DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

GEOLOGIC BRANCH

WASHINGTON D. C. Sept. 12, 1890.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Sir:--

Your administrative report for the last fiscal year describes
the field work of your division with sufficient fullness, but be-
stows only a four line paragraph of vague generalities on the work
of the laboratory. It appears to the Director desirable that there
be substituted for this brief paragraph a fuller account, setting
forth the nature of the laboratory work, specifying the volumes in
preparation and indicating their state of advancement.

By order of the Director.

(aus befür 26. 90)
with addition
supplied.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

March 6, 1891.

My dear Sir,

Referring to your private edition of 500 copies of Mono-
graph X, may I ask whether they were all issued in the same form of bind-
ing. Such copies as I have been able to see now, here in the office, are
bound in green cloth, and have no paper cover or half-title; but I have
a memorandum, made several years ago when the work appeared, which says
"Half-title on cover." It seems that I must then have had under my eye
a copy with a cover bearing a half-title. If there were any of the 500
issued in the latter form, or in a form different from Mr. Pilling's and
Mr. Hague's copies ( green cloth, no half-title ), will you kindly say
whether I can find such a copy here in Washington, for inspection.

I think I mentioned to you that Major Powell has set me to catalogu-
ing the publications of the Survey.

May 2, 1893.

Sir:

The Director desires to submit his Fourteenth Annual Report (1892-93) and accompanying papers to the Hon. the Secretary of the Interior immediately upon the close of the fiscal year, and to facilitate this object you are requested to submit the administrative report of the operations of your division, which should be dated June 30, before that date, if possible, by the first of June.

In the preparation of these reports, their purpose should be kept clearly in mind, namely, that the administrative reports, and intended for publication.

Being administrative only, they should not be used as vehicles for the communication of results of research. They should set forth the operations of the several divisions within the year and should fully indicate the character of the scientific discoveries or new generalizations and inferences.

Being reports for the fiscal year 1892-93 they should be confined to the work of that year except in so far as it may be necessary to speak of more comprehensive plans in order to show the bearing of the work done. Plans for future work, proposed to the Director for approval, are there out of place, and should be made the subject of a separate communication.

Being intended for publication, the reports should avoid various things which might otherwise with propriety be included. They should especially avoid all complaint or criticism of officers or divisions of the Survey or of other departments of the government.

The "accompanying papers" for this volume should be in the Director's hands not later than June 15, in order that they may be edited, and that any illustrations they contain may be properly inspected, revised and redrawn if necessary.

Yours with respect,

Prof.O.C.Marsh,
New Haven Conn.
(Thro'Mr.Walcott)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

June 18, 1895.

Professor O. C. Marsh,

New Haven,

Conn.

Dear Professor Marsh,

I have taken a general survey of your manuscript "The Dinosaurs of North America" for the Sixteenth Annual, and have assembled the headings into a table of contents, which I inclose here with for your inspection, and for your revision in case the proper coordination and subordination are not accurately shown by the indentation.

I have also read in detail 15 or 20 pages of the manuscript and find it in such excellent shape that it seems to me to be scarcely worth while for me to read it all through for literary suggestion; if improvement anywhere is possible it is so slight that the changes can readily be made in the proof. To two minor matters, however, I beg to call your attention now:

1. For some time past it has been the Survey's practice to print the names of genera and higher groups in roman, (e.g. Anchisaurus) and to print in italic specific names only (e.g., *Anchisaurus solus*). In your manuscript all these are marked italic. When I took charge of the Editorial Division I asked the Director if he desired to adhere to the Survey's custom in this respect, and he said he did; therefore I hope you will not object to the roman letters.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C.

June 20, 1895.

Dear Professor Marsh,

Herewith are pp. 103 and 104 from your manu-
script, which have been replaced by those sent with your letter of
yesterday to Colonel Rizer.

It is the Director's intention to send the manuscript for the
Sixteenth Annual to the printer early in July, and to have the
printer take it up as soon as possible, but the immense amount of
work on hand at the Government Printing Office in connection with
contested election cases will delay our type-setting somewhat,
I fear.

Will you kindly send me a list of illustrations for your
paper. I mailed you yesterday a tentative table of contents.

Restorations of European Dinosaurs.

Among the illustrations of the present paper, the last four
Plates ( 77 _ 80 ) are devoted to restorations of four of the
best known European Dinosaurs, types of the genera <u>Compsognathus</u>,
<u>Scelidosaurus</u>¹⁴, <u>Hypsilophodon</u>, and <u>Iguanodon</u>. These outline
restorations have been prepared by the writer mainly for compari-
son with the corresponding American forms, but in part to insure,
so far as the present opportunity will allow, a more comprehensive
review of the whole group.

The specimens restored are all of great interest, in them-
selves, and of special importance when compared with their near-
est American allies.

The first of these four restorations, that of _Compsognathus longipes_, Wagner, shown one fourth natural size on Plate 77, is believed to represent fairly well the general form, and natural position when alive of this diminutive, carnivorous Dinosaur, that lived during the Jurassic period. The basis for this restoration is (1) A careful study of the type specimens itself, made by the writer in Munich, in 1881;

(2) An accurate cast of this specimen sent to the writer by Prof.

