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THE PENANCE OF ROLAND. Henry B. Hirst 25 THE SEA-NYMPH'S SONG. William H. C. Hosmer 30 THE LITTLE GOLD-FISH. James K. Paulding 31 THE VESPER BELL. Park Benjamin 38 THE TEACHER TAUGHT. Mary S. Adams 39 THE SUNBEAM. Mary S. Lee 41 THE ISLETS OF THE GULF. J. Fenimore Cooper 42 THE LAND OF DREAMS. William C. Bryant 48 SONNET—TO S. D. A.. "the Squire" 42 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL WILLIAM O. BUTLER. Francis T. Blair 42 MATTHEW MIZZLE OF THE INQUIRING MIND. The Late Joseph C. Neal 57 SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAIN. Alfred B. Street 59 INNOCENCE.   60 A DRAMA OF REAL LIFE. N. P. Willis 61 LINES TO ——. Caroline T. Orne 63 AUTUMNAL SCENERY. Joseph R. Chandler 64 POETRY.——A SONG. George P. Morris 66 THE MOURNER. The Late Dr. John D. Godman 67 ELSIE. Kate Dashwood 67 SONNET TO ——.   67 GAME-BIRDS OF AMERICA.—NO. VIII.   68 REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.   70

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GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE.

VOL. XXXII.

PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1848.

No. 1.

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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."

"Well," said Mrs. Clifford, "let me hear it."

"I have not one feeling which I wish to conceal from you. There have been moments when I liked Mr. Franklin," and a pretty color crossed her cheek, "but I have been struck with a peculiarity which has chilled warmer sentiments. He appears phlegmatic and cold. There is about him a perpetual repose that seems inconsistent with energy and feeling. I am not satisfied that I could be happy with such a person—not certain that he is capable of loving, or of inspiring love. When I marry any one, he must worship, he must adore me. He must be ready to go crazy for me. Let him be full of faults, but let him have—what so few possess—a warm, unselfish heart."

"I have heard you, through," said Mrs. Clifford, "now you must hear me. It is very proper that you should not decide without full consideration. Examine as long as you think necessary the qualities of Mr. Franklin, and never marry him till he inspire you with confidence and affection. But remember something is due also to him; and the divine rule of acting toward others as you wish them to act toward you, must be applied here, as in every affair in life. While you should not, I allow, be hurried into a decision, yet your mind once made up, he should not be kept a moment in suspense."

"Do you think, ma'ma," asked Caroline, "that he has much feeling?"

"I think he has. I think him peculiarly gifted with unselfish ardor. That which appears to you coldness, is, in my opinion, the natural reserve of a warm heart—so