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R.H.  Stoddard is preparing for the press of Ticknor, Reed & Fields, a collection of his Poems, to include most of those he has contributed to the periodicals since the appearance of his “Footprints,” two years ago.  The book will be welcomed by the lovers of genuine poetry.  Mr. Stoddard is a young man of unquestionable genius, and we have been pleased to observe that there is a decided improvement from time to time in his compositions, indicating the industry and wise direction of his studies, in refinement of taste, elegance of finish, and a rapid and vigorous expansion of his imagination.  His masterpiece, thus far, is The Castle in the Air, fitly praised by our neighbor of the Albion, as one of the finest productions of the present time.  We do not know of any poet at home or abroad to whose fame it would not have added new luster.  In the July number of the Knickerbocker we find the following “Dirge,” which is not unworthy of him: 

  There’s a new grave in the old church-yard,
    Another mound in the snow;
  And a maid whose soul was whiter far,
    Sleeps in her shroud below.

  The winds of March are piping loud,
    And the snow comes down for hours;
  But by-and-by the April rains
    Will bring the sweet May flowers.

  The sweet May flowers will cover her grave
    Made green by the April rain;
  But blight will lie on our memories. 
    And our tears will fall in vain!

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Inedited Correspondence of Goethe and Schiller.—­By many friends of German literature it will be remembered that Goethe, during his life, carefully preserved a particular portion of his papers and letters, which he in 1827 transferred to the government of Weimar, on the condition that the box in which they were contained should not be opened until the present year.  The 17th of May was the date fixed upon, and in accordance with the will of the deceased poet, his heirs and those of his brother poet Schiller were on that day judicially summoned to Weimar to witness the opening of the case.  Of Schiller’s descendants there were present on the occasion, his eldest son and eldest daughter, and the widow of Ernst von Schiller.  Goethe was represented by his daughter-in-law and his two grandsons, Wolfgang and Walther, who came from Vienna, their present place of residence, for the purpose.  Schiller’s eldest son is chief inspector of forests in Wurtemberg.  Madame de Junot and Frau von Goethe were also present.  The box on being opened was found to contain a full correspondence between Schiller and Goethe, ready arranged for the press.  A codicil in Goethe’s will provides for their publication.  Most of the letters, all of Schiller’s in fact, are autograph.

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The Countess Ossoli, (Margaret Fuller,) we learn from the Tribune, will be in New York about the 20th of the present month.  Her work on Italy will be given to the press immediately after her arrival.