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a reference in a volume. The plan of indicating deficiencies in the 

 series is the same as in the Eskimo collection. 



Another line of work pushed forvyard during the year is the ethnic 

 series. The object of this exhibit is to show representatives of all the 

 races of men in the most exalted manner practicable. The simplest 

 form is the colored photo in front and profile, properly colored and shown 

 on swinging screens. Another mode of exhibiting is by means of casts 

 of the heads of Indians and others, arranged by a scheme of races or 

 figures in costume, either singly or in groups containing male and female 

 or families. During the year models of an Eskimo family, of a group 

 of Zniiis, and of a group of Pai-Utes have been placed upon exhibition. 



The most valuable local series acquired has been that of Paymaster 

 William J. Thomson, U. S. Navy, from the Easter Islands, 



In connection with my work I glean from all sources the scraps of 

 valuable information which can be gathered from the books of travelers, 

 explorers, missionaries, commercial agents, etc. A regular system of 

 card cataloguing is used, each separate statement written on a distinct 

 slip and these placed in drawers, together with newspaper cuttings, 

 excerpts, and pamphlets relating to the same subjects. 



Prof. G. Stanley Hall, of Johns Hopkins University, has made use 

 during the year of the resources of the collection, in investigating the 

 subject of mythology from the psycho-physical point of view, the pur- 

 pose of his studies being to trace the lihases of hypnotism and kindred 

 phenomena known in our day to something akin in savagery and among 

 primitive people. 



During the early months of the year much time was expended in pre- 

 paring a series of specimens for the Minneapolis Exposition, and later, 

 a still greater display was prepared for Cincinnati. 



Papers have been prepared for publication on the Quinaielt Indians 

 of Washington Territory, on the Stone Age in Washington Territory, 

 on the arts of the Navajo, and on the cradles of the American abo- 

 rigines. 



Extensive exchanges of specimens have been effected with Mr. Lov- 

 ett, of England, and Professor Putnam, of Peabody Museum. 



In a course of Saturday lectures delivered in the Museum the follow- 

 ing were on anthropological subjects : 



Prof. Herbert B. Adams : University Extension in England, Bal- 

 timore, and Washington. 



Prof. H. N. EgtLESTOn : The Origin of our Names. 



Prof. Paul Haupt : Excavation in Assyria and Babylonia. 



Prof. William Libbey, Jr. : Southeastern Alaska and its People. 



Prof. G. Stanley Hall: Psychic Eesearch in England, and the Re- 

 cent Study of Hypnotism in France. 



Prof. Otis T. Mason : Woman's Share in Primitive Culture. 



Maj. J. W. Powell : The Course of Human Progress. 



Total number of specimens received, 1,700 ; catalogue No. 129210 to 

 130000. 



