Much of this difference is no doubt the natural consequence of the genius of the characters themselves; but much more of it is produced by the actor.

Another new piece, entitled The White Horse of the Peppers,' has been added to the list of novelties which Mr. Power has been instrumental in producing. There are some rich scenes of Irish humor in this play, (particularly the feast in Bally Gar Castle,) which deserve commendation. The means which Mr. PEPPER recommends to the new lord of the castle, PLACIDE, for the flavoring of his potato, by holding it some three or four inches above a smoking red herring, is an addition to the science of domestic economy, which would have tickled the shrivelled heart of old Elwes himself. Mr. Pepper's horror, also, lest Mynheer should make a 'beast of himself,' by actually touching the crisped skin of the aforesaid precious red herring with his potato, and thereby possessing himself of a drop of the rich gravy, is a lesson to Graham. Sawdust is nothing to it.

Mr. and Mrs. MATTHEWS' engagement comes next, and their admirers anticipate much amusement. The great versality of talent possessed by Madame VESTRIS, will no doubt be more generally exercised, and the public will be left to judge whether the English critics have over-lauded, in their longcontinued praises of her genius. Mr. CHARLES MATTHEWS made, during his last engagement, an impression more decidedly favorable, than is often created by performers who come, as he did, almost unknown, and entirely unheralded. If, however, either of these good people expect any better support from the stock company,' than they before experienced, we fear they will be grievously mistaken. The same ornaments of the supernumerary department, who did the business' for them the last time, will (now that they are used to it) probably do it again. They will have, no doubt, the powerful assistance of Messrs. GANN, NEXEN, JOHNSON, AND COMPANY, for the male department; and for the ladies, the same luminaries which occasionally glittered in their company before, will probably honor them and the public with a second illumination.

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NATIONAL THEATRE.-During the month, ROOKE's opera of Amilie, or the Love-Test,' has been performed at this establishment, to audiences that crowded the house nightly, from pit to gallery, and made it resound with round after round of the most enthusiastic applause. The distinguished vocalists, whose fame had preceded them to America, and to whose distinguished powers, no small share of the complete success of this beautiful opera must be attributed, have carried the town with them, and now rest in secure possession of the public ear. The flexible and exquisitely mellow tones of WILSON, the powerful yet soft and searching notes of SEGUIN, and the clear, full, and birdlike voice of Miss SHIREFF, have been fully appreciated, ' and which is more,' rewarded as those rare 'gifts that heaven gives' should be. The opera has very little of dialogue, but is interspersed with some of the most delightful and spirited choruses we ever heard wreaked upon music. These were admirably given; and indeed, under the effective management of Mr. PENSON, every portion of the performance was unmarked by a single blemish, after the first night's representation. The natural and graceful acting of Miss SHIREFF, aided by a handsome person, and lively, expressive features, adds a lustre to her vocal execution. Mr. WILSON, however, is less felicitous, as an actor. His style is so subdued, as sometimes to appear feeble; a fault which doubtless springs from good taste, in the first instance - a desire not to'o'erstep the modesty of nature.' His figure is manly and commanding, and his countenance open and impressive. Mr. SEGUIN's action is easy and dignified, and his face and person something more than unexceptionable. He is a handsome man. Of Mr. WILSON's solos, and his simpler songs, it is scarcely possible to speak in too strong terms of praise. His John Anderson, my Jo' would alone establish an enviable reputation. It is inconceivably mellow, tremulous-delicious; and we thank him from the heart, for the sensations it awakened. Few who heard it, will ever forget the soul that breathed out, in these most touching stanzas:

'John Anderson, my Jo, John,
They say it's forty year,
Sin' I ca'd you my Jo, John,
And you ca'd me your dear;

I canna think it true, John,

Nor half sae long ago;

It seems a twal month, at the maist,
John Anderson, my Jo.

'John Anderson, my Jo, John,

We've seen our bairns' bairns,
And yet, my dear John Anderson,

I'm happy in your arms;

And sae are ye in mine, John,

I'm sure ye'll ne'er say no,

Though the days are gone that we ha'e seen,
John Anderson, my Jo!'