Zittel; (3) A careful drawing of the original made by Kraft in 1887. The original description and figure of Wagner, and those of later authors, have also been used in some of the details.

No restoration of this unique Dinosaur has hitherto been attempted.

The restoration of *Hypsilophodon*, given in outline, one eighth natural size, on Plate 79 has been made with much care, partly from the type specimen, and in part from other material mostly now in the British Museum. The figures and description of Hulke were of special value, although the conclusions of the writer as to the natural position of the animal, when alive, do not coincide with those of his honored friend who did so much to make this genus of Dinosaurs, and many others, known to Science. A study of the American genus *Laosaurus*, and the restoration of one species, given on Plate 52, will perhaps clear up several points long in doubt.

The last restoration given, that of *Iguanodon*, on Plate 80, one fortieth natural size, has been made in outline to complete the series, although no new points of importance are brought out by its presentation. ^

It is based mainly upon photographs of the well-known Belgian specimens, which the writer has studied with considerable care during several visits to Brussels. ^

The descriptions and figures of Dollo have also been freely used in the preparation of this restoration.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

A.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Dec. 6, 1895.

Prof.O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:

I have just discovered that in a letter to Colonel Rizer dated August 17, which came when I was away on vacation, you requested him to make a note of the fact that, in addition to the number of separates of your paper which the Survey gives you, you desire 250 copies at your own expense. In such cases the Public printer requires a letter on file in his office from the person ordering. Please, therefore, send your order at once to him.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11, 1896.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear professor Marsh:

The proof of your proof has just reached me--late Saturday. As there are triplicate proofs, I have concluded to mail you to-night one of the sets--a clean set, bearing none of the printer's marks; because the set with the printer's marks and my own, and the copy, can not reach you before Tuesday morning, and you may find it convenient to do something with this advance set on Monday.

I have failed, as you will see, to get the cuts in separate galleys, as you requested; but you still have the privilege, of course, of placing them where you desire in relation to the text. Transfer text and cuts as you wish, giving full and explicit directions as to make up of pages. In most cases the printer will need some latitude in the placing of the cut, in order to secure full pages.

Very truly yours,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5, 1896.

Prof. O.C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Professor Marsh,

I have your letter of yesterday and the proof of Pl. IV for the Denver monograph. Please send the lacking electrotype at your earliest convenience, as the manuscript and drawings will go to the Public Printer in a few days. The plate explanations are not here. Please send them very soon.

We shall get no more proof of your paper on the donosaurs.
You have triplicate fourth revise, and I have here, as my
final set, the duplicate fourth, bearing your final marks.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30, 1896.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Professor Marsh:

Captain Brian, Foreman of Printing, informs me
that he will commence typesetting on the Denver monograph
to-morrow. I judge, therefore, that the proof of your por-
tion, which comes near the end, will reach us in mid-summer,
say August 1-15. If you are anxious to get away earlier,
perhaps a letter from you to the Captain (H.T.) Brian, stating
the case and requesting expedition, would result in getting
your portion of the work off your hands by the end of July.

I trust that you are well and not seriously in need of a
vacation.

I have learned, further, that the separates of your paper
in the Sixteenth Annual are well along. They should reach you
in July.

Very truly yours,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2, 1896.

Dear Professor Marsh,

I returned to Washington last evening, after an absence of a month, and I now have before me your galley proof and your letters of Aug. 19, 30, and Sept. 1. It is too bad that your part of the Denver monograph hung fire at the printing office so long that your vacation has been interfered with. It was not the printers fault entirely, however; the authors of the other portions of the monograph are far away, at field work, and are returning their proof very slowly, and this has caused the printer to suspend from time to time. A lot of galleys preceding yours have not yet been returned, and this will, I am exceedingly sorry to say, prevent the printer from making up your pages immediately. I will see that it is done at the earliest day possible.

Some of the separates from Part I of the Sixteenth Annual have been received, and your N. A. Dinosaurs are expected daily.

Very truly yours,

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9, 1896.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Professor Marsh:

I have your letter of November 6, and am glad to know that you are, on the whole, pleased with the memoir on North American Dinosaurs, for which you were obliged to wait so long. By going through the old proofs I could get light on the error in the case of fig. 4 of Pl. XXXI, but that would be some trouble, and I judge it would not pay. The error is patent on inspection, and that is better than if it were occult and consequently misleading.

The make-up for the plates of the Denver volume went to the printer Oct. 16, but proofs have not been received.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23, 1896.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Connecticut.

Dear Professor Marsh:

I return to you herewith the set of proofs bearing
your marks. You may retain this set permanently. I have
no other to send you now. We get only three sets from the
printer; one of these must be returned to him, another Mr.
Emmons desires to retain, and the third I now return to you.

The printer must have meant to make us a Christmas pres-
ent of these proofs. Very kind of him to burden his mind
with the matter for two months. The make-up went to him
October 16, as I wrote you at the time, but he has pleaded a
plethora of work on annual reports, which must have precedence
of papers which have no chronologic feature or condition.

Thank you for your kind wishes, seasonal and general.
I believe in "reciprocity", political and other; which I fear
is a rather stupid way of saying that I wish you the same.