Produced by Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net * * * * * [Illustration: A. E. Chalon, R.A. W. H. Egleton MIRROR OF BEAUTY. Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine.] * * * * * GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. VOL. XXXVI. April, 1850. No. 4. Table of Contents Fiction, Literature and Articles April Kate Lorimer: Or The Pearl in the Oyster Loiterings and Life on the Prairies of the Farthest West The Lady of the Rock Fanny. A Narrative Taken from the Lips of a Maniac Gods and Mortals Minna Life of General Baron De Kalb The Housekeeping Husband The Darkened Casement Review of New Books Mount Prospect Institute, West Bloomfield, N. J. Poetry, Music, and Fashion Ballads of the Campaign in Mexico. No. III. Lines Aileen Aroon Sonnet Uriel Out of Doors Miss Dix, The Philanthropist Invocation to Sleep German Poets The Song of the Axe Le Follet The Shawl Designer Salaville Blanche and Lisette Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. * * * * * GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. VOL. XXXVI. PHILADELPHIA, April, 1850. NO. 4. * * * * * APRIL. “The shower is past, the birds renew their songs, And sweetly through its tears the landscape smiles.”