SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORKS, with Introductory Remarks and Notes, Original and Selected. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.

The twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth numbers of this beautiful edition, comprising the "Third Part of Henry VI.," and "Richard III.," have been received. They contain fine engravings of " Lady Grey” and “Lady Anne.” The letter-press is an elegant specimen of the typographic art.

HISTORY OF PROPELLERS AND STEAM NAVIGATION. With Biographical Sketches of the Early Inventors. By Robert Mac Farlane, C. E. 12mo. pp. 144. New-York: George P. Putnam.

The object of this history is to arrange and describe many of the devices which have been invented to propel vessels, in order to prevent ingenious men from wasting their time, talents, and money on such projects; and also to present an interesting history of steam navigation, especially so far as relates to the attempts of the early inventors in this department of mechanics. The author has evidently enjoyed unusual advantages for obtaining a familiar knowledge of the subject which he has undertaken to describe, and his book will be found worthy of perusal by all who feel any interest in steam navigation.

A PEEP AT THE PILGRIMS IN 1636. A Tale of Olden Time. By Mrs. H. V. Cheney. Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston.

To those who, in spite of the unpoetical character which many persons addicted to the romance of old world antiquities, must adhere to the early history of our country, cling with patriotic ardor to the story of early times in New-England, and sympathize with the sufferings of that stern land of pilgrims, the story before us will prove one of interest. It introduces in its course most of the men whose names are household words.

MEMOIRS OF THE Life and WritiNGS OF DR. CHALMERS, D. D., LL. D. By his son-in law, the Rev. William Hanna, LL. D. 3 vols. Harper Brothers.

The life of Dr. Chalmers, one of those great men who stand out upon the page of the present century, is one of great interest, as well to the statesman and philosopher as to the mere member of his sect. He was one of those who by his authority and example gave direction to one of the great movements of the age, and which in times when the power of repression was stronger, would have raised him to the diguity of an hero of history. The present is the second volume of the Memoirs, and is produced in a beautiful style to accompany his posthumous works.

MANUAL OF THE FINE ARTS, Critical and Historical, with an Introduction. By D. Huntington. George P. Putnam, 155 Broadway.

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It is an unquestionable fact, that a taste for the fine arts has in the last few years received quite an impulse in the popular mind, and the attention of the young and fashionable has been more strongly directed to substantial accomplishments, than the mere frivolities, which require little labor and less thought. The work before us, well printed and handsomely bound, is well calculated to cater to this growing taste. fords in small compass a vast deal of information in relation to painting, sculpture, architecture, and music, the several masters, schools and styles, and is well calculated to excite the mind to further and more elaborate investigations in the direction of each divine art. It is a work necessary to every young person.

ABBOTT'S HISTORIES. THE HISTORY OF MADAME ROLAND. By John S. A. Abbott. Harper Brothers, 82 Cliff-street.

The fate of Madame Roland, the wife of the Girondist minister of the French revolution, has always excited the sympathy of the public mind. Her sex naturally and justly induced those sympathies, and also cast a semblance of importance over her political actions which otherwise they did not merit. Her story nevertheless involves the most important and instructive portion of the revolution. It was at that turning point that true republicans ran into destructive licentiousness, which by trampling upon the rights of others in the name of liberty, resulted in the most fearful despotism, and by reaction destroyed the hope of republicanism in France. It is a story which should be well studied with us, when similar dangers loom up in our political future.

BERANGER: two hundred of his Lyrical Poems. Done into English verse. By William Young. George P. Putnam, 155 Broadway.

The great lyrical poet of France, is comparatively but little known in this country, far less so than he should be, or than he will become through this volume of translations by Mr. Young. That gentleman, who since some two or three years has been favorably known to the English public in America, as the editor of the "Albion," having succeeded Dr. Bartlett in its proprietorship, put forth in London a volume of these translations. With some of those our readers are familiar, they having appeared in the Review. The high merit of the translations is indisputable, but Mr. Young seems more than ordinarily impressed with that bigotry of nationality so peculiar to our English friends, and we cannot but apply to him in that respect the remark which his preface affords in relation to some passages of his author. The ultra squeamish censors, who pounce upon every objectionable thought or phrase in pages of surpassing merit, remind us of those poor-hearted travellers who spend days amidst the sublimest and most lovely scenery, and yet can but concentrate their attention on the mud that has gathered on their boots." We trust that, however strong may be the attachments which the translator expresses for the "monarchical institutions of his native land," time and the prolonged exercise of his vocation as journalist in a republican country, may soften his stern toryism and inspire him with sympathy for the doctrines of those who, with Beranger, appreciate the advantages of popular government.

THE DIOSMA: A Perennial. By Miss M. H. Gould. Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston The title of this book of poems is the name of a shrub sacred among the ancients. Miss Gould has adopted it to represent her collection of poems, of which many are of her own production, now first published. These retain all that playfulness of the fancy for which Miss Gould is as remarkable as was Mrs. Osgood. It is a seasonable publication. Sold in New-York by Dewitt & Davenport, Tribune buildings.

MARSTON OF DUNORAN: A Tale. Office of the Little Age. Littell & Co. Dewitt & Davenport, New-York.

An interesting and well printed work.

ALTON LOCKE, Tailor and Poet. An autobiography. Harper Brothers, New-York.

This is one of the class of novels which has come up in the wake of Thackeray, Dickens and others, who have formed a school descriptive of existing society, its grades and characteristics, and it possesses much interest, but highly wrought and trashy in its general tone.

THE LEATHER STOCKING TALES. By J. Fennimore Cooper.

THE PIONEERS: or the Sources of the Susquehanna, a descriptive tale. By the author of The Deerslayer," &c. Complete in one volume, with Introductory Notes by the author. George P. Putnam, 155 Broadway.

The great success which attends this great standard edition of Cooper's works now in course of publication by Mr. Putnam, is known to the public. The Pioneer, which forms the fourth of the series, was published in 1823, and with great success, although probably in the growth of public demand the present edition may prove larger than any that has preceded it. The scene of the work is that of the author's early youth, and is described with great fidelity and interest.

THE FARMER'S GUIDE to Scientific and Practical Agriculture; detailing the Labors of the Farmer in all their Variety, and Adapting them to all Seasons of the Year. By HENRY STEPHENS, F. R. S. E., assisted by JOHN NORTON. Part 10. New-York, Leonard Scott & Co.

This work, which is now issued in a series of parts, abounds in fact and information relating to the practical details of agriculture. Such is the abundance and fulness of its suggestions, that while no individual could find time to execute the whole, yet all can derive information and advantage from them. When completed, it will contain all the leading information, both scientific and practical, which we possess on agriculture.

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We, the undersigned, subscribers to the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, feel deeply interested in its success, and recommend it to all our democratic friends. Its primary objects are to advocate and disseminate true Democracy, (such as was taught by Jefferson and Jackson,) and we feel confident, that such being the character of the work, all true democrats will feel the same interest that we do in the promulgation of those principles, and will be found to contribute to its support and development. We feel a national pride as well as duty in liberally supporting the only organ of the National Democratic Party in this great republican country; and we are confident in assuring our friends, that if they will do their duty, that the editor and proprietors will make this organ, both as a literary and political Magazine, equal, if not superior, to any work published in this country or Europe. We would further add, that their general canvassing agent, Mr. THEODORE A. FOSTER, is now on his Southern and Western tour, and we earnestly recommend all good democrats to avail themselves of the present opportunity of enrolling their names on the books of the Democratic Review.

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