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this subject are accepted authorities, and 

 include the well-known monograph ' Mu- 

 seums of the Future ' (1890) and ' Princi- 

 ples of Museum Administrations ' (1895) 

 to which should be added his annual re- 

 ports as assistant secretary during the years 

 of his incumbency of that post. 



The ability for museum administration 

 with which he was so liberally gifted, led 

 naturally to his active participation in what 

 has come to be known among govern- 

 ment oflBcials as ' Exposition work.' Prof. 

 Baird intrusted him with the installation of 

 the Smithsonian exhibits at the Centennial 

 Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876, 

 and he served as U. S. Commissioner to the 

 Fisheries Exhibitions that were held in 

 Berlin in 1880 and in London in 1883. The 

 minor expositions held in New Orleans, in 

 Cincinnati, in Louisville, and more recently 

 in Atlanta, contained his name on the 

 Government Boards, and he was prominent 

 in the management of the Government Ex- 

 hibit at the World's Columbian Exposition 

 held in Chicago during 1893, for which he 

 also prepared a ' Plan of Classification ' that 

 formed the basis of the arrangement subse- 

 quently adopted by the officials for the in- 

 stallation of the exhibits. He had also to 

 do with the Columbian Historical Exposi- 

 tion held in Madrid, Spain, during the 

 winter months of 1892-93, and, after 

 the death of the Commissioner General, 

 acted in that capacity. His services in that 

 connection gained for him the Order of Isa- 

 bella the Catholic with the grade of Com- 

 mander. 



• In this hasty summary of his life, only 

 the more important of his many inter- 

 ests can be referred to ; at least, mention 

 must be made of his great fondness for 

 matters pertaining to American history. 

 His study of genealogy began when he was 

 but a boy and led to his publication of the 

 record of his family under the title of ' Our 

 Virginia Cousins.' Soon after leaving col- 



lege he was made one of the editors of the 

 Alumni Record, of Wesleyan University, 

 which is among the best of the ' college 

 books.' He was one of the founders of the 

 American Historical Association and con- 

 tributed to its proceedings in 1890 his valu- 

 able paper on ' The Origin of the National 

 Scientific and Educational Institutions of 

 the United States.' He was also a member 

 of the newly organized Southern Historical 

 Society. Much of his leisure during the 

 past two summers was given up to the pre- 

 paration of the material that is to be used 

 in the ' Half Century Book of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution,' which was his project, 

 and which, when published, will be a monu- 

 ment to his knowledge of science in this 

 country during the half century of the ex- 

 istence of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Dr. Goode was one of the founders of 

 the District of Columbia Society of the Sons 

 of the American Revolution, becoming 

 from the beginning one of its officers and 

 since 1894 its president. He was a vice- 

 president of the Society of the Sons of the 

 Bevolution and a lieutenant-governor of 

 the Society of Colonial Wars. 



In scientific societies he was equally con- 

 spicuous. In Washington he was a founder 

 in several, and was a past president of the 

 Philosophical Society and of the Biological 

 Society, to both of which he contributed, on 

 retiring, addresses that treated of the his- 

 tory of American science. Other societies 

 both in this country and abroad were hon- 

 ored in having his name on their rolls. 

 Among these were the Zoological Society of 

 London and the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences in the United States, to which he was 

 elected in 1888. He was elected a member 

 of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science in 1873, and at its 

 meeting held in Bufialo during August of 

 this year he was chosen a vice-president 

 for the section on zoology. 



The honorary degree of LL. D. was 