Miss SHIREFF, also, excels in the simple song and ballad. Her 'I'm Ower Young to Marry Yet,' bating a little blurting out of the letter r, in an affected double-roll, and certain espeigle glances at the pit, as if indicating the cue for applause or admiration, is a charming song, and charmingly rendered. The manager has secured a valuable acquisition to his unrivalled dramatic company, in the person of Mr. CONNER, of Philadelphia, who comes among us with a good reputation, which, if we may judge from one or two personations, will be greatly enhanced hereafter. In short, Mr. WALLACK deserves, on very many accounts, the thanks of the public, for his untiring enterprise and general sound judgment and good taste.

THE AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE. - PARK BENJAMIN, ESQ., hitherto the able editor of the 'American Monthly Magazine,' announces, in a late number of the 'NewYorker,' the discontinuance of that periodical. It will be remembered, that just one year ago, in adverting to the mingling of politics with literature, in the pages of our contemporary, we took occasion to regret the circumstance, and to advocate, in our periodicals, the maintenance of a neutral-ground in literature, on which men of all creeds and politics might meet, and forget the bitterness of party feeling; and we predicted, moreover, that the union referred to, would not be successful. Mr. BENJAMIN, we are sorry to say, confirms our anticipations. He declares, that from the moment the Magazine became political, it began to' suffer a monthly epilepsy,' and adds, elsewhere, that 'it is in vain to wed politics to literature, in this country. They have no similarity of taste or inclination. The marriage is an unwise one, and a divorce is sure to succeed.' The subscribers of the American Monthly' will be served hereafter with the 'New-Yorker,' a well-conducted and finely-executed weekly journal, of news and literature, to which Mr. BENJAMIN and his corps of correspondents will add their valuable aid.

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MR. COOPER'S REVIEW OF LOCKHART'S LIFE OF SCOTT.-Some of the public journals seem to have discovered a discrepancy in our opinon of the merits of LOCKHART'S Life of SCOTT, inasmuch as our notices of the several 'Parts' of the Memoir, as they appeared, were in quite a different vein from the extended review of the entire work, which formed a prominent paper in the 'Literary Notices' of our October number. As a brief explanatory paragraph, in the same issue, would appear to have escaped observation, it may be well to repeat here, that the review in question was intended by the writer (who has made no secret, and desired no secret made, of its authorship,) to have formed an 'original paper' in the body of the work, under his own signature; but that, arriving too late for this purpose, we were compelled, contrary to usage, to permit an unofficial document to 'lead off' in our department.

NEW WORKS.-Messrs. CAREY AND HART, Philadelphia, have published the following works, which reach our table so late, as to preclude a more extended reference: A 'Romance of Vienna,' by Mrs. TROLLOPE; 'The British Senate,' a second series of 'Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons;' 'Land Sharks and Sea Gulls,' by the author of the 'Naval Sketch-Book ;' 'The Stranger in China,' by C. T. DOWNING; 'Peter Pilgrim, or a Rambler's Recollections,' by the author of 'Calavar;' and 'Picciola, or Captivity,' a tale, by M. DE SAINTINE; The 'Religious Souvenir,' and 'Christian Keepsake,' each with numerous beautiful illustrations, and edited by Mrs. SIGOURNEY, and Rev. JOHN A. CLARK, with 'A Christmas Gift from Fairy Land,' admirably embellished on almost every page, by the graceful pencil of CHAPMAN, and written, as the reader will scarcely fail to discover, by the attractive hand which sketched 'Salmagundi,' were also received at too late a period of the month for adequate notice. VOL. XII.

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'SOUTHERN PASSAGES AND PICTURES.'-A volume of poems thus entitled, from the pen of W. GILMORE SIMMS, Esq., author of ' Guy Rivers,' 'The Yemassee,' 'Atalantis,' etc., is passing through the press of Mr. ADLARD, Broadway. The publisher has obligingly furnished us with several sheets of the work; sufficient to enable us to see, that there are rich stores of imaginative poetry in the volume, upon which we may hereafter draw, for the gratification of our readers, without fear of having our draft dishonored, how liberal soever it may be. A single passage, germain to the season and its phases, entitled 'Autumn Twilight,' shall serve our present purpose:

'There is a soft haze hanging on yon hill,
Tinged with a purple light. How beautiful,
And yet how cold! 'Tis the first robe put on
By sad October. Well may he repine,
His dowry is decay: decay though bright,

And desolate, though bounteous. Thy sweet green,
The summer flush of love the golden bloom,
That came with flow'rs in April- all are gone.
The green is pallid; the warm, virgin flush,

That was a maiden glory on the cheek

And in the eye of summer, shrinks away,

To gather on the hill-tops; wooing in vain

The last embrace to sorrowful twilight given,

By the down-vanishing sun; and the sweet airs

Wail heavily through the branches, while the leaves,
Saddest of mourners! flung on summer's grave,
Lament her in the silence of true grief!'

