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JULY GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. 1849.
GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE.
Vol. XXXV. July, 1849. No. 1.
Table of Contents
Fiction, Literature and Articles
A Biography of Major-General Stephen Watts Kearny
Jasper St. Aubyn
True Unto Death
Thoughts on the Thermometer
The Foundling
The Neglected Grave-Yard
The Widow of Nain
A Voice from the Wayside
The Dream of Mehemet
Wild-Birds of America
Cross Purposes
Uncle Tom
Editor’s Table
Review of New Books
Poetry, Music, and Fashion
I Will Be a Miner Too
The Emigrant’s Daughters
Mary
I’m Thinking of Thee!
The Tulip-Tree
To My Wife
A Daughter’s Memory
From Amalthæus.
To ——
The Omnipresence of God
New Year Meditation
The Image
The Pilgrim’s Fast
To My Mother in Heaven
The Fortieth Sonnet of Petrarca
Lines on Burning Some Old Journals and Letters
Le Follet
What’s a Tear?
Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook.
GRAHAM’S
AMERICAN MONTHLY
MAGAZINE
Of Literature and Art,
EMBELLISHED WITH
MEZZOTINT AND STEEL ENGRAVINGS, MUSIC, ETC.
WILLIAM C. BRYANT, J. FENIMORE COOPER, RICHARD H. DANA, JAMES K. PAULDING,
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, N. P. WILLIS, J. R. LOWELL, HENRY B. HIRST.
MRS. LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY, MISS C. M. SEDGWICK, MRS. FRANCES S. OSGOOD,
MRS. EMMA C.EMBURY, MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS, MRS. AMELIA B. WELBY,
MRS. A. M. F. ANNAN, ETC.
PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS.
G. R. GRAHAM, J. R. CHANDLER AND J. B. TAYLOR, EDITORS.
VOLUME XXXV
PHILADELPHIA:
SAMUEL D. PATTERSON & CO. 98 CHESTNUT STREET.
. . . . . .
1849.
CONTENTS
OF THE
THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME.
JUNE, 1849, TO JANUARY, 1850.
A Biography of Major-General Stephen Watts Kearny, U. S. A. By Fayette Robinson,1
A Voice from the Wayside. By Caroline C——,47
A Memory. By Jane Taylor Worthington,122
A Traveler’s Story. By Lydia Jane Peirson,179
A Year and a Day. By Caroline H. Butler,193, 275
A Harmless Glass of Wine. By Kate Sutherland,230
An Adventure of Jasper C——,239
A Case of Gold Fever. By John Jones,356
Cross Purposes. By Kate,59
Colored Birds. The Bullfinch. By Bechstein,177
Editor’s Table,67
Editor’s Table,127
Effie Deans,244
Editor’s Table,248
Editor’s Table,307
Editor’s Table,372
General Training. By Alfred B. Street,133
Homewood. By P. C. Shannon,286
Indian Legend. By Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh,80
Ibad’s Vision. By Richard Penn Smith,229
Jasper St. Aubyn; Or the Course of Passion. By Henry W. Herbert,7, 82, 140, 204, 253, 322
Jessie Lincoln. By Miss M. J. B. Browne,164
Legend. By Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh,155
Love Tests of Halloween. By T. S. Arthur,158
Mary Wilson. By D. W. Belisle,99
Minnie Clifton. By Emma C. Embury,222
Men at Home. By Mrs. C. B. Marston,266
Major Anspach. By Marc Fournier,282, 343
Mr. Merritt and His Family. By F. Summers,293
My First Love. By Mrs. E. F. Ellet,360
Olden Times. By J. R. Chandler,102
Sketches of Life in Our Village. By Giftie,93
Sketches of Life in Our Village. By Giftie,151
Self-Devotion. By Giftie,349
True Unto Death. By Caroline H. Butler,17
Thoughts on the Thermometer,25
The Foundling. By Jessie Howard,27
The Neglected Grave-Yard. By Prof. Alden,36
The Widow of Nain. By J. R. Chandler,41
The Dream of Mehemet. By R. Penn Smith,55
The Curtain Lifted. By Caroline H. Butler,73
Two Hours of Doom. By Mrs. Juliet H. L. Campbell,110
The Captive of York. By Stella Martin,113
The Two Paths. By Mrs. Mary B. Horton,185
The Engraver’s Daughter. By H. Sunderland,201
The Recreant Missionary. By Caroline C——,215
The Village Schoolmaster. By C. M. Farmer,233
The Battle of Trenton. By C. J. Peterson,288
The Life Insurance. By Henry G. Lee,301
The Balize,304
The Conscript. By Joseph R. Chandler,313
Three Pictures. By Caroline C——,334
The Two Cousins. By Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh,365
Uncle Tom. By Simon,61
Unfading Flowers. By T. S. Arthur,366
Wild-Birds of America. By Professor Frost,57
Wild-Birds of America. By Professor Frost,126
Wild-Birds of America. By Professor Frost,189
Wild-Birds of America. By Professor Frost,245
Wild-Birds of America. By Professor Frost,304
Wild-Birds of America. By Professor Frost,369
POETRY.
