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of the coast and to the great lakes to gather 

 information. Goode worked at it himself 

 on Cape Cod, and manifested the same en- 

 thusiasm as in every other piece of work 

 he took up. He interested himself in get- 

 ting together a collection representing the 

 methods of the fisheries and the habits of 

 the fishermen. Neglecting neither the most 

 trivial nor important objects, branching out 

 into everj^ collateral matter, he showed his 

 grasp both of principles and of details. 



His literary bent and facility of written 

 expression showed itself before his gradua- 

 tion at Wesleyan in the College Argus, which 

 contains seven brief papers, including his 

 first scientific article, prophetically entitled 

 ' Our Museum.' He contributed to the 

 American Naturalist in 1871 a note upon 

 ' The Bill-fish in Fresh Water,' and in 1872 

 ' A Sea Bird Inland.' He published and 

 presented before the American Association 

 in 1873 his first paper of importance, en- 

 titled ' Do Snakes Swallow Their Young ?' 

 These studies of real merit foreshadow two 

 marked features of his later work : First, his 

 recognition of the importance of distribu- 

 tion, which culminated in the preparation 

 of his unfinished memoir upon the ' Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of Deep-Sea Fishes;' 

 second, his close observation of the habits 

 of animals, which was of marked usefulness 

 in his subsequent Fish Commission service 

 and treatises upon fish culture. His ' Cata- 

 logue of the Fishes of the Bermudas,' from his 

 1872 visit, indicate how early in life he had 

 thought out a thoroughly philosophical 

 method of studying a local fauna. " In 

 working up my notes," he says, " I have en- 

 deavored to supplement previous descrip- 

 tions by (1) descriptions of the colors of 

 the fishes while living, (2) notes on size and 

 proportions, (3) observations on habits, (4) 

 hints in reference to the origin and mean- 

 ing of their popular names, (5) notes upon 

 modes of capture and economic value. He 

 increased the number of recorded species 



from 7 to 75 and gave a careful analysis of 

 their probable geographical derivation. 



Many of his briefer papers deal directly 

 with the biological problems which at- 

 tracted his interest, especially among rep- 

 tiles and fishes, touching such questions as 

 migration, coloring, albinism, mimicry, 

 parasitism, feeding and breeding habits, the 

 relation of forest protection to the protection 

 of fishes. 



It is difficult to classify the papers long 

 and short which we find rapidly succeeding 

 each other in the valuable bibliography 

 prepared by Dr. Adler and Mr. Geare. Of 

 his 193 independent papers, 21 are biologi- 

 cal, 9 treat of reptiles and amphibians, 38 

 are devoted to the structure, life habits and 

 distribution of the fishes, in addition to 15 

 purely systematic contributions upon the 

 fishes. Among the former are his large 

 Memiors upon the ' Menhaden,' his shorter 

 treatises upon the Trunk Fishes, the Caran- 

 gidse, the Sword Fishes and the eel. The 

 work of the Fish Commission is described 

 and published at home and abroad in 30 

 reports and popular papers. The special 

 branch of ' Fisheries Exhibits ' is treated 

 in 8 papers, and of fish culture in 12 papers. 

 Besides his 14 reports as Director of the 

 N"ational Museum, he published, between 

 1881 and 1896, 13 papers developing the 

 theory and practice of museum admin- 

 istration, leading up to his very notable 

 articles, ' Museums of the Future,' ' Museum 

 History and Museums of History ' in 1889, 

 and his invaluable memoir upon 'iluseum 

 Administration ' in 1895. His labors and 

 writings placed him in the lead of 

 museum experts in this country and upon 

 the level of the distinguished leader of 

 museum development in England, Sir 

 "William Flower. The closing sentence of 

 his address before the English Museums 

 Association must be quoted: 



"The degree of civilization to -whicli any nation, 

 city or province lias attained is best shown by the 



