GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XXI. August, 1842 No. 2. Contents Fiction, Literature and Articles The Bud and Blossom De Pontis Harry Cavendish The Sisters Shakspeare Error Tousky Wousky The Johnsons Review of New Books Editor’s Table Poetry and Music The Maiden’s Sorrow Song The Watchers Elizabeth To My Sisters The Last Leap of Uncas Sonnet “Hath Not Thy Rose a Canker.” To a Swallow That Dropped on Deck During a Storm at Sea Farewell to a Fashionable Acquaintance Song The Student’s Dream of Fame The Zanoni Gallop Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. * * * * * [Illustration: _The Bud and the Blossom_, Engraved by Welch & Walter, from a drawing by W. C. Ross, A.R.A.] GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XXI. PHILADELPHIA: AUGUST, 1842. No. 2. * * * * * THE BUD AND BLOSSOM. A REASON FOR BACHELORISM. BY MRS. SEBA SMITH. “You have told me, Mr. Hunter, at least a dozen times, you would reveal to me the secret of your bachelorism; now we have no visiters, and no prospect of any; the quiet patter of the rain has tempted you to cigar and slippers; and that dim burning of the coal in the grate, the drowsy fire of June, just enough to dispel the damp, and not enough to rouse one uneasy nerve, is of itself a pledge for a long, tranquil evening. And yet—by no means, my dear sir, don’t toss aside your cigar, and as to sighing, it is out of the question—you are too stout for sentiment, have a well-to-do air, a sort of tell-tale good-dinner aspect, that don’t accord well with the sentimental.”