366 The American Naturalist. [April, 
years ago, on receiving his appointment to the asylum, Dr. Bodington 
removed to New Westminster with his family. 
In the comparatively short. time since, Mrs. Bodington made many 
friends in New Westminster, and helped on many a good cause. Be- 
sides being an energetic worker in Church of England circles, she was 
instrumental in forming a local branch of the Botanical Society of 
Canada, and was a warm friend of the Public Library and of the Art 
and Scientific Society, before which she read able papers on more than 
one occasion. 
For many years Mrs. Bodington had been well-known in the world 
of letters. Widely read and a profound thinker, she wielded a strong 
pen, which was always ready to defend those principles of which she 
was so able an advocate. Among other works, Mrs. Bodington was the 
author of “ Studies in Evolution and Biology.” She was also a regular 
contributor to TAE AMERICAN NATURALIST, The Popular Science Re- 
view and the International Journal of Microscopy. Mrs. Bodington 
also frequently contributed vigorous articles on various subjects to the 
Provincial and local press. 
Socially, the deceased lady will also be greatly missed, while, as wife 
and mother, her death is a sad bereavment, and Dr. Bodington and his 
family have the kindliest sympathy of the community in their irrepar- 
able loss. Of the many children of Dr. and Mrs. Bodington, but two, 
Miss Winnie Bodington and a young son, are at home. Of the others, 
all grown up, one son is at Plymouth, another also being in England, 
one is a barrister in Paris, France, another physician on one of the 
Empress liners, and two daughters, Miss Bodington and Mrs. Hamil- 
ton, reside in Winnipeg. 
The Goode Memorial Meeting.—On the evening of February 13th, 
the various scientific, patriotic and historical societies of Washington 
met in joint session at the U.S. National Museum to commemorate 
the life and services of the late Dr. George Brown Goode. The meeting 
was held under the auspices of the joint commission of the scientific 
societies of the city. After a few introductory remarks by the presi- 
dent of the commission, Hon. Gardiner Hubbard, there followed a brief 
address from Dr. S. P. Langley, who spoke of Dr. Goode in his rela- 
tions as a friend and official of the Smithsonian Institution ; from Post- 
master-General W. L. Wilson, who spoke of him as a citizen and his- 
torian ; from Professor H. F. Osborne, who spoke of him as a natural- 
ist; and from Professor W.H. Dall, who eulogized him in his relations 
to the advancement in general of American science. Finally, a set of 
