SAMUEL HENRY CHAPMAN, born in London, May 10, 1799; died in Philadelphia, May 16, 1830, was an actor as well as dramatist. He made his first appearance on the stage at Covent Garden Theatre, London, as _Agib_, in _Timour, the Tartar_. He was brought to the United States in 1827 by Mr. Francis Courtney Wemyss, manager of the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Sloman, Mrs. Austin, and Miss Emery, for the stock company of that theatre. His début was made October 31, 1827, as _Pierre_ in _Venice Preserved_. He became a favorite immediately, and of him it is said he had no equal in heroic rôles in his time. In May, 1829, he became joint manager of the Walnut Street Theatre. He married Elizabeth Jefferson, daughter of the elder and aunt of the now living Joseph Jefferson, in the same year. While riding, to illustrate to an artist the scene of the robbery in Turner's Lane in his own play of _The Mail Coach_, he was thrown from his horse, and so injured that he died within a week. It is said his hurt was aggravated greatly by the fact that he continued to play every night, and having a piece of brass armor next his skin, blood-poisoning was caused in his wounded shoulder. THE RED ROVER. A Drama founded on J. F. Cooper's novel of that name. Philadelphia, n. d. 18mo, pp. 52. Played at Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1828. COCKINGS, GEORGE GEORGE COCKINGS, born in Devonshire, England, died February 6, 1802, lived a great part of his time in Dartmouth, England, and from there went first to Newfoundland, where he passed several years, then to Boston, where he held some small position under the English Government. For thirty years in England he held the place of Register of the Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce in the Adelphi. He wrote _War, An Heroic Poem_, Boston, 1764; _The American War_, a _Poem_, and other works. THE CONQUEST OF CANADA; OR, THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. An Historical Tragedy of Five Acts. London: Printed for the Author, 1766. 8vo, pp. v.-76. Another edition, 12mo, Philadelphia, 1772. CRAFTS, WILLIAM WILLIAM CRAFTS, born in Charleston, S. C., January 24, 1787; died in Lebanon Springs, N. Y., September 23, 1826. He was educated at Harvard and was especially noted there for his proficiency in the classic languages. He returned to Charleston, where he was admitted to the bar, and became a leading lawyer and legislator. He was always a ready and convincing speaker. In 1817 he delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address at Harvard. He was a constant contributor to the _Charleston Courier_. His works were published in Charleston in 1828. He wrote a few volumes of poetry, viz.: _The Raciad, Sullivan's Island_, and _A Monody on the Death of Decatur_. THE SEA SERPENT; OR, GLOUCESTER HOAX. A Dramatic Jeu d'Esprit, in Three Acts. Charleston: A. E. Miller, 1819. 12mo, pp. [5], 6-34. CROSWELL, JOSEPH