A Daughter’s Memory. By Mary L. Lawson,34
Alice. By Thomas Dunn English,200
A Parting Song. By Professor Campbell,214
A Thought. By Isaac Gray Blanchard,232
Alice Vernon. By E. Curtiss Hine,342
Bunker-Hill at Midnight. By E. Curtiss Hine,303
Communion of the Sea and Sky. By E. Jones,176
Dirge. By Richard Penn Smith,371
Elim. By Virginia,91
Ermengarde’s Awakening. By F. S. Osgood,112
From Amalthæus. By Richard Penn Smith,34
Faith’s Warning. By Henry T. Tuckerman,92
Fragments of an Unfinished Story. By Mrs. Frances S. Osgood,263
Flower Fancies. By H. Marion Stephens,306
Good-Night. By Walter Herries, Esq.139
I will be a Miner too. By Mrs. Juliet H. L. Campbell,6
I’m Thinking of Thee! By A. D. Williams,16
Kubleh. By Bayard Taylor,120
Lines. By Walter Herries, Esq.60
Lament of the Gold-Digger. By E. C. Hine,92
Little Willie. By Mrs. H. Marion Stephens,98
Lily Leslie. By Gretta,156
Lines. By Forlorn Hope,281
Lines. By Sarah Helen Whitman,303
Mary. By Mrs. O. M. P. Lord,15
My Spirit. By Henry Morford,125
New Year Meditation. By Enna Duval,40
Northampton. By Henry T. Tuckerman,232
Parting. By Miss Phœbe Carey,265
Pleasant Words. By Caroline May,370
Passing Away. By Annie Grey,371
Song. By Thomas Fitzgerald,228
Speak Out. By S. D. Anderson,238
Spiritual Presence. By Mary G. Horsford,306
Summer’s Night. By Sam. C. Reid, Jr.332
Song. By Agnes,342
The Emigrant’s Daughters. By Gretta,6
The Tulip-Tree. By Bayard Taylor,16
To My Wife. By S. D. Anderson,26
To ——. By Henry B. Hirst,35
The Omnipresence of God. By R. Coe, Jr.35
The Image. By A. J. Requier,46
The Pilgrim’s Fast. By Mary G. Horsford,54
To My Mother in Heaven. By T. Fitzgerald,54
The Fortieth Sonnet of Petrarca. By F. R.58
The Improvisatrice. By Mary G. Horsford,81
The Eighteenth Sonnet of Petrarca. By F. R.81
To Mary. By Lucy Cabell,98
Translation from Sappho. By G. Hill,109
This World of Ours. By S. D. Anderson,124
To the Lily of the Valley. By Prof. Campbell,139
The Spanish Maiden. By Agnes Coleman,150
The Angel’s Visit. By Mrs. S. Anna Lewis,154
To a Portrait. By Mrs. H. Marion Stephens,157
The Odalisque. By Bayard Taylor,163
To Inez. By S. D. Anderson,175
Time and Change. By Isaac Gray Blanchard,178
The Rain. By T. A. Swan,188
The Fountain in Winter. By Bayard Taylor,213
The Light of Life. By Mrs. O. M. P. Lord,214
The Bride of Broek-in-Waterland. By C. P. Shiras,220
The Willow by the Spring. By J. Hunt, Jr.247
The Broken Household. By Alice Carey,262
The Fear of Death. By Mary L. Lawson,274
The Seminoles’ Last Look. By Fayette Robinson,291
To My Sister E. By Adaliza Cutter,300
To My Steed. By S. Anderson,321
The Death of the Year. By Henry B. Hirst,333
The Cottage. By J. Hunt, Jr.333
The Misanthrope. By A New Contributor,340
The Broken Reed. By S. S. Hornor,318
The Old Wooden Church on the Green. By Henry Morford,359
The Death of Cleopatra. By W. G. Simms,363
The Fairies’ Song. By Heinrich,364
The Undivided Heart. By Myrrha,371
Watouska. By Kate St. Clair,79
Words of Waywardness. By Prof. Campbell,100
Woman’s Heart. By Rufus Henry Bacon,178
We are Changed. By Edith Blythe,247
REVIEWS.
