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  war 
  activities 
  which 
  exerted 
  their 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  Institu- 
  

   tion; 
  reorganization 
  on 
  a 
  peace 
  basis 
  since 
  the 
  Armistice 
  has, 
  

   however, 
  gone 
  on 
  rapidly. 
  What 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  an 
  important 
  

   peace-time 
  event 
  is 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  collecting 
  of 
  material 
  from 
  Cen- 
  

   tral 
  Africa 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Col. 
  Roose- 
  

   velt, 
  Paul 
  Rainey, 
  and 
  others. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  a 
  bequest 
  

   of 
  fifty 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Virginia 
  P. 
  Bacon 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  City 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  traveling 
  scholarship, 
  the 
  incumbents 
  

   to 
  study 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  countries 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   The 
  numerous 
  lines 
  of 
  special 
  work 
  in 
  research 
  and 
  exploration 
  

   being 
  carried 
  on 
  are, 
  as 
  usual, 
  spoken 
  of 
  in 
  detail. 
  Of 
  partic- 
  

   ular 
  interest 
  is 
  the 
  proposed 
  "Museum 
  of 
  History 
  and 
  the 
  

   Arts," 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  Theodore 
  Roosevelt, 
  to 
  contain 
  the 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  collections 
  already 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  of 
  relics 
  and 
  

   mementoes 
  of 
  illustrious 
  patriots 
  of 
  our 
  country 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   events 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  its 
  history, 
  and 
  also 
  other 
  collections 
  

   relating 
  to 
  the 
  arts 
  and 
  industries. 
  It 
  is 
  proposed 
  further 
  that 
  

   the 
  building 
  shall 
  contain 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  erected 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mall 
  in 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  Natural 
  

   History 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  The 
  place 
  made 
  

   vacant 
  by 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Richard 
  Rathbun, 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum, 
  has 
  been 
  filled 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  de 
  C. 
  Ravenel. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  war 
  relics 
  and 
  particularly 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  air 
  planes 
  begin- 
  

   ning 
  with 
  the 
  origmal 
  Langley 
  models 
  and 
  coming 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  

   present 
  time. 
  The 
  International 
  Exchange 
  Service 
  has 
  been 
  

   enlarged 
  since 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  and 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  packages 
  

   handled 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  about 
  four 
  thousand. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  

   the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  included 
  the 
  observation 
  of 
  the 
  

   total 
  eclipse 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  on 
  May 
  29, 
  1919, 
  which 
  was 
  satisfactorily 
  

   accomplished 
  in 
  South 
  America. 
  The 
  solar 
  constant 
  of 
  radia- 
  

   tion 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  further 
  studied 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  Volume 
  

   IV 
  of 
  the 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Observatory 
  approaches 
  completion. 
  

  

  The 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  

   ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1917 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  issued. 
  Pp. 
  xii, 
  674, 
  

   with 
  numerous 
  illustrations. 
  

  

  Also 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  the 
  following 
  

   bulletins 
  have 
  been 
  received: 
  

  

  No. 
  60. 
  — 
  Handbook 
  of 
  Aboriginal 
  American 
  Antiquities. 
  

   Part 
  I, 
  Introductory 
  : 
  The 
  Lithic 
  Industries 
  ; 
  by 
  W. 
  H. 
  Holmes. 
  

   Pp. 
  xvii, 
  380, 
  with 
  223 
  figures. 
  

  

  No. 
  70. 
  — 
  Prehistoric 
  Villages, 
  Castles, 
  and 
  Towers 
  of 
  South- 
  

   western 
  Colorado; 
  by 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes. 
  Pp. 
  79; 
  33 
  plates, 
  

   18 
  text 
  figures. 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  as 
  heretofore, 
  has 
  

   issued 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  advance 
  chapters 
  on 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  

   subjects. 
  

  

  2. 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Stand- 
  

   ards, 
  S. 
  W. 
  Stratton, 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1919. 
  — 
  

  

  