/an additional honor for prof. w. h 
1 HOLMES 
Professor William Henry Holmes, Art Editor of Art 
and Archaeology, and one of the very foremost figures 
in American archaeology for many years, was recently 
the recipient of an additional honor in his election 
by "enthusiastic, unanimous acclaim” to honorary 
membership in the French Alpine Club. The Club’s 
President, M. S. Regaud, in his letter of announcement, 
says: "The General Assembly of the F. A. C. has 
desired to honor in your person the man of science who 
has devoted his entire life to the study of the moun- 
tains, of their phenomena and of their beauties. 
M. de Margerie, president of the Commission of 
Scientific Works of the F. A. C., in recalling all your 
titles before my colleagues, moved our feelings by the 
remembrance of all the great and fine things you have 
accomplished. We have not forgotten the beautiful 
panorama of the Grand Canon of the Colorado which 
appeared in our Annual some fifty years ago.” 
The minute of the Society recording Prof. Holmes’s 
election is as follows in translation: 
FRENCH ALPINE CLUB 
General Assembly of Sunday, March 25, 1Q26 
“M. Emm. de Margerie submitted to the Assembly 
for election as honorary members of the French 
Alpine Club, the names of Messrs. W. H. Holmes, of 
Washington (United States), and Maurice Lugeon,’ of 
Lausanne (Switzerland) . 
“The former, in spite of his advanced age — he was 
born in 1846 — is still at the present time Keeper of the 
Gallery of the Fine Arts in the Museum of Washington, 
after a career devoted entirely to art and science ; that 
is to say, in some measure an American Schrader. 
"By turns, or rather simultaneously, draughtsman, 
geologist, explorer, archeologist, he was connected for 
many years, first with the Survey of the Territories, 
directed by Dr. Hayden, then with the Federal Geo- 
logical Service and with the Bureau of Ethnology. 
"We are indebted to him for magnificent drawings 
representing the region of the Rocky Mountains under 
all its aspects. Moreover, he is the principal author 
of an atlas of the Colorado, published nearly a half 
century ago, and which remains one of the master- 
pieces of the cartography of the New World. But his 
greatest title to glory is in having revealed to the 
public, in plates of marvellous exactitude, the splendors 
of the Grand Canon, unsuspected up to his time. The 
members of the French Alpine Club have also been able 
to admire in one of our old Annuals, more than forty 
years ago, the reproduction of one of his panoramas, 
due to the ever so faithful talent of Lieut. Col. Prudent' 
ii * 
“The election of Messrs. Holmes and Lugeon, put 
to the vote, was adopted by acclamation.” 
“ (A true copy: 
"Emm. de Margerie)” 
Gratifying as this honor is to all members of the 
Archaeological Society of Washington, and to the in- 
numerable friends of the recipient, it is also worth 
remembering that Professor Holmes is not without 
honor in his own country. The value of his achieve- 
ments in geology is attested by the fact that two im- 
portant mountains in the far west have been named for 
him. 
