A TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY: ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND PLATES. By Mrs. L. H. TYLER, Middletown, (Conn.)--When ladies come into the field of competition for literary honors and scientific research, it behooves us to treat them with gallantry. But in this instance, the lady has little need of favor; for her work may fairly challenge comparison with the best efforts of the male tribe. It is a right down sturdy, lucid, well-executed, and thorough treatise; 'not a mere compilation,' as Professor SMITH of the University of Middletown says, 'but bearing throughout the impress of the author's own mind. Professor SMITH hazards nothing in predicting, that it will be extensively adopted as a text-book in our high schools and academies. UNPUBLISHED POEMS OF J. HUNTINGTON BRIGHT, ESQ.--We have recently given several articles of poetry from the unpublished MSS. of the late J. HUNTINGTON BRIGHT, and shall present others hereafter. 'The Dying Boy,' however, in preceding pages, was originally published, some years since, as we understand, in the 'Albany Argus.' It deserves, notwithstanding, a more permanent record than the columns of a newspaper; and we take pleasure in transferring so beautiful a gem to our casket. 'VAN TASSEL HOUSE.'--Mr. CLOVER, at 294 Broadway, has issued a very pretty colored lithograph of this charming country-seat of WASHINGTON IRVING, at Tarrytown; the same, as we are given to understand, that was occupied, many years ago, by old BALTUS VAN TASSEL, and his blooming daughter Katrine, and the scene of Ichabod Crane's world-renowned adventures. .*. OUR theatrical critiques for the month, although in type, are unavoidably deferred until the next number. * * * * * Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographical errors were repaired. P. 423 and 424: Large braces spanning multiple poetry lines on the right were changed to per-line braces on the left, to accommodate the widest variety of reading formats. P. 441 (text file only): "like raine in ye sunshine;" "ye" in the original appears as a "y" with a superscript "e"--an archaic form of "the." End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 5, November 1837, by Various