PARK AND CEMETERY 
V 
Books, Reports, Etc, Continued. 
Room at the Smithsonian, the terrible 
lizards that once lived in America, and 
Mr. Thompson Seton’s paper on the 
National Zoological Park at Washing- 
ton. The whole volume has been called 
“the best popular scientific annual pub- 
lished in the world.” The Smithsonian 
Reports may be had by purchase at cost 
from the Superintendent of Documents, 
Washington City, and may also gen- 
erally be obtained free of charge from 
the applicant’s member of Congress. 
American Park and Outdoor Art As- 
sociation, proceedings of the sixth an- 
nual meeting held at Boston, August 5, 
6 and 7, 1902 : This report, which con- 
stitutes Vol. VI., Part I, of the asso- 
ciation's publications, is an attractively 
bound book of 86 pages, and contains 
much valuable data and literature. A 
complete list of members and of offi- 
cers of affiliated societies is given, and 
shows evidence of encouraging growth 
in the fact that both the association and 
the auxiliary have doubled in the last 
six months. The constitution and by- 
laws, the proceedings of the society are 
given and a number of the papers are 
published in full. Others, such as those 
by President Eliot and John DeWitt 
Warner, are to appear in additional 
pamphlets soon to be published. The 
president’s address, the report of the 
Park Census Committee, and the ad- 
dresses of the representatives of co-op- 
erating societies are among those found 
in the report. 
The Fairmount Park Art Association, 
a society organized to purchase works 
of art for the adornment of Fairmount 
Park and the city of Philadelphia, has 
issued its thirtieth annual report. The 
organization was formed in 1871 and 
now has 1,300 members, and a perma- 
nent fund of about $100,000. About 35 
works by well-known sculptors have 
been added to Fairmount Park by the 
society, and the Smith Memorial, now 
in process of erection at a cost of $500,- 
000, is being constructed under its di- 
rection. 
Proceedings of the convention held 
by tbe Appalachian, National Park As- 
sociation at Asheville, N. C., Otcober 25, 
1902 : This little book contains the ad- 
dresses delivered at the convention, and 
the reports of officers of the association. 
The report of Dr. C. P. Ambler, the sec- 
retary, gives a history of the Appalach- 
ian National Park movement from its 
inception. The bill for the establish- 
ment of the park has been passed by the 
Senate, been favorably reported in the 
House by the Committee on Agriculture 
and is expected to come up for passage 
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