A NEW WORLD PLANTED; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF THE FOREFATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND WHO LANDED IN PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 22, 1620. An Historical Drama. Boston, 1802. 8vo, pp. 45. CUSTIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS, born in Mount Airy, Md., April 30, 1786; died at Arlington, Fairfax Co., Va., October 10, 1857. His father was the son of Mrs. Washington by her former husband. His early home was at Mount Vernon, and he was educated at Princeton. He married, early in life, Mary Lee Fitzhugh, and their daughter married Robert E. Lee. Arlington House, built by Mr. Custis, thus came into the Lee family. This beautiful estate, which was confiscated during the war between the States, and used as a place of burial for the Federal dead, was purchased from General Lee's heirs at the close of the war and remains dedicated to the uses of a National Cemetery. Mr. Custis wrote _Recollections of General Washington_, published first in the _National Intelligencer_, and in book form in New York, in 1860. THE INDIAN PROPHECY. A National Drama in Two Acts, founded on a most interesting and romantic occurrence in the life of General Washington. Georgetown, 1828. 16mo, pp. 35. POCAHONTAS; OR, THE SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA. A National Drama in Three Acts. Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo, pp. 47. Another edition. 12mo, pp. 45. Philadelphia, 1839. This play was first acted at the Park Theatre, New York, December 28, 1830, was well received, and was played in different cities of the United States. DA CENEDA, LORENZO DA PONTE (_Called DA PONTE_) LORENZO DA PONTE DA CENEDA; born in Venice, Italy, in 1748; died in New York, August 17, 1838, was an ardent poet and dramatist, and was attached to the Court Theatre at Vienna in 1784, where several of his librettos were produced with success. He came to New York about 1809, and established himself as a teacher of languages, finally becoming Professor of Italian Literature in Columbia College. He was a very popular figure in New York society, and dearly loved by his compatriots, to whom he gave an affectionate welcome upon their coming to his new home. He was an intimate associate of Mozart, Metastasio, and Joseph II. of Austria. Upon the arrival of the first Italian opera of Signor Garcia and his illustrious daughter in New York, they found that Da Ponte had made their way to triumph easy. He was, in fact, the foster-father of Italian opera in America. SCENA QUARTA DELL ATTO QUINTO DI ADAD, Poema Dramatico, del Signor Giacoma A. Hillhouse. Tradatto in Verso Italiano da L. Da Ponte, N. Y. Gray e Bunce, 1825. This is an Italian translation of the last act of Hillhouse's _Hadad_. ASSUR RE D'ORMUS. Dramma. New York: Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. 47. IL DON GIOVANNI. Dramma Eroicomica. Nova-Jorca: Stampatori Giovanni Gray e Cia, 1826. 18mo, pp. 51.