[LACE AND DIAMONDS.]Theodore S. Fay1
[A FUNERAL THOUGHT.]J. Bayard Taylor10
[THE MEMORIAL TREE.]Wm. Gilmore Simms11
[THE RAINBOW.]Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney12
[SPIRIT-YEARNINGS FOR LOVE.]Mrs. H. Marion Ward12
[THE RIVAL SISTERS.]Henry William Herbert13
[SONNET TO GRAHAM.]Altus22
[MARGINALIA.]Edgar A. Poe23
[THE PENANCE OF ROLAND.]Henry B. Hirst25
[THE SEA-NYMPH'S SONG.]William H. C. Hosmer30
[THE LITTLE GOLD-FISH.]James K. Paulding31
[THE VESPER BELL.]Park Benjamin38
[THE TEACHER TAUGHT.]Mary S. Adams39
[THE SUNBEAM.]Mary S. Lee41
[THE ISLETS OF THE GULF.]J. Fenimore Cooper42
[THE LAND OF DREAMS.]William C. Bryant48
[SONNET—TO S. D. A..]"the Squire"42
[BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL WILLIAM O. BUTLER.]Francis T. Blair42
[MATTHEW MIZZLE OF THE INQUIRING MIND.]The Late Joseph C. Neal57
[SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAIN.]Alfred B. Street59
[INNOCENCE.] 60
[A DRAMA OF REAL LIFE.]N. P. Willis61
[LINES TO ——.]Caroline T. Orne63
[AUTUMNAL SCENERY.]Joseph R. Chandler64
[POETRY.——A SONG.]George P. Morris66
[THE MOURNER.]The Late Dr. John D. Godman67
[ELSIE.]Kate Dashwood67
[SONNET TO ——.] 67
[GAME-BIRDS OF AMERICA.—NO. VIII.] 68
[REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.] 70

GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.

VOL. XXXII.PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1848.No. 1.

LACE AND DIAMONDS.

OR TAKE CARE WHAT YOU DO.

BY THEODORE S. FAY.

"Don't be angry, ma'ma—I wont jest any more, if it displease you, but I will make a plain confession."