148 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
erto brought from Europe, the imitation of nature being excellent, and 
the models themselves light and durable. They may be had at compara- 
tively moderate prices by applying to the artist, at the University in Phil- 
elphia. 
10. Osrrvany.—Death of Prof. Nicholas M. Heniz—Prof. N. M. 
Hentz died after a lingering illness, on the 25th November, 1856, at the 
residence of his son, Dr. Charles A. Hentz, at Marianna, Florida. 
Prof. H. was a native of France and came to the United States many 
years since. He was associated with Hon. George Bancroft as a teacher 
in the Round Hill School at Northampton, Mass. He was subsequently 
engaged at Cincinnati, Ohio, and then at Chapel Hill, N. C., as professor 
America, (vol. xxi, p. 100-109;) and a description of an American 
Spider constituting a new sub-genus, Spermop i, p- 116, 117). 
We trust that a full account of his life and scientific labors w 
year, having been born in 1784, The 
rell are “The History of British Fish 
Birds.” H i 
1852. We defer to another time a farther mention of the work. 
| 14, Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geog 
raphy ; by Prof. Davi 'T. Ansrep, M.A., F.RS., etc., Consulting Mining 
Engineer, etc. 2nd edition, 606 pp. 12mo. London: 1846. John Van 
Voorst.— 
tive J 
or Rocks and their fossils, in which the author begins as he should — 
the earliest rocks; and Part IV treats of Practical Geology. This co® 
cluding part covers 120 pages. The work is not especially adapted to 
American students, 
in our language. 
age A 
yet for a text-book of the size, we know of no better 
