JOHN AUGUSTUS STONE, an actor, born in Concord, Mass., in 1801, died near Philadelphia, Pa., June 1, 1834. His first appearance on the stage was made in Boston, and his début in New York occurred July 10, 1822, at the Park Theatre, as _Old Hardy_ in _The Belle's Stratagem_, and _Old Pickle_ in _The Spoiled Child_. He was for a long time identified with the Bowery and Chatham Theatres. The prize of five hundred dollars offered by Mr. Edwin Forrest for the best American play, was awarded to Mr. Stone in 1829, for his drama in verse, _Metamora_, long and successfully played by Mr. Forrest. He subsequently received from Mr. Forrest one thousand dollars for his drama, _The Ancient Briton_, which, as well as another drama from his pen, _Fauntleroy, the Banker of Rome_, were produced by Forrest. He was also author of _La Roque_, _The Regicide_, _Tancred of Sicily_, and Yankee Hill's famous play, _The Knight of the Golden Fleece_, always the most popular of that comedian's plays. He drowned himself in the Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, in a fit of mental derangement. Mr. Forrest erected a very handsome monument to his memory. TANCRED; OR, THE SIEGE OF ANTIOCH. A Drama in Three Acts. Philadelphia, 1827. 16mo, pp. 45. STRONG, HENRY K. THE FALL OF ITURBIDE; OR, MEXICO DELIVERED. A Tragedy in Five Acts. Pittsfield, Phineas Allen, 1823. 12mo, pp. 38. TALBOT, CHARLES S. SQUIRE HARTLEY. A Farce. Albany, 1827. 12mo. CAPTAIN MORGAN. A Play. Albany [?] 1827. 12mo. PADDY'S TRIP TO AMERICA: OR, THE HUSBAND WITH THREE WIVES. A Farce in Two Acts. New York, 1822. 16mo, pp. 48. TAYLOR, V. THINGS AS THEY WILL BE; OR, ALL BARKERS ARE NOT BITERS. A Farce in Three Acts, by Who d'ye think. New York, 1819. 18mo, pp. 17. Same. Second edition. New York, 1819. 16mo, pp. [3]; 4-17. THE BANKER; OR, THINGS AS THEY HAVE BEEN. A Farce in Three Acts. Respectfully dedicated to the purchasers of _Things As They Will Be_, etc. By a Tyro. New York, 1819. 16mo, pp. [3], 4-16. TURNBULL, JOHN D. RUDOLPH; OR, THE ROBBERS OF CALABRIA. A Melodrama in Three Acts, as performed at the Boston Theatre. Boston, 1799. 18mo, pp. 141. Several editions were published of this play. WOOD DÆMON; OR, THE CLOCK HAS STRUCK. A Drama. Boston, 1808. 24mo, pp. 34. TYLER, ROYALL