[To THE EDITOR OF THE "ATLANTIC MONTHLY."--The following graceful
and picturesque description of the new condition of things on the
Sea Islands of South Carolina, originally written for private
perusal, seems to me worthy of a place in the "Atlantic." Its
young author--herself akin to the long-suffering race whose Exodus
she so pleasantly describes--is still engaged in her labor of love
on St. Helena Island.--J.G.W.]