JOHN DALY BURK, born in Ireland about 1776, died in 1808, became, while at Trinity College, Dublin, an ardent politician, and involved himself in difficulties with the authorities. It is said he belonged to a secret political society which tried to rescue a rebel on his way to execution. Burk took shelter in a bookseller's shop, while his wolf-dog kept the police at bay. Escaping in woman's apparel, given him by a Miss Daly, whose name he afterwards added to his own, he came to America, settled in Boston, and became editor of a newspaper called _The Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser_. He afterwards settled in New York, and published a paper called _The Time-Piece_. Arrested on a charge of publishing a libel contrary to the provisions of the Sedition Law of 1798, he left New York and settled at Petersburg, Va. In 1804 he published a _History of Virginia_, in 4 vols., the fourth being issued after his death. He also wrote a _History of the Late War in Ireland, with an Account of the United Irish Association, from the First Meeting in Belfast, to the Landing of the French at Killala_, published in Philadelphia, 1799. Also _An Historical Essay on the Character and Antiquity of Irish Songs_, published in _The Richmond Enquirer_, May, 1808. He was killed in a duel with a French man named Coquebert. BUNKER HILL; OR, THE DEATH OF GEN. WARREN. An Historic Tragedy, in Five Acts. By John Burk, Late of Trinity College, Dublin, as played at the Theatres in America, for fourteen nights, with unbounded applause. Copyright secured according to law. New York: Printed by T. Greenleaf, MDCCXCVII. 12mo, pp. 55. Another edition, Baltimore, 1808. 16mo, pp. 39. Same: New York, 1817. 12mo, pp. 44. Reprinted by the Dunlap Society. This play was first played at the Haymarket in Boston, February 17, 1798. It was also played a number of times in New York. FEMALE PATRIOTISM; OR, THE DEATH OF JOAN D'ARC. An Historic Play in Five Acts. New York, 1798. 12mo, pp. 40. Played at the New Park Theatre, New York, 1798. BETHLEM GABOR, LORD OF TRANSYLVANIA: OR, THE MAN-HATING PALATINE. An Historical Drama, in Three Acts. Petersburg, 1807. 16mo, pp. 49. CARR, MRS. THE FAIR AMERICAN. Philadelphia, 1815. 12mo. Played at the John Street Theatre, New York, November 9, 1789. CHAPMAN, SAMUEL H.