INTRODUCTION. 



The influence of Doctor George Brown Goode on the growth and 

 character of the United States National Museum was profound, and it 

 extended to museum development in all parts of the world. It is 

 desirable that an account of his life and services should appear, together 

 with reprints of his valuable papers on American science and public 

 museums, as well as several on related subjects that have never been 

 published, in this portion of the vSmithsonian report devoted to the work 

 of the National Museum. Most of these papers appeared originally in 

 publications not easily accessible to students, and all reprints have long 

 since been distributed. 



GEORGE BROWN GOODE. 



Ever}^ student of nature the world over has profited by the work of 

 Doctor Goode. Everyone interested in the advanj^ement of science and 

 in the development of museums as the graphic representatives of history 

 and science has been and will be encouraged and assisted because he lived 

 and worked. Every person can emulate his example of right living and 

 honest service with gain individually and as a meml)er of the conununity 

 and of the body politic, and every Virginian can point with pride to the 

 fact that Doctor Goode' s ancestors were from that historic vState. 



Personall}' I knew him as the man of science, the nniseum adminis- 

 trator, the patriot, the valued adviser, and the loyal friend. Two years 

 have passed since his death, and I feel the personal and public loss more 

 and more. No one has come to take his place in many of the fields of 

 his activity. vScience, and particularly Government scientific institutions, 

 will long miss the wholesome influence that he exerted on the minds of 

 scientific and public men. But all that could be said by me has been 

 spoken by those whose tributes follow. We loved the man , and we cherish 

 his memory in secret thought and honor it in the written words of this 

 memorial volume. 



ClIARLKS D. WalCOTT. 



