A few weeks ago Mr. SCHOOLCRAFT published a complaint that his _Indian in his Wigwam_ had been published without his knowledge by G. H. Derby & Co, of Buffalo, under the title of "The American Indians, their History, Condition and Prospects." Messrs. Derby & Co. have replied in the _Literary World_, that they came honestly by the stereotype plates of the book, and that as to the title, they "_had an undoubted right to alter it_." We beg these gentlemen and all others in like circumstances to reflect a little upon this doctrine, before endorsing it too positively. _However indisputable the title of Derby & Co. to the copyright of the book in question, they had no more right to change its name than they had to steal Mr. Schoolcraft's money._ He is a very silly person who maintains the contrary. Only the _author_ of a book has the right to change even the place of a comma in it. * * * * * Mr. SIMMS has just published _Norman Maurice, or the Man of the People, an American Drama, in Five Acts_. The scene is partly in Philadelphia, partly in St. Louis, and the plot involves the election of a senator from Missouri--as various passages disclose, in the present time. This is one of the chief faults of the piece, as the history of Missouri politics is so familiar that no illusion in the case is possible. Aside from this, it is in many respects an admirable play--bold, simple, and yet striking in conception, and wrought out with a general fitness and force of incident and style that should secure it, in our opinion, immediate and very eminent success on the stage. There has never been acted an _American_ play of equal merit. It was originally printed in the Southern Literary Messenger. * * * * * We are gratified to learn that the Rev. Dr. ALBRO, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has in preparation a complete edition of the works of the "learned and renowned Mr. Thomas Shepherd," who was the first minister in that town. These works will fill several octavo volumes, and we regard them as among the most valuable relics of the Puritan age in New-England. We have had for several years the very rare but incomplete collection of them published by Prince, in 1747. Dr. Albro will have some advantages in writing Shepherd's biography, which have not been enjoyed by others who have recently essayed that service. * * * * *