field of anthropology. Mallery's next publication appeared in the Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau, under the title, "Pictographs of the North American Indians; a Preliminary Paper." It consisted of 256 pages, illustrated with 83 plates and 209 figures. Finally, the Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau was devoted to Mallery's completed work on one of his subjects of investigation. It was entitled, "Picture-writing of the American Indians," filling 807 quarto pages, with 54 plates and 1,290 figures. At the time of his death, Mallery was preparing a treatise on the sign-language of the American Indians, intended to be a companion work to "Picture-writing". This, unfortunately, was left unfinished and had to be completed by his colleagues at the Bureau. In 1882, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society. Other activities In addition to the foregoing writings, Mallery was the author of many short critical essays. His "Israelite and Indian", which compared the two cultures, was notable for stirring up a brief controversy. He founded and later served as President of Washington's Anthropological Society. In 1878, he was one of ten founding members of the Cosmos Club. He was also involved with the Literary Society of Washington, where he was a member of the General Committee for many years and served as its President in 1888. His address on retiring from that office had for its subject "Philosophy and Specialties." In it he insisted upon the importance of using a correct and elegant style of writing in scientific papers. Available works Picture-writing of the American Indians. Foreword by J. W. Powell. Dover (1972), 2 v. Sign Language Among North American Indians, Dover (2001) References Source cited External links "Israelite and Indian", Part I, Popular Science, Vol.36, November 1889 "Israelite and Indian", Part II, Popular Science, Vol.36, December 1889 "Greeting by Gesture", Part I, Popular Science, Vol.38, February 1891 "Greeting by Gesture", Part II, Popular Science, Vol.38, February 1891 1831 births 1894 deaths American ethnologists People from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War Union Army colonels Yale College alumni