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LEFT GODWIN 347 GOETHALS GODWIN, PARKE, an American journalist and author; born in Pater- son, N. J., Feb, 25, 1816; was graduated at Princeton College in 1834; studied law and was admitted to practice, but preferreed literary pursuits. He married a daughter of William Cullen Bryant, and from 1837 was for many years con- nected with the New York "Evening Post." During the administration of President Polk he was deputy collector of New York. He edited in 1843-1844 "The Pathfinder," and was for some years a contributor to the "Democratic Review." Of "Putnam's Magazine" he was for a considerable time the prin- cipal editor. He published "A Popu- lar View of the Doctrines of Fourier" (1884); "Goethe's Autobiography"; translated and edited Zschokke's "Tales"; ''Undine"; "Sintram and his Com- panions"; "Handbook of Universal Biog- raphy" (1851) ; "Constructive Democ- racy"; "History of France" (1860); "Out of the Past" (1870) ; "Biography of William Cullen Bryant" (1883); "The Sonnets of Shakespeare" (1900) ; etc. He died Jan. 7, 1904. GODWIN, WILLIAM, an English political writer and novelist ; born in Wis- beach, England, March 3, 1756. His father (1723-1772) was a dissenting min- ister. William was educated at Hoxton Presbyterian College; preached as a dis- senting minister, 1777-1782. He turned radical, and devoted himself to literature. He married Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797, though he had objections on prin- ciple to marriage. He wrote "Inquiry Concerning Political Justice, etc." (1793) ; "History of the Commonwealth" (1824-1828) ; the novels, "Caleb Wil- liams" (1794) ; "St. Leon" (1799) ; "Mandeville" (1817) ; etc. He also pub- lished histories of Rome, Greece, and England, a "Pantheon," and "Fables" under the pseudonym of Edward Bald- win. He died in London, April 7, 1836. See Godwin, Mary. GODWIN-AUSTEN, MOUNT, a peak of the W. Himalayas supposed to be the second highest in the world. Its height is 28,250 feet. GODWIT, a wading bird, Limosa melanura, and the genus Limosa gener- ally. They undergo a double moult, hav- ing red plumage when young, and then, after moulting, black with a base of white; on the wings also is a white spot. The female is larger than the male. The godwit occurs in Europe, also in Africa and India. GOEMOT (go-e'mot), or GOEMAGOT (-em'a-got), the giant who dominated over the W. horn of England, slain by Corineus, one of the companions of Brute. ^ GOERIUS, a genus of beetles, family Staphylinidse. G. olens, which is some- times called the Devil's coach-horse, is now Ocypus olens. GOETHALS, GEORGE WASHING- TON, an American engineer; born at Brooklyn, N. Y., June 29, 1858; received his collegiate training at the College of the City of New York, and entered the United States Military Academy in 1876. Upon his graduation in 1880, he was ap- pointed second lieutenant in the Engineer Corps. From which rank he continued MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE W. GOETHALS to rise, until, in 1909, he l^came colonel, and in 1916 retired with the rank of Major-general. He saw service in the Spanish-American War as lieutenant Colonel and chief of engineers of the United States Volunteers. Previous to this, he had acted as assistant professor of military engineering at West Point from 1885 to 1887, and had been engineer in charge of the important Mussel Shoals canal construction on the Ten- nessee river in 1888. In recognition of his ability he was appointed to member- ship en the Board of Fortifications and, in 1903, was made a member of the gen-