﻿Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
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  tions 
  : 
  Figures 
  9 
  and 
  11 
  on 
  pp. 
  13 
  and 
  14 
  should 
  be 
  reversed 
  ; 
  

  

  fig. 
  11 
  (p. 
  14) 
  gives 
  the 
  Upper 
  Devonian 
  map 
  and 
  fig. 
  9 
  (p. 
  13) 
  

  

  the 
  Pennsylvania/^ 
  map. 
  Also 
  on 
  page 
  10, 
  in 
  the 
  explanation, 
  

  

  second 
  line 
  from 
  top, 
  "in 
  early 
  Silurian 
  time" 
  should 
  read 
  "in 
  

  

  Silurian 
  time." 
  

   Page 
  12, 
  line 
  21 
  from 
  top 
  should 
  read 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  ' 
  - 
  Norwegian 
  

  

  Sea, 
  the 
  Skandik 
  of 
  De 
  Geer, 
  which 
  sediments 
  tell 
  of 
  enor 
  — 
  ." 
  

   Page 
  23, 
  line 
  8 
  from 
  bottom 
  for 
  "Amferer" 
  read 
  "Ampferer." 
  

   The 
  slowness 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  mail 
  service 
  between 
  the 
  United 
  

  

  States 
  and 
  Norway 
  prevented 
  the 
  author 
  from 
  reading 
  the 
  

  

  proof. 
  — 
  Editors. 
  

  

  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Librarian 
  of 
  Congress, 
  Herbert 
  Putnam, 
  

   pp. 
  1-105 
  ; 
  also 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  

   Building 
  and 
  Grounds, 
  P. 
  L. 
  Averill, 
  pp. 
  169-179, 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1919. 
  — 
  The 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  

   Congress 
  during 
  1919 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  96,000 
  volumes 
  with 
  

   upwards 
  of 
  36,000 
  copies 
  of 
  maps, 
  music, 
  and 
  prints. 
  In 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  manuscripts 
  not 
  separately 
  

   enumerated. 
  Among 
  the 
  important 
  additions 
  of 
  printed 
  mate- 
  

   rial 
  are 
  the 
  Orientalia 
  from 
  the 
  Par 
  East 
  to 
  which 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  

   Swingle 
  has 
  devoted 
  himself. 
  In 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  manuscripts, 
  

   many 
  important 
  papers 
  have 
  been 
  obtained, 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  gift, 
  in 
  

   part 
  by 
  purchase. 
  These 
  include 
  the 
  Tyler 
  Papers; 
  those 
  of 
  

   James 
  Buchanan 
  written 
  to 
  his 
  niece 
  Mrs. 
  H. 
  L. 
  Johnston 
  ; 
  those 
  

   of 
  Theodore 
  Roosevelt; 
  of 
  William 
  H. 
  Taft 
  and 
  numerous 
  

   others. 
  These 
  are 
  individually 
  euumerated 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  remarked 
  

   that 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  manuscript 
  has 
  now 
  become 
  the 
  gathering 
  

   place 
  for 
  the 
  materials 
  which 
  students 
  of 
  history 
  are 
  using 
  daily 
  

   in 
  their 
  work. 
  The 
  musical 
  division 
  now 
  includes 
  more 
  than 
  

   853,000 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets 
  and 
  pieces, 
  of 
  which 
  31,000 
  have 
  

   been 
  added 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  There 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  acquired 
  

   numerous 
  war 
  posters, 
  photographs 
  and 
  general 
  literature, 
  the 
  

   interest 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  greatly 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  The 
  

   Library 
  has 
  played 
  an 
  active 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  war 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  

   country 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  normal 
  staff 
  was 
  thus 
  

   engaged. 
  The 
  two 
  appeals 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Library 
  Association 
  have 
  yielded 
  an 
  aggregate 
  amount 
  of 
  five 
  

   million 
  dollars. 
  The 
  chief 
  need 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  mentioned 
  is 
  the 
  

   one 
  felt 
  in 
  so 
  many 
  directions, 
  of 
  an 
  adjustment 
  of 
  the 
  salary 
  

   schedule, 
  to 
  adapt 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  cost 
  of 
  living. 
  

  

  2. 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  U. 
  S. 
  Coast 
  and 
  

   Geodetic 
  Survey, 
  E. 
  Lester 
  Jones, 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  

   1919. 
  — 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  Department 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  much 
  influ- 
  

   enced 
  by 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  which 
  closed 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  

   now 
  included. 
  Of 
  particular 
  interest 
  is 
  chapter 
  III 
  showing 
  

   the 
  many 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  Hydrographic 
  and 
  Geodetic 
  Surveys 
  in 
  

   this 
  country 
  and 
  its 
  possessions, 
  called 
  for 
  especially 
  by 
  the 
  

   improved 
  modern 
  methods 
  now 
  in 
  use. 
  This 
  chapter 
  is 
  accom- 
  

  

  