84 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The general appendix of the report for 1897 will contain the following papers: 



Aspects of American Astronomy, by Simon Newcomb. 



The Beginnings of American Astronomy, by Edward S. Holden. 



The Evolution of Satellites, by G. H. Darwin. 



Electrical Advance in the Past Ten Years, by Elihu Thomson. 



The X-Rays, by W. C. Riintgen. 



Cathode Pays, by J. J. Thomson. 



Story of Experiments in Mechanical Flight, by S. P. Langley. 



On Soaring Flight, by E. C. Huffaker. 



The Revival of Alchemy, by H C. Bolton 



Diamonds, by William Crookes. 



The Discovery of New Elements within the Last Twenty -Five Years, by Clemens 

 Winkler. 



An Undiscovered Gas, by William Ramsay. 



Fluorine, by Henri Moissan. 



Light, and its Artificial Production, by O. Luinmer. 



Explorations of the Upper Atmosphere, by Henri de Graffigny. 



The Exploration of the Free Air by Means of Kites at Blue Hill Observatory, by 

 A. Lawrence Rotch. 



The Debt of the World to Pure Science, by John J. Stevenson. 



The Age of the Earth as an Abode Fitted for Life, by Lord Kelvin. 



Rising of the Land Around Hudson Bay, by Robert Bell. 



Crater Lake, Oregon, by J. S. Diller. 



The Function and Field of Geography, by J. Scott Keltie. 



Letters from the Andree Party. 



Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedition, by John Murray and others. 



Recent Progress in Physiology, by Michael Foster. 



The Factors of Organic Evolution from a Botanical Standpoint, byL, H. Bailey. 



The Law which Underlies Protective Coloration, by Abbott H. Thayer. 



Life History Studies of Animals, by L. C. Miall. 



The Royal Menagerie of France, and the National Menagerie, Established on the 

 14th of Brumaire, of the Year II (November 4, 1793), by E. T. Hamy. 



Botanical Opportunity, by William Trelease. 



Mescal : A New Artificial Paradise, by Havelock Ellis. 



The Unity of the Human Species, by Marquis de Nadaillac. 



Recent Research in Egypt, by W. M. Flinders-Petrie. 



A Study of the Omaha Tribe: The Import of the Totem, by Alice C. Fletcher. 



A New Group of Stone Implements from the Southern Shores of Lake Michigan, 

 by W. A. Phillips. 



A Preliminary Account of Archaeological Field Work in Arizona in 1897, by J.Walter 

 Fewkes. 



The Building for the Library of Congress, by Bernard R. Green. 



Francis Amasa Walker, by George F. Hoar and Carroll D. Wright. 



The Museum volume of the Smithsonian Report for 1895 was distributed and the 

 volumes for 1896 and 1897 were well advanced toward publication at** the close of 

 the fiscal year. The 1896 volume was nearly all in type, and also a portion of the 

 Report for 1897. 



No. 1078. B. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of thcJnstitution for the 

 year ending June 30, 1895. Report of the United States National Museum. Wash- 

 ington : Government Printing Office, 1897. 8°. xx, 1080 pp., 154 plates and 382 text 

 figures. 



Part I of this volume contains a report upon the condition and progress of the 

 United States National Museum during the year ending June 30, 1895, by Assistant 

 Secretary G. Brown Goode, with ai>pendices, and Part II consists of papers describ- 

 ing and illustrating the collections in the National Museum, as follows: The Social 



