Mrs. Ann S. Stephens was at one period the editor of the “Portland Magazine,” a periodical of which we have not heard for some time, and which, we presume, has been discontinued. More lately her name has been placed upon the title page of “The Lady’s Companion” of New York, as one of the conductors of that journal—to which she has contributed many articles of merit and popularity. She has also written much and well, for various other periodicals, and will, hereafter, enrich this magazine with her compositions, and act as one of its editors.
Her MS. is a very excellent one, and differs from that of her sex in general, by an air of more than usual force and freedom.
THE SWEET SOUTH WIND.
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BY LYDIA JANE PIERSON.
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Hark, ’tis the sweet south wind!
How soft its dewy fingers touch the keys