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collections, and library, by Dr. Richard Rathbun, Assistant 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The National Gallery of Art : Department of Fine Arts of the 

 National Museum ; by Richard Rathbun. Pp. 140, 26 plates. — 

 Dr. Rathbun has given here a full history of the development of 

 the department of Fine Arts in the National Museum, begun in 

 1840. The bequest of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston in 1903 and 

 the gift of Mr. Charles L. Freer of Detroit have given the 

 National Gallery a notable position in the country ; a suitable 

 building for its preservation must be provided later. The con- 

 cluding chapter of this volume gives a preliminary catalogue of 

 the collection with numerous reproductions of important pictures. 



Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 38. Unwritten Liter- 

 ature of Hawaii. The Sacred Songs of the Hula ; collected and 

 translated, with notes and an account of the Hula ; by Nathan- 

 iel B. Emerson. Pp. 288, 24 plates, 3 figures. 



Bulletin 39. Tlingit Myths and Texts ; recorded by John R. 

 Sw anton. Pp. viii, 451. 



Bulletin 41. Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park : 

 Spruce-Tree House ; by Jesse Walter Fewkes. Pp. 57, 21 

 plates, 37 figures. Washington, 1909. 



Bulletin 42. Tuberculosis among certain Indian Tribes of the 

 United States ; by Ales Hrdlicka. Pp. vii, 48, 22 plates. 



3. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-190J/.. Magnetic 

 Observations. Prepared under the Superintendence of the Royal 

 Society. Pp. vii, 274 ; 13 figures, and 43 plates, map and sketches. 

 London, 1909.— The earlier volumes containing the records of the 

 Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904, under Captain R. F. Scott, 

 R. N., have already been noticed in this Journal (xxvi, 588 ; xxvii, 

 271) ; that on Physical Observations included a report on a por- 

 tion of the magnetic work. The present volume completes this 

 subject, giving detailed tables of hourly values of the magnetic 

 elements with an exhaustive discussion of the same. Dr. 

 Charles Chree of the Kew Observatory has taken an important 

 part in the elaboration of the observations. 



Among the special topics discussed may be mentioned a com- 

 parison of Antarctic disturbances and the aurora, and also an 

 examination of disturbances simultaneous in the Antarctic and 

 Arctic, from October, 1902, to March, 1903, by Prof. Kr. Birke- 

 land. The sketch map which forms the frontispiece shows a por- 

 tion of the coast of South Victoria land with the winter quarters 

 of the "Discovery" on Ross Island. On it are noted the posi- 

 tions of the south magnetic pole as given by three successive 

 recent expeditions. The close agreement between these, the dis- 

 tance varying from a maximum of about 80 miles to a minimum 

 of about 40 miles, is particularly noteworthy. The latitude and 

 longitude of these three positions are as follows : 



Position found by the " Southern Cross," Lat. 72° 40' S Long. 152° 30' E 

 " " "Discovery," 72° 51' 156° 25' 



Lieut. Shack elton, 72° 25' 155° 16' 



