Act 1 — RECENT AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS.

Songs of the Church; or Psalms and Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, arranged consecutively to Appropriate Melodies; together with a Full Set of Chants for each Season of the Christian Year. New York. Delisser & Proctor. 12mo. pp. 453. $1.00.

Napoleonic Ideas. Des Idées Napoléoniennes, par Le Prince Napoléon Louis Bonaparte. Brussels, 1839. Translated by James A. Dorr. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 12mo. pp. 154. 50 cts.

The Art of Extempore Speaking. Hints for the Pulpit, the Senate, and the Bar. By M. Bautain, Vicar-General and Professor at the Sorbonne, etc., etc. With Additions by a Member of the New York Bar. New York. Charles Scribner. 12mo. pp. 304. $1.00.

The Atonement. Discourses and Treatises, by Edwards, Smalley, Maxey, Emmons, Griffin, Burge, and Weeks. With an Introductory Essay by Edwards A. Park, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology, Andover, Mass. Boston. Congregational Board of Publication. 8vo. pp. 596. $2.00.

The Harp of a Thousand Strings, or Laughter for a Lifetime, etc., etc. New York. Dick & Fitzgerald. 12mo. pp. 368. $1.00.

Life of George Washington. By Washington Irving. Vol. V. New York. G.P. Putnam. 8vo. pp. 456. $2.00. 12mo. pp. 434. $1.50.

The Flounced Robe and What it Cost. By Harriet B. M'Keever. Philadelphia. Lindsay & Blakiston. 18mo. pp. 114. 50 cts.

Anna Clayton, or the Inquirer after Truth. By Rev. Francis Marion Dimmick, A.M. Philadelphia. Lindsay & Blakiston. 12mo. pp. 427. $1.25.

Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1678-89. Hartford. Case, Lockwood, & Co. 8vo. pp. 638. $3.00.

Studies, Stories, and Memoirs. By Mrs. Jameson. Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 32mo. pp. 408. 75 cts.

An Essay on Intuitive Morals. Being an Attempt to Popularize Ethical Science. Part I. Theory of Morals. First American Edition, with Additions and Corrections by the Author. Boston. Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 12mo. pp. 279. $1.00.

The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival. With a Biographical Sketch. 2 vols. Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 32mo. pp. 402 and 517. $1.75.

The Life of General H. Havelock, K.C.B. By J.T. Headley. Illustrated. New York. Charles Scribner. 12mo. pp. 375. $1.25.

The Christian Graces. A Series of Lectures on 2 Peter i.5-7. By Joseph P. Thompson. New York. Sheldon & Co. 16mo. pp. 280. 50 cts.

Works of Michael de Montaigne. Comprising his Essays, Journey into Italy, and Letters. With Notes from all the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices, etc. By W. Hazlitt. A New and Carefully Revised Edition. Edited by O.W. Wight. 4 vols. New York. Derby & Jackson. 12mo. $5.00.

The Limits of Religious Thought, Examined in Eight Lectures, delivered before the University of Oxford in the Year 1858, on the Bampton Foundation. By Henry Longueville Mansell, B.D., Reader in Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy at Magdalen College, Tutor and late Fellow of St. John's College. First American, from the Third London Edition. With the Notes Translated. Boston. Gould & Lincoln. 12mo. pp. 362. $1.25.

Mosaics. By the Author of "Salad for the Solitary," etc. New York. Charles Scribner. 12mo. pp. 420. $1.25.

The Cassique of Kianah. A Colonial Romance. By William Gilmore Simms, Esq. New York: Redfield. 12mo. pp. 690. $1.25.

Adventures of Telemachus. By Fénelon. Translated by Dr. Hawkesworth. With a Life of Fénelon by Lamartine, an Essay on his Genius and Character, by Villemain, Critical and Bibliographical Notices, etc., etc. Edited by O.W. Wight, A.M. New York. Derby & Jackson. 12mo. pp. 559. $1.25.

A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. By T.H. Tanner, M.D., F.L.S. Philadelphia. Lindsay & Blakiston. 12mo. pp. 464. $1.50.

Army Life on the Pacific. A Journal of the Expedition against the Northern Indians, the Tribes of the Coeur d'Alenes, Spokans, and Pelouzes, in the Summer of 1858. By Lawrence Kip, Second Lieutenant of the Third Regiment of Artillery, United States Army. New York. Redfield. 16mo. pp. 144. 50 cts.

Hints to Horse-keepers. A Complete Manual for Horsemen, embracing How to Breed a Horse, etc., etc., and Chapters on Mules and Ponies, by the late William Henry Herbert, with Additions, etc. Beautifully Illustrated. New York. A.O. Moore & Co. 12mo. pp. 420. $1.25.

