Fetefuaisy 23, 1952 
iir* E. Stanley Field 
3. f. ». 3, Box 25 
Warsaw, Missouri 
Bear Mr. Fields 
l«c©i;pt is adsnosriedged your iel.ter of Fe’^-ruaify 22, ia wiilcii 
you call owr attention %q a jaetiiod employed hy the '’Sex'ies Publishers, 
Inc. of eoMeeting money for the bo«>k 'l^aaortiaa of Science.’'* 
the Sraithsoniaa Institution ms notidiig to do with tlws business 
or business methods of the Series Bibllsbers, Inc. It has no interest 
whatsoever in the boci: ":panor®m of Science.” 
y years ago sclcnti,sts of the a sox'i 
%iMah was published under roj^ty agreement with the Series Publishers, 
Ine, m the Saithsonian Scientific Series. Sutltiisoaieia seientiets have 
written nothing for that company since tlse criginai agreesaent was 
entered into and quite definitely the book "PanorSM: of Science was 
not prepared under the auaplcea of this Institution and the Institution 
has no Interest in it. 
Sven so, tf© are sending a copy of your letter to the president of 
the Series Publishers, Inc. for his attention aloiag with a copy of this 
r^ly to you. 
Very tamily yours. 
J. E. Graf 
Acting Secretary 
REPLIES EREP/i^ED BY MR. MSON 