'THE AMERICAN MUSEUM' is the title of a new monthly periodical, recently established at Baltimore, by Messrs. BROOKS AND SNODGRASS. The work is neatly executed, its articles are various and well chosen, and some of them proceed from well-known pens. We discover, as we think, among the original papers, the liberal hand of that distinguished reasoner and metaphysician, Dr. BEASLEY, of New-Jersey. We think the editors err in placing a dozen articles of verse in succession, as we perceive they have done. The work is, however, to be more devoted to solid reading, hereafter, and to contain a less proportion of verse. The editors exercise the duties of their station with ease and skill; and in the few lines of space that are left us, at a very late hour, we put upon record our good wishes for the success of their laudable enterprise.

'EMINENT LIVING POLITICAL REFORMERS,' is the title of a fine quarto volume, the first of a series, to embrace portraits of all the living reformers, meaning political reformers, as understood in England. We have here the portraits of eighteen of the more distinguished politicians of this class, admirably engraved from paintings by distinguished artists, and accompanied by brief but comprehensive memoirs. Among them, we remark the fine classical features of TALFOURD, with the faces of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Viscount MELBOURNE, Earl SPENCER, MULGRAVE, etc. The letter-press and binding are in keeping with the rare excellence of the pictorial department. Messrs. Wiley and PUTNAM, Broadway, are the American publishers.

NEW AND VALUABLE WORK BY Mr. DUNLAP. — Mr. DUNLAP, whose various entertaining and useful books are so familiar to the American public, has a work in press, which we may well believe will eclipse in interest and usefulness any of his previous productions. It is none other than a 'History of the New Netherlands, the Province of New-York, and State of New-York, to the adoption of the Federal Constitution.' it will be published in two volumes octavo, of five hundred pages each, at the comparatively low price of five dollars the set, bound in boards. We predict for the work an ample subscription; for Mr. DUNLAP will assuredly make it one of the most interesting of modern histories.

'DUTY AND INCLINATION.' - We do not consider it our' duty,' and most certainly we bave little 'inclination,' to recommend this long novel to our readers. Miss LANDON'S

own productions are seldom indifferent reading; and hence, as BALLANTYNE said to SCOTT, we prefer her own offspring, to the bairns, of which, in a moment of kindness, she has consented to become the temporary parent. These volumes are diffuse, artificial, and confused, and altogether rather under than above the medium standard of English republications.

LIFE OF HANNAH MORE. - We can heartily commend these volumes to our readers, as well on account of the subject, so fruitful of good example, and valuable moral and religious lessons, as the ample stores of new and interesting information, derived from an immense number of private letters, and the living memories of numerous friends. The work, although small, is evidently what it professes to be, a 'Life of HANNAM MORE,' omitting no circumstance of real importance or interest. Philadelphia: E. L. CAREY AND A. HART. New-York: WILEY AND PUTNAM.

THE APPOLLO GALLERY.

This magazine was the first to call public attention to the plan and various merits of this excellent establishment; and we are glad to perceive that the exhibition has attracted numerous and admiring visitors. More than four hundred specimens of the talent of native artists adorn the well-lighted halls, two hundred of which are on sale; and many of them are the productions of some of our most eminent painters. We hope to embrace an early occasion to speak of their merits and defects, at more length than we have now time or space.

THE APPROACHING HOLIDAYS are already heralded by a large assortment of literary gifts, for the young, of both sexes. A number of these, just put forth by Mr. COLEMAN, and WILEY AND PUTNAM, demand a passing notice. A distinguished gentleman of this country, now and for a long time past a very aged individual, is at the bottom of most of them. We allude, here, to the venerable PETER PARLEY, of Boston, (Mass.,) who has been all over the world several times, was present when the corner stone of the largest Egyptian pyramid was laid, and often heard Cheops tell some of his choicest stories. He was also with Napoleon at St. Helena, and moreover read and corrected the Mss. of our renowned predecessor, DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER. Such is the eminent author, whose name is usurped, and whose books imitated and 'pirated' in England. Person extraordinary! - individual singular! May your shadow never be less! But to the books:

'PETER PARLEY'S RAMBLES' in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, comes first; and a very pretty book it is, with abundant embellishments, and entertaining sketches and stories, connected with the countries named, which are thoroughly canvassed,' all for the love of you,' ye juvenile devourers of literary bread-and-milk. PARLEY'S 'CHRISTMAS GIFT' is a handsome little book, of similar size, with any quantity of 'pretty stories and pretty pictures.'

