CO-WORKERS HONOR WILLIAM H. HOLMES 
HEAD CURATOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN NATIONAL MUSEUM 
IS GIVEN VOLUME OF ESSAYS. 
TRIBUTE BY HIS FRIENDS, 
A 500«page volume of anthropological essays abound~ 
ing with pertinent and beautiful illustrations, was presented 
to William Henry Holmes, head curator of anthropology in the 
United States National Museum, on the occasion of his seven- 
tieth birthday, December 1. 
The volume is a tribute by his friends and colaborers 
in the study of anthropology, forty-four of whom contributed 
original articles for publication in the anniversary volume. 
The book, of which only 200 copies were printed, was edited by 
Frederick W@. Hodge, ethnologist in charge of the bureau of 
American ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. 
PRESENTATION MADE AT DINNER. 
The presentation took place at a dinner held at the 
Lafayette Hotel at which were present most of those who took 
part re the preparation of the book, and proved a complete 
surprise to the guest of honor, Mr. Holmes has been engaged 
in scientific investigations under the government for forty- 
five years; first with the government geological surveys, then 
with the geological survey and finally the bureau of American 
