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    At the time of this writing, June 10, 1929, up-wards of a score of volumes are assembled and so far edited as to be practically ready for binding. I have called these "Random Records." No attempt is made to write a story, but the indexing for each volume will enable the inquirer to find the particular features of the record that may interest him. The series of volumes begins with a brief biography, a simple outline of my three-quarters of a century of contact with the world of affairs, and more than half a century association with the Smithsonian Institution. Two of the volumes XIII and XIV [III & IV written in ink], must prove especially interesting to the future personnel of the institution as they embody upwards of one hundred photographic portraits of Smithsonian people, all of whom I know or have known personally. The list begins appropriately with the portrait of Secretary Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Institution.