GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XX. May, 1842 No. 5. Contents Fiction, Literature and Articles The Bride Centre Harbor, N. H. The Mask of the Red Death Procrastination The Chevalier Gluck The Late Sir David Wilkie Edith Pemberton Thoughts on Music Harry Cavendish Recollections of West Point Review of New Books Poetry, Music and Fashion Spring’s Advent Perditi Venus and the Modern Belle My Bark Is Out upon the Sea To Amie—Unknown To an Antique Vase The Old World Euroclydon Mystery L’Envoy to E—— The Orphan Ballad Singers Latest Fashions for May Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. * * * * * [Illustration: Drawn by John Hayter, Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie _The Bride_ _Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine_] GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XX. PHILADELPHIA: MAY, 1842. No. 5. * * * * * THE BRIDE. _Ros._ Ah, sir, a body would think she was well counterfeited. “The earl is out, sir—and so is Lord William;” said the obsequious lacquey, as I was ushered into Fairlie Hall, “will you amuse yourself in the library until dinner, or take a stroll in the park? You will probably meet with some of the family about the grounds.” Such was the salutation that greeted me on alighting at the princely mansion of the earl of Fairlie, whither I had come at the invitation of his only son—one of my inseparable friends at Oxford. The visit had been promised for more than two years; and I was actuated to it, not only by the desire of spending the vacation with my friend, but by a lurking wish to behold the Lady Katharine, his only sister, whose beauty I had heard extolled by a hundred lips. So I had given up a contemplated run to the continent and come down to Fairlie Hall.