36 Memo7'ial of Geoi^ge Brozvn Goods. 



tion. To most members he was already known by his contributions to museum 

 literature in the Reports of the National Museum of the United States, and other pub- 

 lications; but a more personal feeling of intimacy was engendered by the direct 

 conmiunication of his thoughts to the Association at Newcastle. It was therefore 

 with a feeling of the deepest regret the news of his untimely death was received. 

 Doctor Goode died in Washington on 6th of September at the age of forty-five 

 years. His early death is a great loss, not only to the United States Museum, but to 

 museums in general, for he took a deep and active interest in all things affecting 

 their development and well-being. 



[From the proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Convention, American Institute of Architects, 1896.] 



Of the corresponding members the institute loses Professor G. Brown Goode, the 

 well-known Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Curator of the 

 National Museum, who brought out of a chaos of inaccessible treasures the orderly, 

 well-arranged, enjoyable, and instructive collection which makes the Smithsonian 

 Institution take rank with the finest museums in the world. 



MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY. 



From among a large number of letters received since the death of Mr. 

 Goode, appreciating his great services and offering consolation at his 

 death, the following few extracts are made. 



Sir William H. Flower, director of the British Museum, said: 



I should like to take part in any tribute to the memory of a man I admired so 

 much and was in such sympathy with as Brown Goode. 



Professor Enrico H. Giglioli, of Florence, on October 3, 1896, spoke 

 of Mr. Goode as one of the men he loved and esteemed most: 



I feel so crushed [he said] by this terrible blow that I hardly know what I am 

 writing. . . . He was so full of energy and work it is hard to believe that he is 

 now no more. To you all at the National Museum the loss must be immense, but to 

 many abroad it is a great and much felt sorrow. To science in America not alone, 

 but in the civilized world, his loss is indeed irreparable and will be felt for years. 



The Honorable William Wirt Henry, of the Virginia Historical Society, 

 wrote: 



It is a source of great satisfaction to me that I knew Doctor Goode personally and 

 was privileged to be associated with him in his work in the patriotic and historical 

 societies with which he was connected. No one could know him without being 

 impressed with his learning and modesty and the sterling qualities of the man. I 

 feel that his death is a loss which will be felt in every path in which he walked, and 

 will be mourned by every votary of science. 



M. Henri de Varigny, of Paris, wrote to Secretary Langley: 



I have received the card which notified [me of] the sad news of the death of that 

 excellent and most distinguished man, G. Brown Goode. I was already acquainted 

 with the fact, and had published a few lines of obituary notice in the Revue Scien- 

 tifique, but I have not adequately expressed the feeling of true sorrow I experience 

 when I remember that he is no more, and that his writing, activity, and energetic 

 kindness have ceased to be. He was ver}' kind and obliging to me, and I shall keep 

 a warm remembrance of him. Your loss is a great one. 



