38 Report of the President 



respectively the family of Mr. Heilprin; Miss M. Eliza 

 Audubon; M. Vallery-Radot, Dr. E. Roux of the Pasteur 

 Institute of Paris and Dr. A. Calmette of the Pasteur Institute 

 of Lille; and Mr. Henry Ford. The bust of Pasteur most 

 properly dominates the Hall of Public Health, while that of 

 Burroughs is appropriately placed with our native birds. 



There has been a decided increase in the use of the 

 collections by advanced students, particularly by art students, 

 who have made extensive use of the Indian collections and 

 those of butterflies and birds. The Peruvian textiles are 

 especially popular, though this is largely due to the interest 

 shown by Mr. Mead in the art side of museum work and to 

 the cordial welcome, aid and advice he gives the visitor. In 

 a number of cases a class of students has come accompanied 

 by a professor and has been accorded the use of one of the 

 assembly rooms; a member of the Museum staff has made a 

 brief address; the visiting professor has given his regular 

 lecture, and afterward the class has studied the objects bearing 

 on the subject under consideration. 



The public reading room, noted in the report for 191 2, 

 was given up at the close of the year 19 13, as the number of 

 readers did not warrant the cost of keeping the room open, 

 and many books were stolen. 



The sales of popular publications have been somewhat 



fewer than last year, partly owing to the far-reaching influence 



of the general financial conditions which affect 



_ . ,. . even the expenditure of small sums, and 



Publications , . 



partly owing to the fact that the edition of 



the Guide was exhausted much sooner than was expected and 



other publications "went out of print." Still the total 



number of popular publications sold has been considerable, 



amounting to 2,633 copies of the Guide, 791 of Handbooks 



and 2,525 of other leaflets. Post-cards also continue to be in 



demand and 1,054 sets of fifteen and 3,943 sets of three were 



sold, the total being 27,639 cards. 



It is interesting to note that the little leaflet, A First Chapter 



in Natural History, has proved to be quite as much in demand 



as any of the illustrated leaflets. 



