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* HEEEEKA. 19 HERRING. who was made president, while Heirera was vice- president, lie wont to Madrid in lUOl. He became Court painter to Philip IV., and master of the royal works under Charles 11. In this office he figured as an architect, assisting in the renovation of the Cathedral of Saragossa. His work as a painter was brilliant, but manneristic. His works include the "Four Doctors of the Church Adoring the Host," iliiseum of Seville ; the '"Immaculate Conception," and "Saint Hermengild," now in the Prado lluseum ; and the frescoes of the Chapel of Our Lady of Atocha, "The Ascension of ilary, ' his chief work. Consult: Bermudes, Diccionario do los max iUuslro.s profesores (Madrid, 1800); Stirling Jlaxwell, Annals of the Arlistsi of Hpain (London, 1848). HERRERA, Jos£ JoAQnN de (1792-18.i4). A Mexican general, born at Jalapa. He rebelled with Iturbide (1821), but opposed him when he was made Emperor. Herrera was Slinister of War; President of the Supreme Court; was President for three months and a half in 184.5; was Santa Anna's lieutenant in the war with the United States of America ; and was President again (1848-51). HERRESHOFF, her'res-hof, Joiix B. (1841 — ). An American naval architect, born in Bris- tol, R. 1., and a brother of Xathaniel Herreshoff. He is a descendant of .John Brown who headed the attack on the Gaspee, and early showed both inventive ability and love of the sea. Although he became blind at fifteen, he built up and man- aged the business of the HerreshotT Manufac- turing Companj', which succeeded Edward Bur- gess as designer of the defenders of the America cup, and many stories are told of his wonderful grasp of detail and of his perfect freedom of movement in shop and on board ship. HERRESHOFF, Nathaniel Greene (1848 — ). An American naval architect, born at Bris- tol, K. I. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and made a special tech- nical study of engineering in the Corliss Works at Providence, R. I., where he assisted in the construction of the large engine which furnished motive power for all maehineiy at the Philadel- phia Exposition of 1S7G. He became superinten- dent of (he Herreshoff ilanufacturing Company, boat-builders, at Bristol. R. I., and designed numerous torpedo-))oats and yachts. Among the high-speed torpedo-boats designed by him for the United States Government were the Lir/httiing and the Cushinq. His reputation in connection with racing yachts dates mainly from the tri- umphs of the Glorianu in 1801. Tiie success of the four craft built for contests in defense of the famous America's cup. the Vijjilant, Defender, Columbia, and Iicliance, placed him among the foremost of his profession. He introduced many innovations in the architecture of racing yachts, and invented a coil boiler for use on steam vessels built by the HerreshoflF Company. HERTIICK, KDW.Rn Ct.Arnirs (1811-02). An Ameriean meteorologist, born in Xew Haven, Conn. He was librarian at Yale College from 1843 to 1858, and treasurer from 1852 until his death. He made noteworthy contributions to the knowledge of meteorology, meteoric showers, the Aurora Borealis, and the zo<liacal light. He was likewise an entomologist of distinction, and de- voted nine vears to the study of the Hessian flv and its parasites. His reputation is one of the treasures of Vale College. HERRICK, Robert (1591-1674). An Eng- lish poet, burn in London. He was educated at Cambridge, and in 162!) was presented to the Vicarage of Dean Prior, Devonshire. Ejected from his parish by the Long Parliament in 1647, he repaired to London. In 1648 appeared a collec- tion of his poems, in two parts, bound together, bearing the titles flesperides and AoKe umberis. Some of these poems, however, had been finding their way into print ever since 1635. On the restoration of Charles II. he was reinstated in his old living, where he died. His poems, which are mostly lyrical, are graceful and melodious, and show much fine fancy. They vary in subject from amatory verses, pagan in tone, to pieces of deep religious feeling. .Such songs as "Cherry Ripe" and "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May," are universally known. They and scores of others are exquisite in sentiment and admirable in form. Though duly appreciated in his own time, Her- rick was neglected for more than a hundred years after his death. Rediscovered in the nineteenth centur)*, he has steadily grown in favor. There are editions of his poems by Hazlitt (London, 1869), Grosart (ib., 1876), Palgrave (selections, ib., 1877). Pollard, with critical essay by Swinburne (ib., 1891), and an essay by Gosse in Seventeentli Centunj Htudies (ib., 1883). HERRIO, her'riK, Hans (1845 92). A Ger- man poet and dramatist, born in Brunswick. He studied law at Berlin and Gottingen. and at first was employed in the Berlin city court, but after 1872 devoted himself entirely to literature. was editor of the Dcutschei- Tafieblatt from 1881 to 1888, and wrote many plays that attained wide popularity. His Fest»piel, written for the Luther Jubilee in 1883, was especially successful. His dramas, which are more distinguished for elegance and force of diction than for posi- tive dramatic skill, comprise: Alexander der (Irosse (1872); Kaiser Friedrich der liolhart (1873); ■Jerusalem (1874); Der Kurprinz (1876); Konradin (1881): Barald der Wikiiiff (1881), which was set to music by Andreas Hal- l^n; Drei Ojierndichtiinfien (1881)": Nero (1883) ; rolnmbus (1887) ; and Christnacht (1887). His other writings are: Die Schiceine (1876) : Mtiren tind Geschichten (1879); Der dicke Koniir (1885) ; Die Meininger. ihre Gastspiele und deren Dedeutung fiir das deutsehe Theater (1870); Luxustheater und Tolksbiihne (1886); Veber christliche Volksschauspiele (1891); and Daa Kaisrrhiieh (1891). HERRING (AS. hiring. OHG. harinc, Ger. Heriiig. herring, from AS. here, OHG. hari, heri, Ger. lleer, army: in allusion to the shoals in which the fish moves). A fish of the family Clupeidse, belonging to the genus Clup'ea. very closely related to the shads and sardines. Her- ring aj-e soft-rayed fishes, with a compressed body and rather large cycloid scales. The head is naked, and the caudal fin is forked. They occur in all the northern seas, and make periodic mi- gi-ations from the deeper waters to the shore for the purposes of spawning. In the more northern regions this occurs during the spring and early summer: in the more southern regions, in July to December. The averase yield of eggs is about 30.000 to the fish, with a maximum of about 55.000. They are laid in shallow waters and are