completing the Handbook was limited to a 

 brief visit by Doctor Boas to the Carlisle Indian School in 

 Pennsylvania and to certain investigations among the rem- 

 nant of the Tutelo Tribe in Ontario, conducted by Mr. Leo 

 J. Frachtenberg. 



