POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 

 OF THE 

 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



HANDBOOKS 



Those deal with subjects illustrated by the collections rather than with -the objects 



then;selvrs. 

 NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE PLAINS. By Clark Wissler, Ph.D., 

 Curator of Anthropologj-. October, 1912, 145 pages, noaps and illustrations. 

 Paper, 25 cents; cloth 50 cents. 



This gives an account of the Material Culture, Social Organization, 



Re'.izion, Ceremonies, Arts and Languages of the Plains Indians of North 



America. 



INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. By Plixy Earle Goddard, Ph.D., Associate 



Curator, Department of Anthropology. March, 1913, 190 pages, maps and 



many illustrations. Paper, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents. 



A resume of our present knowledge of these interesting Indians. Among 



the subjects treated are the Spanish Conquest, Cliff Dwellings, Native 



Weaving, the Potter's Art and the Hopi Snake-dance. 



ANIMALS OF THE PAST. A popular account of some of the Creatures of the 



Ancient World. By Frederic A. Lucas, Sc.D., Director of the Museum. 



250 pages with 41 illustrations by Charles R. Knight and Joseph Gleeson. Paper 



35 cents. 



This, now revised as one of the series of Museum Handbooks, tells of 

 mammoth and mastodon, of the giants among birds, the sea lizards and the 

 huge dinosaurs. 



ILLUSTRATED GUIDE LEAFLETS 



These describe some exhibit, or. series of exhibits, of special interest or 

 importance, or may deal with the contents of an entire hall. 



SOME OF THE LEAFLETS 



NORTH AMERICAN RUMINANTS. By J. A. Allen, Ph:D., Curator of Mam- 

 malogy and Ornithology. Rensed edition, February, 1904. Pric^, 10 cents. 



Describes the rapidly disappearing large game of North America, such 

 as the Bison, Elk and Mountain Sheep. 

 THE METEORITES IN THE FOYER OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF 

 NATURAL HISTORY. By Edmund Otis Hovey, Ph.D., Curator, Depart- 

 ment of Geolog}' and Invertebrate Palaeontolog>'. December, 1907. Price, 

 10 cents. 



