We had written a long article, commemorative of other days, but have since thought it better to let by-gones be by-gones. That we feel proud of our reinstation in this Magazine—the child of our happier days—we shall not deny. The gold that bought it for us—if estimated by the happiness it has diffused—must have dropped from heaven, baptized for good. The dark shadows—the regrets and heart-burnings of the past are over. A bright future is before us, high hopes and determined resolves are ours now—light leaps over the mountain-tops, and the “good time” so long a coming, rushes joyfully to meet us—is here. “Graham.” Our thanks are due to our brethren of the quill throughout the entire Union, for the very general, and very generous welcome we have received on coming back to the profession. While we shall never forget their kindness, and have small hopes of ever being able to repay a tythe of it, we shall endeavor so to act as not to dishonor their endorsement, or to forfeit their good opinion. * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained as well as some spellings peculiar to Graham’s. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals used for preparation of the ebook. page iii, Strength. Hy Mrs. ==> Strength. By Mrs. page 4, as the real _savan_ ==> as the real _savant_ page 5, mere experimentors, surprised ==> mere experimenters, surprised page 8, up. You hav n’t ==> up. You haven’t page 8, of the the lads did ==> of the lads did page 13, weather-side of the bark ==> weather-side of the barque page 17, singers was diposed ==> singers was disposed page 19, symphonies of Beethooven ==> symphonies of Beethoven page 24, same instincts leads her ==> same instincts lead her page 27, services, Captain Dundas ==> services, Captain Dunbar page 33, these succint narrations ==> these succinct narrations page 38, whisper a requium ==> whisper a requiem page 45, a country guager ==> a country gauger page 45, was harrassed with cares ==> was harassed with cares page 46, no more deficile, ==> no more difficile, Page 50, the cautious inuendo ==> the cautious innuendo page 52, the amiable Blocklock ==> the amiable Blacklock page 55, payment. Harrassed and ==> payment. Harassed and page 56, to smoothe her ==> to smooth her page 58, an exhorbitant sum ==> an exorbitant sum page 65, ready to accomodate ==> ready to accommodate page 67, The _naïvete_ of ==> The _naïveté_ of page 67, Than the flowret ==> Than the flow’ret page 67, degradation of literarature ==> degradation of literature page 72, Herdtle, of Suttgard ==> Herdtle, of Stuttgard End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, July 1850, by Various