GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XXI. October, 1842 No. 4. Contents Fiction and Literature Richard Somers De Pontis The Spanish Student Silent Love Sketch of a Case, or A Physician Extraordinary Shakspeare, No. VIII.—Macbeth A Night at Haddon Hall Characterless Women Harry Cavendish The Poetry of Rufus Dawes Malina Gray The Clam-Bake Review of New Books Editor’s Table Poetry, and Music Wintemoyeh Bear On! The Smile The Return of Youth The First and Last Parting To A Lady Singing The Power of Religion To a Belle Who is Not a Blue Belle Song—“love’s Time Is Now.” To Almeda in New England The Playful Pets An Autumn Reverie To the Earth Rejoice The Summer Night Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XXI. PHILADELPHIA: OCTOBER, 1842. No. 4. * * * * * RICHARD SOMERS. BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, AUTHOR OF “THE SPY,” “THE PIONEERS,” ETC. Few men in this country have left names as distinguished as that of Somers, around whose personal history there remains so much doubt. Had he not given up his life in the service of the republic, he would most probably have now been living, in a green old age. While many of his friends and shipmates still survive to bear testimony to his bravery and his virtues, yet no one seems to possess the precise information that is necessary to a full and accurate biographical sketch of more than his public services. The same mystery that has so long clothed the incidents of his death, appears to have gathered about those of his early life, veiling the beginning and the end equally in a sad and uncertain interest.