[Illustration: GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE 1849. DAY ON THE MOUNTAINS. Drawn & Engraved by W. E. Tucker] * * * * * GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. VOL. XXXIV. January, 1849. No. 1. Table of Contents The Belle of the Opera What is Beautiful? Kate Richmond’s Betrothal The Corsair’s Victim A Dirge for O’Connell The Illinois and the Prairies A Dream of Italy The Letter of Introduction Dirge The Fugitive The Gentle Step Barbara Uttman’s Dream Sunset Upon “The Steine-Kill” A Song The Old New House The Wounded Guerilla Lines Speak Kindly Marie Love, Duty and Hope Do I Love Thee? Ode to Shelley Marion’s Song in the School-Room All About “What’s in a Name.” Game-Birds of America.—No. XII. Visitants From Spirit-Land History of the Costume of Men Maple Sugar To My Love Softly O’er My Memory Stealing Cathara The Departed The Dead The Homestead of Beauty Gems From Late Readings Editor’s Table Review of New Books Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. GRAHAM’S AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE Of Literature and Art. EMBELLISHED WITH MEZZOTINT AND STEEL ENGRAVINGS, MUSIC, ETC. WILLIAM C. BRYANT, J. FENIMORE COOPER, RICHARD H. DANA, JAMES K. PAULDING, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, N. P. WILLIS, CHARLES F. HOFFMAN, J. R. LOWELL. MRS. LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY, MISS C. M. SEDGWICK, MRS. FRANCES S. OSGOOD, MRS. EMMA C. EMBURY, MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS, MRS. AMELIA B. WELBY, MRS. A. M. F. ANNAN, ETC. PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS. G. R. GRAHAM, J. R. CHANDLER AND J. B. TAYLOR, EDITORS. VOLUME XXXIV. PHILADELPHIA: SAMUEL D. PATTERSON & CO. 98 CHESTNUT STREET. 1849. * * * * * CONTENTS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH VOLUME. JANUARY, 1849, TO JUNE, 1849.