to bestow upon us the influence of that experience for 
years to come. 
TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM. 
"Accept, then, this book, not as a measure of our 
indebtedness for what you have already accomplished, but as 
a token of our affection, our appreciation and high esteem." 
Among the many interesting and instructive articles 
are thirteen written by members of the staff of the Smith- 
sonian Institution and its branches. "Phe Cliff Ruins in 
- Fewkes Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Col.," is the sub- 
ject of a report by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes of the bureau of 
American Ethnology, on his recent excavation and repair of 
Oak-tree House, Painted House and other prehistoric ruins in 
the canyon. "Music in Fis Relation to The Religious 
Thought of the Teton Sioux," is the title of an article by 
Miss Frances Densmore. Other articles pertaining to the 
work of the bureau of ethnology are by F. W. Hodge, Miss Alice 
C. Fletcher, J. H. B. Hewitt, John Peabody Harrington, Francis 
La Flesch, Truman Michelson and John R. Swanton. | 
Dr. I. M. Casanowicz, assistant curator of old world 
archeology of the National Museum, writes on "Parallels in 
the Cosmogonies of the 014 World and the New," in which he 
bla ues and compares the old and new theories respecting the 
genesis of the visible universe and the manner and order in 
which the various forms of life came into being, citing 
