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Godey's Lady's Book. -- Philadelphia,-- April, 1852. -- This number, with its variety for the entertainment of its readers, contains an able and finely illustrated article on the genius and labors of James Watt, the inventor of the steam-engine. There is at the beginning of the number a fine plate, representing the philosopher, not far advanced into boyhood, gazing with a look, which belongs exclusively to genius, at those demonstrations of the tea-kettle, in which he detected a power whose influence on the interests of humanity cannot be estimated.

Graham's Magazine, Philadelphia, April, 1852 -- This splendid monthly is so rich in what is useful, beautiful, and good, that we have not space to give to it any thing like on adequate notice. We cannot however refrain from directing the particular attention of the reader to another interesting article by Mr. Milnor, on Optical Phenomena. -- The text is illustrated by several engravings of these most beautiful and bright of the Sportings of Nature.

These and all our exchanges, for the titles of which even we have not space left, will accept our thanks for their kindness and our congratulations for their success.

We have only room to acknowledge the receipt of "Religion in its Relation to the present Life." By A. B. Johnson, Esq., of Utica. We thank the author for the volume and will notice it in our next.

Our thanks are due Mr. Perkins, for copies of illustrated papers, &c.