12  Field  Columbian  Museum — Reports,  Vol.  i. 
In  Press  and  Preparation:- — 
Anthropol.  Ser.,  Vol.  i,  No.  i,  Pt.  i.     Studies  Among  the  Ancient 
Cities  of  Mexico. 
W.  H.  Holmes,  Curator  of  Anthropology. 
Anthropol.  Ser.,  Vol.  i,  No.  i,  Pt.  2.     Studies  Among  the  Ancient 
Cities  of  Mexico. 
W.  H.  Holmes,  Curator  of  Anthropology. 
Zool.  Ser.,  Vol.  1,  No.  1.    Vertebral  Column  of  Amia. 
O.  P.  Hay,  Assistant  Curator  of  Ichthyology. 
Bot.  Ser.,  Vol.  1,  No.  2.     Flora  of  West  Virginia. 
Charles  Frederick  Millspaugh  and  L.  W.  Nuttall. 
Four  of  the  Museum  publications  have  already  been  distributed. 
The  scientific  institutions  to  whom  the  publications  have  been  sent 
were  selected  with  special  reference  first,  to  their  prominence  and 
size;  second,  ability  to  send  in  exchange  publications  of  scientific 
value;  third,  eagerness  for  the  publications.  The  following  state- 
ment shows  the  distribution  in  this  country :  Trustees,  15;  Staff,  13; 
Corporate  Members,  56;  Annual  Members,  723.  General — Museums, 
16;  Scientific  Societies,  62;  Universities,  Schools  and  Colleges,  67; 
Libraries,  122.  Special — Anthropology,  21;  Botany,  81;  Geology,  114; 
History,  20;  Industrial  Arts,  21;  Transportation,  16;  Zoology,  16. 
(Note.  Only  Botanical,  Geological  and  Historical  series  have 
been  issued).  Acknowledgments  for  these  publications  have  been 
received  from  the  ablest  scientists  and  their  words  of  commendation 
are  a  source  of  much  gratification  to  the  Museum.  The  quotation  of 
a  sentence  or  two  from  the  letters  of  professors  of  the  leading  uni- 
versities of  the  country  will  be  pardoned.  "  I  am  very  much  gratified 
to  see  the  strong  movement  the  Museum  is  making  in  the  line  of 
scientific  publications  of  a  high  order."  "  I  wish  to  congratulate  the 
Field  Columbian  Museum  on  issuing,  such  a  publication. "  "  It  is  very 
neatly  gotten  out  and  will  have  considerable  value  aside  from  a  mere 
catalogue  of  the  collections.    Your  plates  are  particularly  good." 
"An  Historical  and  Descriptive  Account  of  the  Field  Colum- 
bian Museum,"  was  sent  by  mail  soon  after  issuance  to  the  principal 
museums  and  scientific  institutions  of  foreign  countries.  Since  that 
time  the  Museum  has  availed  itself  of  the  privileges  of  the  Bureau 
of  International  Exchanges  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  by  which 
means  packages  of  literature  can  be  forwarded  to  any  foreign  address 
without  charge  to  the  Museum,  beyond  that  of  delivery  to  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution  at  Washington.  The  foreign  list  of  the  Museum 
as  far  as  made  up  comprises:  General — Museums,  58;  Libraries,  2; 
Academies,  11;  Institutes,  4;  Journals,  9;  Schools,  9;  Societies,  43. 
Special — Anthropology,  13;  Botany,  40;.  Geology,    no;  Industrial 
