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With the aid of Mr. Adam Brickner, Curator Hovey has 

 been at work on a catalogue of the Museum's meteorite col- 

 lection for publication. Assistant Curator Reeds 

 has rendered assistance to President Osborn on 

 various occasions in the preparation of "Men of the Old 

 Stone Age" and "Review of the Pleistocene of Europe, Asia 

 and Northern Africa." In cooperation with the Department 

 of Anthropology, Assistant Curator Reeds spent considerable 

 time in the field and laboratory investigating the geologic 

 relations of "Stone Age Man" at Trenton and Plainfield, 

 New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York. 



Eight scientific papers have been published or presented 



before scientific societies by members of the 

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department during the year. 



MINERALS 

 DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY 



L. P. Gratacap, Curator 



The Mineral Collection has been enlarged by the addition 

 of 135 specimens, many of them of popular interest, from their 

 size and beauty, many of mineralogical importance, 

 Accessions from their rarity, and the rest illustrative of phase 

 or locality in species already catalogued. The col- 

 lection numbers now — in its totality of table- and wall-case 

 specimens — more than 19,000 specimens. Its growth has been 

 guided by the dual considerations of beauty and scientific 

 enrichment, and, as it stands to-day, it offers a very compre- 

 hensive survey of mineralogical phenomena, and doubtless, 

 within its expanded groups of forms, conceals new and inter- 

 esting crystallographic types. Its practical value to the public 

 is unquestioned, but there is a very evident desire, manifested 

 by the visitors, to see a collateral development of economic 

 features, in connection with the mineral resources of the 

 country. This aspect of mineralogical illustration greatly 

 needs intensification. While its adequate treatment requires 



