Appendix VII. 

 REPORT OF THE EDITOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1895. 



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

 Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1895: 



I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



The first memoir of the Contributions to Knowledge was by Messrs. Squier and 

 Davis, on Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, published in 1848; since 

 which time 127 memoirs, pertaining to nearly all branches of knowledge, have been 

 issued, making twenty-seven completed quarto volumes. 



Parts of two other volumes have been printed and three additional volumes are 

 now in press. 



No memoirs of this series were published during the year, though the manuscript 

 of two papers was sent to the printer, one by Prof. E. W. Morley, on Densities of Oxy- 

 gen and Hydrogen, and one by Drs. Billings, Mitchell, and Bergey, on the Compo- 

 sition of Expired Air and its Effects on Animal Life. 



II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



The first volume of the series of Miscellaneous Collections was published in 1862, 

 and the series now numbers 35 completed octavo volumes, embracing 167 distinct 

 papers, besides parts of 3 additional volumes. 



The following papers of this series were published during the past fiscal year: 



No. 854. Smithsonian Geographical Tables, prepared by R. S. Woodward. (Part 

 of Vol. XXXV of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo, cv -4- 182 

 pages. The other parts of Vol. XXXV are the Meteorological Tables, issued in 

 1893, and the Physical Tables, now in press. 



• No. 969. The Varieties of the Human Species. Principles and Methods of Classi- 

 fication. By Giuseppe Sergi. (Part of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscel- 

 laneous Collections.) Octavo pamphlet of 61 pages; illustrated with 50 text figures. 



No. 970. Bibliography of Aceto Acetic Ester, by Paul H. Seymour, M. S. (Part 

 of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) Octavo pamphle, 

 of x -f- 148 pages. 



No. 971. Indexes to the Literatures of Cerium and Lanthanum, by W. H. Magee, 

 Ph. D. (Part of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) 

 Octavo pamphlet of 43 pages. 



No. 972. Index to the Literature of Didyminm, 1842-1893, by A. C. Langmuir, 

 Ph. D. (Part of Vol. XXXVIII of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) 

 Octavo pamphlet of 20 pages. 



No. 975. Diary of a Journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, by 

 William Woodville Rockhill. Octavo, xx + 413 pages; illustrated with 13 text 

 figures, 28 plates, and large map. 



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