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bettor appreciation of the splendid colleetions of this kind in the City of 

 New York. The colleetions of the American Museum and of C()luml)ia 

 University will he used as illustrative material. 



Mr. Operti is busy painting copies of European paUeolithic cave art, 

 which are to go on the walls of the Archa:^ological Hall. It is hoped that 

 this hall will 1)0 in presentable shape within the course of a year. 



Mrs. Sterling has been dispensing wild honey, in delicious gobs, to 

 all visitors to her room who are willing to wash their own spoons. 



Mrs. Sterling has been receiving many callers lately. 



After his recent sudden attack of appendicitis, Mr. Nichols was 

 taken to Nassau Hospital, in Mineola, and was operated on. He is 

 convalescing and has returned home. He will probably be back at the 

 Museum within a few days. 



Professor V. Barathos, of Budapest, a specialist in the Finnish and 

 other languages of Siberia, called at the Museum last month and exam- 

 ined some of the Jesup Expedition rep rts Professor Joseph Pijoan, 

 now of Toronto University, and formerly of Barcelona, was a March 

 visitor. 



It was necessary for Mr. Sweetser to be absent for a few days during 

 March, due to illness. 



Two good books on minerals have late'y be^n published. One is a 

 text-book by Drs. Edward H. Kraus and Walter P. Hunt, of the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan. The other is a guide to the mineral collections of 

 the Illinois State Museum, by Dr. A. R. Crook. Like Dr. Gratacap's 

 Popular Guide to Minerals, this book is designed to serve as a text-book. 



The Fish Bibliography is nearing its completion; at least one-fourth 

 of the index is in type, and 338 pages of various addenda to 

 Volume 3 have been prepared. 



Dr. Dean is getting out a Bibliography of Arms and Armor for the 

 Metropolitan Museum. The work, which is fairly well advanced, will 



