500 Scientific Intelligence. 
Southern States.” Professor Darby also published a large of 
Chemistry. He was married August 20, 1833, to Miss Julia P. 
ee: daughter of Calvin Sheldon, of Manchester, Vt. Profes.: 
arby enjoyed the enviable reputatio n of a man of high 
eeu and pure life, zealously devoted to teaching in his chosen 
departments. 
7. Herbarium for sale-—The herbarium of the late Arthur 
Schott is offered for sale, for the benefit of his meget hoe is said 
to contain 7,000 species, in good condition, and to be rich in plants 
of the U. S. and Mexican Boundary, of Mexico, and “of Central 
many from Southern Germany x Hungary. 
dred to one hundred and ten sah diagrams, both plain and 
xg 7a illustrate the structure and development of the prin- 
cipal forms of animal life. They intend to copy their illustrations 
Py German, French jen English text. The authors intend to 
take at care not _ follow eases school of zoology and always 
a in ve issue of the harta but the separate numbers w 
d he icat 
by a i mega the plates for which each is cass responsible 
The plates are issued at a very moderate price, at far less than a 
ordinary. draughtsman can afford to make similar diagrams. 
The three plates of the first number are devoted to Corals, 
Rinepede and Isopods; the coloring of the various organs and 
of special parts is identical in the different figures, thus greatly 
facilitating the comparison of different animals. 
It is a great pity that both the French and English text should 
be marred not on serious misprints but also by the most 
ies translations of the German explanation of the fig- 
re cture of some of the French and English sentences 
is as marvellous, and we earnestly hope that the authors will 
the meaning of the : 
But these are minor oe and if the work is carried out as it 
has been commenced, it cannot fail to be a most valuable guide to 
* Zoologische 1 eae gee . Dr. R. Leuckart u. Dr. H. Nitsche. Erste ]iefer- 
ung Tafel I-III. Cassel, 1 
