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trusted members of the staff of tlie Smith- 

 sonian Institution, with which he had been 

 connected in vai-ious capacities since 1877. 

 He was born at Waukegan, Illinois, August 

 24, 1853, educated in the Waukegan public 

 schools, the University of Chicago, and at 

 the Northwestern University, where he 

 was graduated in 1877 with the degree of 

 B. S. He entered the service of the Fish 

 Commission, under Prof. Baird, as a fish 

 culturist; in 1878 was transferred to the 

 scientific staff, and from 1879 to 1882 was 

 engaged in the Fisheries Division of the 

 Tenth Census. 



From 1885 to 1888 he was Chief of the 

 Division of Statistics in the Fish Commis- 

 sion. He was sent, in 1883, to the Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibition in London, 

 as a member of the staff of the United 

 States Commissioner, and rendered very ef- 

 ficient service as executive of&cer and dep- 

 uty representative. His aptitude for expo- 

 sition work was so fully demonstrated on 

 this occasion that he has been designated 

 chief executive ofiicer, at all the expositions 

 which have since been held, for the exhibits 

 of the Smithsonian Institution and the Na- 

 tional Museum; at Louisville and New Or- 

 leans in 1884 and 1895, Cincinnati in 1888, 

 Chicago 1893 and Atlanta in 1895. At the 

 time of his death he had just completed 

 the unpacking of the exhibits returned from 

 the South. 



Since 1888 he had been connected with the 

 National Museum, with the grade of Curator, 

 and for three years had been Editor of the 

 Proceedings and Bulletins of the Museum. 



He was recognized by his associates as 

 man of fine administrative ability, which, 

 combined with great force of character, had 

 brought him into the position of one of the 

 most efiicient exposition experts living. 

 His unselfish devotion to his work, and his 

 absolute trustworthiness were appreciated 

 by all who knew him, and he was exceed- 

 ingly popular among his associates. 



Notwithstanding his constant occupation 

 in executive work , he produced and published 

 a considerable number of important papers 

 in regard to the methods of the Fisheries 

 and the habits of fishes. He was one of the 

 best authorities upon the natural history of 

 the Shad and Herring, and made exhaus- 

 tive studies of the fishery statistics of the 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts and of the Great 

 Lakes. Several new fishes were discovered 

 by him, one of which, an important food 

 species of the Southern coast, obtained by 

 him at Charleston in 1881, is called in his 

 honor Earll's Hake, Phycis Earlii. He 

 was also a skilful fish culturist and had 

 much experience in the early experimental 

 work in the propagation of the Shad and in 

 the establishment of the Cod-hatching sta- 

 tion at Gloucester. 



He was a man of the purest personal 

 character. His loss will be deeply felt by 

 many in Washington. By reason of his 

 peculiar abilities and his great experience, 

 his death creates a void which it will be 

 practically impossible to fill. 



G. Beown Goode. 



CURRENT NOTES ON PHYSIOGRAPHY. 

 THE STUDY OF HOME GEOGRAPHY IN ITALY. 



At the Second Italian Geographical Con- 

 gress, held in Rome last September, the 

 president, Marquis Doria, included in his 

 opening address an earnest recommendation 

 for the cultivation of home geography. Re- 

 cognizing the glory of foreign exploration, 

 he nevertheless said that the patient study 

 of the fatherland is a scientific duty, and 

 that the culture of a nation may be meas- 

 ured by its advance. The Congress adopted 

 votes urging the establishment of better 

 courses in geography in various stages of 

 education ; and advising the Italian Geo- 

 graphical Society to offer a prize for the best 

 plan of primary instruction in local geog- 

 raphy, and afterwards to secure the best 

 geographical writers of Italy to prepare text- 



