214  Miscellanies. 
site in wasps, in America; but I am not aware that a parasite of the 
honey bee, has ever been discovered till of Jate, and in this vicinity. — 
_ In conclusion, I would most sincerely request those, who have api- 
aries, to examine their hives during the spring and summer months, 
and if this parasite is discovered, to investigate the history of the in- 
sect, and if possible, to find a remedy for the injury, it may produce. 
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28. A Compendium of Natural Philosophy, adapted to the use 
of the general reader and of Schools and Academies ; by Denison 
Oumstep, A. M. Prof. of Mat. and Nat. Phil. in Yale Coll., New 
Haven, H. Howe & Co., 8vo. pp. 326. 
It gives us pleasure to announce to the public the appearance of 
this work. It is an abstract of the larger text-book of Prof. Olm- 
sted, published in 1831 and 1832, and now in extensive use asa 
manual of Natural Philosophy in our Colleges. Omitting the dem- 
onstrations, which require too thorough an acquaintance with Mathe- 
matics to be intelligible to beginners and to ordinary readers, the au- 
thor has given us in the Compendium, a copious and interesting di- 
gest of the most important facts and principles of the science. We 
feel assured, that Teachers in our High Schools and Academies, 
will find this work peculiarly adapted to their wants. Most of the 
text-books of Natural Philosophy in common use, we can testify 
from experience, are not suited to the purposes of elementary in- 
struction. ‘They are either superficial and incomplete, on the one 
hand, or too elaborate and difficult on the other. Those who give 
any attention to the subject, desire certainly to know at least all the 
important results of the science, but with the mathematical processes 
of proof, many must dispense. Prof. Olmsted’s style is remarkably 
clear and happy, and his arrangement philosophical and convenient. 
A very copious Analysis for facility of reference, and for the con- 
venience of the Teacher in the examination of his classes, is prefix- 
ed. The work is neatly printed in the octavo form, and illustrated 
by numerous cuts. 
OBITUARY, 
1. Col. George Gibbs.—The death of Col. George Gibbs, aged 
57, took place August 5th, at his seat, Sundswick Farms, Newtown, 
near New York. 
This gentleman, by procuring and importing, during his foreign 
travels, the rich and extensive cabinet of minerals now in Yale Col- 
