February 1848 was issue number two of volume 32 for Graham's Magazine. Here's a glimpse into what it offered readers:
- Fiction:
- Serialized novel: "The Islets of the Gulf" by James Fenimore Cooper [famous for novels like The Last of the Mohicans]
- Short stories: "Effie Morris" by Enna Duval (romance), "The Rival Sisters" (conclusion) by Henry William Herbert
- Humor: "Montezuma Moggs" by Joseph C. Neal
- Non-Fiction:
- Historical piece: "Stoke Church and Park" by Robert Balmanno, detailing the history and famous residents (including poet Thomas Gray) of this English estate
- Literary Criticism: Edgar Allan Poe's thought-provoking "Marginalia," where he discussed plagiarism, punctuation, and the use of dashes.
