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prepared on the "Pottery of the ancient pueblos," and another upon the "Ancient ware of the Middle Mississippi Valley". They are supplemented by a third paper upon the "Origin of form and moment in the Ceramic Art". These papers will appear in the Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. In addition, a short study of the ceramic products of a section exposed in the City of Mexico has been made. This will appear in the proceedings of the Anthropological Society of Washington.

It will be seen that the collection, already an extremely valuable one, promises in the near future to be worthy of a National Museum, but there are many gaps that must be filled up before it can be considered satisfactory to students of American Archaeology. The collections from all parts of Mexico and the Northern Central American States need especial attention. In South American material we are still far behind the Museums of Europe.