Trinitarian Sermons Preached to a Unitarian Congregation. With an Introduction on the Unitarian Failure. By Rev. William L. Gage. Boston. J.P. Jewett & Co. 16mo. pp. 153. 50 cts.

Championnière's Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery. H. Chaillon, M.D., Editor. Translated from the French, under the Direction of the Editor, by D. McCarthy, M.D., and A. Spiers, Ph.D. Boston. A. Williams & Co. Monthly. 8vo. pp. 48.

The Ramrod Broken; or the Bible History and Common Sense in Favor of the Moderate Use of Good Spirituous Liquors; showing the Advantage of a License System in Preference to Prohibition, and "Moral," in Preference to "Legal, Suasion." By a New England Journalist. Boston. Albert Colby & Co. 12mo. pp. 300. $1.00.

To Cuba and Back. A Vacation Voyage. By Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Author of "Two Years before the Mast." Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 16mo. pp. 288. 75 cts.

The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion, Including an Historical Account of Clubs, Biographical Sketches of Famous Players, and Various Information and Anecdote relating to the Noble Game of Chess. By Paul Morphy's Late Secretary. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 196. 75 cts.

The Tin Trumpet; or Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish. A New American Edition, with Alterations and Additions. New York. D. Appleton & Co. crown 8vo. pp. 262, $1.25.

The Iron Manufacturer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges, and Rolling-Mills of the United States, with Discussions on Iron as a Chemical Element, an American Ore, and a Manufactured Article in Commerce and History. By J.P. Lesley, Secretary of the American Iron Association. Published by Authority of the Society. With Maps and Plates. New York. John Wiley, 8vo. pp. 772, $5.00.

The Young Men of the Bible, Considered in a Series of Lectures before the Young Men's Christian Association, by Distinguished Clergymen. Boston. Higgins, Bradley, & Dayton, 12mo. pp. 374. $1.00.

The Bible in the Levant; or the Life and Letters of the Rev. C.W. Righter, Agent of the American Bible Society in the Levant. By Samuel Irenaeus Prime. New York. Sheldon & Co. 18mo. pp. 333. 75 cts.

The Life of Torquato Tasso. By J.H. Wiffen. With an Appendix, on the "Jerusalem Delivered," by M. Sismond de Sismondi. New York. Delisser & Proctor. 32mo. pp. 280. 50 cts.

History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton, and of his Contemporaries. By John C. Hamilton. Vol. III. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 8vo. pp. 560. $2.50.

Poems. By Anne Whitney. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 191. 75 cts.

Prairie Farming in America. With Notes by the Way on Canada and the United States. By James Caird, M.P. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 16mo. pp. 124. 25 cts.

Rambles among Words: Their Poetry, History, and Wisdom. By William Swinton. New York. Charles Scribner. 12mo. pp. 302. $1.00.

The United States Customs Guide. Being a Compilation of the Laws relating to the Registry, Enrolment, and Licensing of Vessels, etc., etc. By R.S.S. Andros, Late Deputy-Collector of Customs at Boston. Boston. T.R. Marvin. 12mo. pp. 316. $1.00.

Summer Pictures from Copenhagen to Venice. By Henry M. Field, Author of "The Irish Confederates," and "The Rebellion of 1798." New York. Sheldon & Co. 12mo. pp. 291. $1.00.

Health and Disease. A Book for the People. By Dr. W.W. Hail. New York. H.B. Price. 12mo. pp. 298. $1.00.

A History and Description of New England, General and Local. By A.J. Coolidge and J.B. Mansfield. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. 2 vols. Vol. I., Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Boston. A.J. Coolidge. 8vo. pp. 1023. $3.00.

Memoirs of the Early Italian Painters. By Mrs. Jameson. From the Tenth English Edition. Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 32mo. pp. 352. 75 cts.

The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn. By Henry Kingsley. Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 12mo. pp. 525. $1.25.

The Pasha Papers. Epistles of Mohammed Pasha, Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy, written from New York to his Friend Abel Ben Hassan. Translated into Anglo-American from the Original Manuscripts. To which are added Sundry other Letters, Critical and Explanatory, Laudatory and Objurgatory, from Gratified or Injured Individuals in Various Parts of the Planet. New York. Charles Scribner. 12mo. pp. 312. $1.00.

The Mathematical Monthly for May and June. Cambridge. John Bartlett.

Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions. By George S. Boutwell. Boston. Phillips, Sampson, & Co, 12mo. pp. 365. $1.00.

Seacliff; or the Mystery of the Westervelts. By J.W. De Forest. Boston. Phillips, Sampson, & Co. 12mo. pp. 466. $1.00.

Plain and Pleasant Talk about Fruits, Flowers, and Farming. By Henry Ward Beecher. New York. Derby & Jackson. 12mo. pp. 420. $1.25.