The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-12

stuccoed, and the remaining one Of stone. Ths last
mentioned y The new library building recently
erected, "a nu1s q - sAyse ornaments r. IN
house. It 10 buih ~ Pelham granite (of which there
10 an extensive quarry In the town sdjoinins), and
was erected At an expense Of from $4,000 TO
$4,000. It "a Of the Tuscan style Of architecture,
almost square, with tower Of some sixty feet in
height. The college library, consisting Of about
Is 600 volumes. oc upies the second story. The in
terror Of the room is finely painted IA fespo, lighted
frsm dome above, and the books Get in slcoves
in three tiers, one above the other, which are CO.
cessible BY means Of an iron stairway and balus-
trades. The ground floor contains reading room,
two rooms appropriated 70 the use Of the librarian,
and the Nineveh Room" This last y nov Ssa-
ture in college annals, and b much frequsntsd BY
the curious, and BY those who love 10 look upon the
relics Of an age and people now lost to the modern
world, save by tradition and holy writ. These an
tiquitss were presented TO the college BY DR.. Lob
dell, BY whom also similar large@ was donated to
Yale College, though they have not yet been pre-
ps "a for exhibition 1t that institution. These Ct
Amherst eonsist of four largo slabs and few smaller
ones, containing sculptures Of dvinities, &c.. t0ge-
Their with bricks and mortar and other Interesting
rehcs excavatcd from the ruins Of the ancient ma
laces Of NimIoud. Here, also. In the same room q
large collection Of native Indian relics, presenting
large field Of study and research to the antiquarian
suppose thsrs Y hajdy college in the United
neurological cabinet. Owing to the assiduous
care and txertions Of It's great patron, President
Hifcbcnck, who has engaged his whole soul in the
work and labored for years in its behalf, swelled
~ valuable donations, END increased by vast sxpen
diiures q money, it cannot fail to be one Of the
finest collections ever made. These are m stly ar
ranged in the +" Lawrence Observatory" fine, sub
stsDtial, and not inelegant building Of stuccoed
600, and receiving it's name from the celebrated
Amos Lawrence, Who was the principal donor, and
has done much TO nurture and establish the inter
ests of the college, and place il on firm basis
a.ted up expressly for making astronomicsi obssr
vatisns. HE dome revolves, thus allo wing the
tecst one to sweep the whole heavens. They have
at present two telescopes, and these Of an interior
KIND soon, ao s,ta me new telescope WI 20
at Cambridge, Mass, and was donated by Judge
Bullock, OF Royalston. Cost, - 900. oy 1f5-f
The mine, al cabinet o. cupies the entire buildng
with 10 exception of that portion allotted to the Oh
ser vatory. In mneralogy, geology and zoology the
specimens amount to nearly $4,000 in number. Re-
Gently large acquisitions have been made at great ex
pence, emb aciDg some the most rare and curious
There are casts also, obtained from the original yet
80 natural and similar, that it would be difficult to
distinguish them apart. Among these are the tusks
and skull Of the mast( don giganteus and the ptyro-
dactyus, ana others too numerous 10 menti IN. One
singular feature Of these collections IL thesingnlar
impression Of tracks Of birdie and animals imbeddei
in tbe stone Of which there Is an endless variety Of
specimens. These are procured from the bed OF
Connecticut river. The tracks were doubtless made
many of them, hundreds and thousands Of years
ago, upon II. clay q the river banks, and then,
stone These embrace tracks Of birds, reptiles and
animals many of them long since extinct AMI the
impression perfect and unmistaks able, being some
times sunk to the depth Of an inch or more, and
often the same impression preserved through slab
of foot In hi kness Tor rs one deposit after an
other was made, the first hay dened, and the next
filing up the cavity and in its turn hardening,
30 strata after strata Rave thus been formed and yet
retaining the perfect impressions through number
of layers. In many instances these strata have
been cleft asunder and bound in leaves, book
fashion, thus exhibiting the entire formations
throughout. Some Of these are very recent, re-
water fowl. These were obtaine from the surface.
The largest Of the slabs containing these tracks
10 10 feet by 81 it has "A impressions, and cost 1885,
Another smaller one. containing 36 tracks, c ,st
500. large collection Of fossils and pstrifac
tions Of fish, DO, has been recently procured from
u cabinet of Mr.. Marsh, Of Greenfield, Mass,
which disposed Of at ction. These fossi came
from locality In Sunderland, Mass. Mr.. Redfeld,
Of New York, attended the Gales, and procured nu-
merous specimens.
Great Efforts have been and are being made, by
donations and contributions, to advance tais inte-
resting study ami science, and recently large sum
was subscribed by Few OF our wealthy citizens f,r
this purpose; but this has nov nearly all been cx-
pended. j send yon list Of the donors whose
Iames have not yet been made public in oonnec-
ton with this object, and viii form an item for your
paper -
DONATIONS TO INCREASE THE COLLECTIONS or Ma
IURAL HISTORY, ESPECIALLY FOSSIL F0oIMARKs,
IN AMHERST COLLEGE, IN 1883.
John Tappan, Esq, Boston. .............$ $500
Hon. David Sears, Boston. ................... 500
Gerard Hallock, Esq, New Yotk. .............2 $50
Hon. Edward Dickinson, Amherst. ........ 100
william Dickinson, Esl., Worcester. .... 100
John Clark. Esq., Northampton. ........,.... 100
John n. Doubleday, N. E. Doubleday, and
m. =. Whitney, New York ............... 100
Rev. w. A. Nichols, Chicago, .............l 100
James Il. Wells, Esq., Pennsylvania ......... so
DR.. Nathan Allen, lowell. ............... rs
Total .... 81 1926
The analytical laboratory has also been enlarged,