'CHRISTMAS Tales.'- This is an amusing and instructive volume, full of pictures, and printed on a large and clear type. It tells of the customs of England, both ancient and modern, which belong to Christmas. There are many amusing tales, and the whole may serve as a kind of history, to show how our English ancestors used to live, in days long ago.

THE CHILD'S GEM. - For young children, this is certainly a very nice and appropriate present. It is edited by a lady and a mother, who knows well how to blend instruction with amusement, and who possesses the rare ability to make children understand her. It is tastefully presented in its externals.

'THE LADIES' ANNUAL REGISTER AND HOUSEWIFE'S MEMORANDUM-Book,' by Mrs. CAROLINE GILMAN, is an excellent work, for all meridians. In addition to much useful and necessary information, there are copious entertaining miscellanies, original and selected. The form is convenient and handsome.

WORKS OF CHESTERFIELD. The Brothers HARPER have published, in a handsome volume of six hundred pages, 'The Works of LORD Chesterfield, including his Letters to his Son, etc.; to whch is prefixed an Original Life of the Author. First complete American edition.' The same publishers have issued 'A system of Greek Prosody and Metre, for the use of Schools and Colleges,' by CHARLES ANTHON, LL. D. We shall refer again to these volumes, in a subsequent number.

KINNE'S BLACKSTONE. - This work, published by Mr. DEAN, Ann-street, is commended, in the highest terms, by the Chief Justice of Vermont, and Chancellor WALWORTH, of this state, for the qualities by which it is widely recommending itself to the public. While it is invaluable to law-students, it is found useful to citizens of other professions and occupations, as well as academies, and the higher classes in common schools.

REVOLUTIONARY BIOGRAPHY.-Mrs. C. R. WILLIAMS, of whose excellent work, 'Religion at Home,' we recently made favorable mention, has a volume of 'Revolutionary Biography' nearly through the press, containing the 'Life of Capt. STEPHEN OLNEY, and Gen. BARTON, of Rhode-Island. It will be published in all November.

TO OUR READERS. Unexpected duties and pressing literary engagements, have prevented the appearance of 'OLLAPOD' in our pages, for three or four of the past numbers. 'Ollapodiana,' however, will be resumed, in due season, and ' Brandrethiana,' will follow close upon the event. We have an inkling of something unusually clever, in the shape of a series of letters, of which we have been permitted to read the initiatory epistle, entitled 'Letters from Palmyra.' Lest the reader should infer that we are going to repeat a popular series, it may be well to state, that the letters are supposed to be written by an eminent personage at Palmyra, in this state, to a distinguished lady of Rome, in Oneida county, the daughter of a renowned citizen of that famous place. The opening is rich, being descriptive of the more prominent scenes that surround the writer, and trenching faintly, toward the last, upon what would seem to be intended as the germ of the papers, namely, the first glimmerings of the Mormon religion, which had its origin, as the reader will remember, near the Palmyrene capital of Wayne county. The spread of the faith, and the persons and characters of its defenders, will doubtless constitute the staple of these papers, intermingled, however, with amusing private adventure. We have, moreover, matured a valuable plan for exchanging with the editors of one or two of the most popular English magazines, the articles of some of our best contributors, for the writings of their more eminent correspondents; thus publishing simultaneously, English and American original matter, which will add variety to the periodicals of both countries; giving to our trans-Atlantic contemporaries an agreeable freshness and variety of matériel, and to our own work a month's advance in the publication of choice original matter, from pens well known, and universally admired, among us. This, however, will exclude nothing from our own contributors, as we shall 'cut our coat according to the cloth.' When we commence our THIRTEENTH VOLUME, upon a new and beautiful type, and bave given a programme of literary stock consigned and on hand, we shall be willing to submit, whether the liberal favor with which the KNICKERBOCKER is received at the hands of the public, be not, in some good measure at least, fairly

earned.