_St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople: His Life, Eloquence and Piety. By W. Joseph Walter, late of St. Edmund’s College. Philadelphia: Godey & M^{c}Michael._ An eloquent tribute to the memory of an eloquent and in every respect a remarkable man. * * * * * _Life in China. The Porcelain Tower; or Nine Stories of China. Compiled from Original Sources. By T. T. T. Embellished by J. Leech. Lea & Blanchard: Philadelphia._ This is a very clever and amusing _jeu-d’esprit_, in which the oddities, or what we regard as the oddities of “Life in China,” are divertingly caricatured. The work is handsomely printed, and the designs by Leech are well conceived and executed. * * * * * _Select Poems. By Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. Fourth Edition, with Illustrations. Edward C. Biddle: Philadelphia._ The publisher, in his preface, states that three editions of this work, comprising eight thousand copies, have been sold; and of this we are pleased to hear; but we are not equally pleased with the information (conveyed also in the preface) that a _new_ set of illustrations is given. If these “illustrations” are _new_, then “new” has come to be employed in the sense of “old.” The plates are not only antique but trashy in other respects. Of the poems themselves we have no space to speak fully this month. Some of them are excellent; and there are many which merit no commendation. Mrs. Sigourney deserves much, but by no means all of the applause which her compositions have elicited. It would be easy to cite, from the volume now before us, numerous brief passages of the truest beauty; but we fear that it would be more difficult to point out an entire poem which would bear examination, _as a whole_. In the piece entitled “Indian Names,” there are thoughts and _expression_ which would do honor to any one. We note, also, an unusually noble idea in the “Death of an Infant.” ——forth from those blue eyes There spake a wishful tenderness—a doubt Whether to grieve or sleep, which innocence Alone may wear. * * * * * [Illustration: _Spring Fashions 1842 Latest Style_] * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Obvious punctuation and typesetting errors have been corrected without note. Greek phrases in this ebook contain characters which may not display in some devices based on the fonts and character sets available. A cover has been created for this ebook and is placed in the public domain. The Duello, mentioned in the story The Doom of the Traitress, can be found in the February 1842 issue of Graham’s Magazine. [End of _Graham’s Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 3, March 1842_, George R. Graham, Editor]