J. MUNSELL, 78 State street, Albany, announces for publication by subscription, ‘The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Baronet.’  The work is by William L. Stone, son of Colonel Stone, well known as editor and biographer.  The materials of this Life were derived from original papers furnished by the family of Sir William, from his own diary, and other sources which have never before been consulted.  The work was begun by the late William L. Stone, has been completed by his son, and with the Lives of Brant and Red Jacket, brings down the history of the Six Nations and their relations with Great Britain, from 1560 to 1824.  The edition will be very nearly confined to the number subscribed for.  Price $5, payable on delivery.

Sir William Johnson was Superintendent of Indian Affairs in this country before the Revolution, was distinguished in Colonial history, and active in the French and Indian war.  His life was one of romantic interest and vicissitude.  The work is highly spoken of by the literati who have seen the advance sheets.  Jared Sparks, George Bancroft, F. Parkman, G.W.  Curtis, Lewis Cass, &c., testify to its interest and historical accuracy.  From the well-known ability of its author, it may be safely and highly commended to the reading and thinking public.

BEYOND THE LINES; or, a Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie.  By Captain J.J.  Geer, late of General Buckland’s Staff.  Philadelphia:  J.W.  Daughaday, publisher, 1308 Chestnut street.

CAPTAIN JOHN J. GEER was, before the war, a minister of the Methodist Church in Ohio, was taken prisoner before the battle of Shiloh, in a skirmish with Beauregard’s pickets, passed some months in rebel prisons, made his escape, and pleasantly tells the story of his adventures.  He reports that the large slave-holders and the wretched clay-eaters are all Secessionists, but that a large middle class, people who own but few slaves and till their own fields, are mostly true to the Union, in the parts of the South he visited.  The book is one of incident, contains many curious pictures of life and character, and will address itself to a large class of readers.

THE AMBER GODS, AND OTHER STORIES.  By Harriet Elizabeth Prescott.  Ticknor & Fields, Boston.  For sale by D. Appleton & Co., New York.

The many readers of Miss Prescott will be glad to welcome the present collection of her very popular tales.  It contains:  The Amber Gods.  In a Cellar.  Knitting Sale-Socks.  Circumstance.  Desert Lands.  Midsummer and May.  The South Breaker.

Few writers have attained distinction and recognition so immediately as Miss Prescott.  Her fancy is brilliant, her style glowing, and culture and varied information mark the products of her pen.

PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE; a Dramatic Romance.  Ticknor & Fields, Boston.  For sale by D. Appleton & Co., New York.

An historical romance, cast in a dramatic and rhythmical form, by Henry Taylor.  It has been too long known to the community to require any commendation at the present date.  It has gone through many editions in England.  We are glad to see it in the convenient and pleasant form of Ticknor’s “Blue and Gold,” so well known to American readers.