BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. By Thomas De Quincey, author of "Confessions of an English Opium Eater," etc. This is the second volume of Mr. De Quincey's writings, now in course of publication. It contains biographical sketches of Shakspeare, Pope, Charles Lamb, Goethe, and Schiller, accompanied by numerous notes, which, with the author's acknowledged taste, will give a new interest to these almost familiar subjects.
ASTRÆA. The Balance of Illusions. A poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1850, by Oliver Wendell Holmes. This poem contains many beautiful gems, interspersed with some satirical descriptions of men and manners, which prove Mr. Holmes to be a caustic as well as an amusing writer.
NEW MUSIC.
We have received from Mr. Oliver Diston, No. 115 Washington Street, Boston, a collection of beautiful music, got up in his usual taste.
The Prima Donna Polka. By Edward L. White.
The German Schottisch. By T.S. Lloyd. And
The Starlight Polka. Three excellent polkas, with music enough in them to draw the proper steps from every heel and toe in the land.
Oh, Come to the Ingleside! A sweet ballad by Eliza Cook, the music by W.H. Aldridge.
A Mother's Prayer.. By J.E. Gould.