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680 first European artist to obtain a commission from a native of China. Mr. Goodman has painted por- traits of Sir Thomas and Lady Brassey, Wilkie Col- lins, the Duke of Edinburgh, and otliers. He also contributes to periodical literature both drawings and articles. A series of sketches of life in Cuba, first publislied in "All the Year Round," have been since collected in book-form under the title of "The Pearl of the Antilles ; or, an Artist in Cuba."

GOODRICH, Aaron, jurist, b. in Sempronius, Cayuga co., N. Y., 6 July, 1807. His father moved to western New York in 1815, and the son spent part of his minority on a farm. He studied law in Buffalo, N. Y., and Dover, Tenn., was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Stewart coun- ty, Tenn. He was a member of the legislature in 1847 and 1848, and a presidential elector in 1848, having taken an active part in the canvass of that year, as a Whig. He was appointed by President Taylor in 1849 chief justice of the re- cently organized teri-itory of Minnesota, and served three years. Subsequently he practised law in St. Paul, and after the admission of Minnesota into the Union, in 1858, he was appointed by the legis- lature one of a commission to revise the laws and prepare a system of pleading and practice. Two years later he was made chairman of a similar com- mission. Judge Goodrich continued to take an ac- tive part in politics, and was a delegate to the Na- tional Republican convention at Chicago, 1860, where he warmly supported his friend, William H. Seward. In March, 1861, at Mr. Seward's sugges- tion, he was appointed by President Lincoln secre- tary of legation at Brussels, which office he held eight years, serving repeatedly as charge d'affaires at his post, and as bearer of despatches to and from his government. He is the author of " A History of the Character and Achievements of the so-called Christopher Columbus" (New York, 1874).

GOODRICH, Charles Augustus, clergyman, b. in Ridgclield, Conn., in 1790 ; d. in Hartford, Conn., 4 Jan., 1862. He was graduated at Yale in 1812, studied theology with Dr. Yates, of East Hartford, and in 1816 was ordained and installed as pastor of the 1st Congregational church in Worcester, Mass., where he remained four years. In 1820 he settled in Berlin, Conn., and in' 1848 removed to Hartford, where he held a pastorate. He was a member of the state senate, and held other offices of trust. He was associated with his brother Samuel (Peter Parley) in writing books for the young, and also published the following volumes independently : " View of Religions " (1839) ; " Lives of the Signers " (Hartford," 1829 ; 2d ed.. New York, 1836) ; " History of the United States of America " (Boston, 1852-'5 ; revised edi- tion, 1867) ; " Family Tourist " (1848) ; " Family Sabbath-Day Miscellany " (Philadelphia, 1855) ; "Geography of the Chief Places mentioned in the Bible " (New York, 1855) ; " Greek Grannnar " (Hartford, 1855) ; " Child's History of the United States" (Philadelphia, 1855); "Bible History of Prayer " (1855) ; " Great Events of American His- tory"; "Outlines of Geography"; and "Univer- sal Traveller." — Charles Augustus's brother, Sam- uel Griswold (Peter, Parley), author, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 19 Aug., 1798 ; d. in New York city, 9 May, 1860, in 1823-'4 travelled abroad, and on returning to the United States became a book-publisher in Hartford, Conn., and began to issue juvenile tales there. Removing thence to Boston, from 1828 till 1842 he edited an origi- nal annual, " The Token." The contributions and illustrations to this were exclusively the products of American authors and artists, and it contained poems, tales, and essays, from the pen of the editor. The encouragement that he gave to young writers became proverbial. Among these was Na- thaniel Hawthorne, the best of whose " Twice- Told Tales " appeared originally in " The Token." In 1838-9 Mr. Goodrich was in the Massachusetts senate, and did much to improve and re- form legislation. He estahlislicd. and from 1841 till 1854 edited, " Merry's Museum and Parley's Maga- zine." He was con- sul of the United States in Paris from 1851 till 1855, dur- ing Fillmore's ad- ministration. While there he arranged for the publication of a series of books in France, under his su- pervision. Mr. Good- rich published alto- gether about 200 vol- umes, mainly juve- nile and education- al, which achieved a

wide popularity. About 170 of the number were issued under the name of " Peter Parley." Their popularity in this country led to their republica- tion in Europe, and subsequently his pen-name was fraudulently attached to over seventy volumes in this country and abroad. Mr. Goodrich retired from active authorship in 1859. While most of his publications were of the character of compila- tions, he issued some meritorious original books. His publications include " The Poetical Works of John Trumbull" (1820); "Tales of Peter Par- ley about America " (New York, 1827) ; similar books on Europe, Asia, Africa, and other countries (1828-34) ; " Outlines of Chronology, Ancient and Modern " (Boston, 1833) ; " The Outcast and other Poems " (New York, 1836) ; " Fireside Education " (1838) : " Pictorial Geography of the World " (Bos- ton, 1841) ; " Sketches from a Student's Window " (1841); "Pictorial Natural History" (2 vols., 1842; 2d ed., 1859); "Poems "(New York, 1851); " Faggots for the Fireside " (1854) ; " Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers " (1854) ; " History of All Nations " (1855) ; " Personal Recollections of Poets, Philosophers, and Statesmen " (1856) ; " Thou- sand and One Stories of Fact, Fancy, and Humor, Rhyme, Reason, and Romance " (1858) ; " The Cap- tive of Nootka " (Philadelphia, 1859) : and " Illus- trated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom " (2 vols., 1859). A full* list of his works up to 1857, and also a list of works attributed to him, is contained in his " Recollections of a Lifetime, in a Series of Familiar Letters " (New York, 2 vols., 1857). — Samuel Griswold's son, Frank Boott, author, b. in Hartford, Conn., 14 Dec, 1826; d. in Morristown. N. J., 15 March, 1894. He was first brought into notice by his Paris letters to the " New York Times," signed " Dick Tinto," which were collected into a volume entitled " Tri-colored Sketches of Paris " (New York, 1854). His other published works are as follows: "Court of Napoleon, or Society under the First Empire" (New York, 1857) ; " History of Maritime Adventure, Exploration, and Discovery " (Philadelphia, 1858) ; " Women of Beauty and Heroism " (New York, 1859) ; " Flirtation and what comes of It," a comedy in five acts (1861); " The Tribute-Book, a Record of the Munificence, Self-