GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XIX. October, 1841. No. 4. Contents Fiction, Literature and Articles Brother and Sister Kate Beverly Lame for Life, Or Leslie Pierpoint The Rowsevillers.—No. I. Wawhillowa Shakspeare.—No. II. The Roman Bride The Vagrant The Reefer of ’76 Sports and Pastimes.—The Fowling-Piece Review of New Books Secret Writing Poetry, Music and Fashion We Were Boys Together The Christian’s Dream of the Future A Forest Scene Ballad Niagara The Baptism of Pocahontas Israfel Bye-Gone Hours Latest Fashions, October, 1841 Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. * * * * * [Illustration: _Painted by Vinterhalter._, _Engraved by J. Sartain._ _Brother & Sister_ ] [Illustration: W. H. Bartlett. A. L. Dick. THE DESCENT INTO THE VALLEY OF WYOMING (Pennsylvania) _Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine_] * * * * * GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XIX. PHILADELPHIA: OCTOBER, 1841. No. 4. * * * * * BROTHER AND SISTER. What is so beautiful as childhood? Where can we find such purity and frankness, such an absence of all selfishness, as in the love of children? And where does that love exist, deeper or sweeter or more like that of heaven than when between a brother and a sister?