Report of the President 85 



assistant in charge, has also devoted much time to the com- 

 pilation of bibliographies and especially to the preparation of 

 the bibliography of the works relating to paleolithic man, to 

 the fauna of his times and to those phases of geologic history 

 pertaining to his activities. It is urgently recommended that 

 additional facilities be furnished at the earliest possible moment 

 to care for the increase in this valuable and uniquely selected 

 library. 



PUBLICATIONS 



J. A. Allen, Editor 



The scientific activities of the Museum during the past 



year are represented by about 800 pages, 42 plates, and 300 



text figures in the Bulletin, and about 600 

 Technical to . , .„ ' . . 



pages, with over 100 illustrations, in the 



Anthropological Papers. The Bulletin contains 

 44 papers, by 24 contributors, representing all the zoological 

 departments. The Anthropological Papers, under the editor- 

 ship of Dr. Clark Wissler, include articles on the Plains and 

 Sarsi Indians, and the "Preliminary Ethnological Report of 

 the Stefansson-Anderson Arctic Expedition." 



Although no new Memoirs of the Jesup North Pacific 

 Expedition, which are being published under the editorship of 



Professor Franz Boas of Columbia Univer- 

 North Pacific , , , 



sity, have been issued during the year, 

 Memoirs , , , ., 



progress has been made in the preparation 



of the manuscript of the remaining volumes. Through the 

 greater part of the year, Dr. Bruno Oetteking has been engaged 

 at the Museum preparing the volume on Physical Anthropology. 

 There are two full volumes and one part each of two volumes 

 to be issued before this important series is complete. 



The popular publications include the Museum Journal, a. 



new addition of the " General Guide to the Exhibition Halls," 



and two Guide Leaflets, one of which is devoted 



P . to "Our Common Butterflies," the other to 



Publications .. TT .. . , _, 



instructions on " How to Collect and Preserve 



Insects." The Journal consists, as usual, of over 300 pages, 



with numerous half-tone illustrations, and forms a popular 



