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of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries,* and then published as a 
separate work, f—a large volume of nearly 550 pages and with 30 plates,— 
is a model of critical treatment of information collected from all quarters. 
But his most important contributions were published as official government 
reports, and were the results of investigations especially undertaken for such 
reports. Especially noteworthy were the volumes comprising the results of 
the tenth census of the United States for 1880. 
The tenth census was planned and carried out on an unusual scale. For 
the Fisheries, the U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries co-operated, and 
Dr. Goode had general charge of the entire work. The assistants and 
special agents were consequently selected with judgment, and the results 
were very valuable. The huge mass of statistics was digested and con- 
densed in seven large quarto volumes representing five sections separately 
devoted to special branches of the subject.t Dr. Goode’s cares were 
mainly concentrated on the first section, treating of the ‘‘ Natural History 
of Aquatic Animals,” which was discussed in over 900 pages of text and 
illustrated by 277 plates. This work was by far the most complete survey 
of the economical fishes of the country that had ever appeared, and has 
since been the most prized; it led to another. 
After the appearance of the census volumes, Dr. Goode was urged to 
prepare a work for popular use. His consent to do so was followed by a 
volume, entitled “‘ American Fishes, a popular treatise upon the game and 
food fishes of North America,” § published by the Standard Book Company 
of New York. Inasmuch as none of the previous popular works on the 
American fishes had emanated from men of scientific eminence, it scarcely 
need be added that the new work had no rival in the field, so far as 
accurate information and details of habits were involved. (It is this work 
that now appears in a new dress and with additions resulting from the 
industry of intervening years.) 
* The Natural and Economical History of the American Menhaden. In Report United States Commission 
of Fish and Fisheries, Part v., 1879, Appendix A, pp. 1-529, pl. i.-xxxi. (pl. xxx. cancelled.—Pp. 194-267 by 
Prof. W. O. Atwater). 
t American Fisheries—A history of the Menhaden by G. Brown Goode, with an account of the Agricultural 
Uses of Fish by W. O. Atwater... . And an introduction, bringing the subject down to date. Thirty plates.— 
New York: Orange Judd Company. 1880. [8° pp. x, (i), iil-xii, 1-529 (1); 31 pl. — pl. 30 “ cancel ed.””] 
An edition, with a special introduction, of the foregoing. 
+The Fisheries and Fishery Industry of the United States. Prepared through the co-operation of the Com- 
missioner of Fisheries and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census. By George Brown Goode, Assistant 
Director of the United States National Museum, and astaff of associates. — Washington: Government Printing 
Office. 1884 [—1887. 5 sections in 7 volumes.] ‘‘ Section I., Natural History of Aquatic Animals,” was 
mainly prepared by Dr. Goode. 
§ American Fishes. A popular treatise upon the Game and Food Fishes of North America, with especial 
reference to habits and methods of capture. By G. Brown Goode. With numerous illustrations. New York: 
Standard Book Company. 1888. [8°, xvi+496 pp., col. frontispiece. ] 
