Besides _Mount Vernon_, the book contains several other poems, &c., and extends to eighty-three pages, 8vo., with four pages subsequently inserted at the end. It is, I believe, a very scarce book in America, and the copy I possess is probably unique in this country. Like Mrs. Mackey's poems, it seems to have been written in earnest, and it is impossible within the limits of an article of this nature to give an adequate idea of the vein of self-complacency which pervades the book, or of the high estimation in which the author evidently held his own productions both in prose and verse. A few quotations illustrative of his descriptive powers must suffice: "Mount Vernon! I have often heard of thee, And often wish'd thy beauties for to see."--P. 9. "The house itself is elegant and neat, And is two stories high, neat and complete."--P. 10. "A thought now strikes my mind, of Mount Vernon, That happiness may ever shine thereon; For, Nature form'd it pleasing to the mind; Therefore, true earthly bliss we here might find: Or, in a cottage, if our God be there, For He is omnipresent, everywhere. A garden was the first habitation Of our parents, and near relat'on," (_sic_) &c.--P. 14. Of Alexandria he informs us that-- "The buildings here are generally neat, The streets well pav'd, which makes walking complete. I've seen their houses, where they preach and pray, But th' congregation small on stormy day."--P. 38. Of George Town he says: "A pleasing rural prospect rises here, To please th' enquiring mind as we draw near. The building in George Town is very neat; But paving of the streets not yet complete. Some rural seats near to the Town is fine, Which please the fancy and amuse the mind."--P. 39. And lastly, from his _Valedictory_, we learn that-- "Poets, like grasshoppers, sing till they die, Yet, in this life, some laugh, some sing, some cry."--P. 83. These extracts are not given as the _worst_ specimens. Is anything more known of John Searson, and of his other valuable productions, either in Ireland or America? As I perceive you have correspondents at Philadelphia, they will perhaps kindly afford me some information on the subject. LEICESTRIENSIS.