H. Kavanagh. A Tale. By H. W. Longfellow,71
My Uncle the Curate. By the Author of “The Bachelor of the Albany,” etc.71
The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger. By Charles Dickens,71
Characteristics of Literature. By Henry T. Tuckerman,131
The Earth and Man. By Arnold Guyot,131
The History of the United States of America. By Richard Hildreth,191
Dante’s Divine Comedy: The Inferno. By John A. Carlyle, M. D.192
A Second Visit to the United States of North America. By Sir Charles Lyell, F. R. S.251
The Liberty of Rome. By Samuel Eliot,251
The Penance of Roland. By Henry B. Hirst,252
History of the National Constituent Assembly. By J. F. Corkran,252
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography. By Washington Irving,311
Bulwer and Forbes on the Water Treatment,311
The Child’s First History of Rome. By E. M. Sewell,312
A Lift for the Lazy,312
Poems. By Robert Browning,378
Physician and Patient. By Worthington Hooker,379
History of England. By David Hume,379
Success in Life. By Mrs. L. C. Tuthill,379
Sketches of Life and Character. By T. S. Arthur,380
History of the French Revolution of 1848. By A. De Lamartine,380
MUSIC.
What’s a Tear? Composed by M. W. Balfe.
Yes, Let Me Like a Soldier Fall. Written and Adapted by E. R. Johnston.
Oh, Let Thy Locks Unbraided Fall. Words by John W. Watson, Esq. Music by John A. Janke, Jr.
I Love, When the Morning Beams. By D. W. Belisle.
Wake, Lady, Wake. Music Composed and Arranged for the Piano, by B. W. Helfenstein, M. D.
My Life is Like the Summer’s Rose. Words by Hon. Richard Henry Wilde. Music by An Amateur.
ENGRAVINGS.
Cross Purposes, engraved by J. M. Butler.
General Kearny, engraved by T. B. Welch.
Nature’s Triumph, engraved by F. Humphreys.
The Widow of Nain.
Paris Fashions, from Le Follet.
Title Page, engraved by W. E. Tucker.
The Golden Age, engraved by W. E. Tucker.
La Siesta, engraved by Geo. P. Ellis.
Paris Fashions, from Le Follet.
Olden Times.
No Rose Without a Thorn, engraved by J. M. Butler.
The Bullfinch, engraved by F. Humphreys.
Love Tests of Hallowe’en, Nos. 1 and 2.
Paris Fashions, from Le Follet.
Effie Deans, engraved by T. B. Welch.
Rose Carlton, engraved by W. H. Egleton.
The Baggage Wagon, engraved by A. L. Dick.
Paris Fashions, from Le Follet.
The Engraver’s Daughter.
Happy as a King, engraved by J. M. Butler.
Head-Quarters of Gen. Knox, engraved by W. H. Ellis.
Paris Fashions, from Le Follet.
The Balize.
The Death of the Year, engraved by Wm. E. Tucker.
Opera Extravagance.
The Conscript’s Departure and Return, engraved by John M. Butler.
A Case of Gold Fever.
Paris Fashions, from Le Follet.
FROM AN ORIGINAL DAGUERREOTYPE. S. W. KEARNY Engraved by T. B. Welch expressly for Graham’s Magazine.
GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE.
Vol. XXXV. PHILADELPHIA, JULY, 1849. No. 1.