Appendix VIII. 

 REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications 

 of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1908 : 



There have been distributed a total of 757 volumes and separates in the series 

 of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 15,0S0 in the series of Smithsonian 

 Miscellaneous Collections, 22,991 in the series of Smithsonian Annual Reports, 

 and 4,022 in the series of Special Publications. In addition thereto there were 

 sent out by the Institution 1,313 publications not included in the Smithsonian 

 series, making a grand total of 44,163, a decrease of 15,732 from the previous 

 year. The total number of letters relating to publications received amounted 

 to 6,825, an increase of 280 over the previous year. 



I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



In the series of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge there appeared 

 during the year no original papers, but there was published in August, to meet 

 the increasing demand for the work, a reprint of Mr. Langley's memoir on 

 The Internal Work of the Wind, originally published in 1893 in quarto form 

 as No. 884, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. To the present edition 

 was added as an appendix a translation of the " Solution of a special case 

 of the general problem," by Rene de Saussure, which appeared in 1893 with 

 " Le Travail Interieur du Vent " in Revue de l'Aeronautique Theorique et 

 Applique, Paris, pages 58-68. 



II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



In the series of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume LII, there 

 were published 20 papers in the quarterly issue, volume 5, parts 2 and 3 ; and 

 in the regular series, Volume XXXV, a fourth revised edition -of the Smith- 

 sonian Physical Tables by Thomas Gray ; and in Volume LIU of the regular 

 series, 3 papers by Charles D. Walcott. 



In the quarterly issue the following papers were published : 



1813. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Quarterly issue. Volume 5, 

 part 2 (containing Nos. 1814-1823). Octavo. Pages 121-276, with Plates 

 IX-XVIII. 



1814. The Nettelroth Collection of Invertebrate Fossils. By R. S. Bassler. 

 Published September 23, 1908. Octavo. Pages 121-152, with Plates IX-XI. 



1815. A New Opuntia from Arizona. By J. N. Rose. Published October 6, 

 1908. Octavo. Page 153, with Plate XII. 



1816. The Story of the Devil-Fish. By Theodore Gill. Published October 15, 

 1908. Octavo. Pages 155-180. 



1817. Indians of Peru. By Charles C. Eberhardt, American consul at Iquitos, 

 Peru. Published October 24, 1908. Octavo. Pages 181-194, with Plates XIII, 

 XIV. 



1818. On Opuntia Santa-Rita, a Species of Cactus of Ornamental Value. By 

 J. N. Rose, associate curator, division of plants, United States National Museum. 

 Published December 29, 1908. Octavo. Pages 195, 196, with Plate XV. 



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