Our Christmas Hymn: By John Dickson Bruns, M. D., Charleston, South Carolina. (W. G. S.)

“‘Goodwill and peace! peace and goodwill!’

The burden of the Advent song,”—

Our City by the Sea: By W. Gilmore Simms. (W. G. S.):

“Our city by the sea

As the rebel city known”—

Our Confederate Dead: What the heart of a young girl said to the dead soldier: by a Lady of Augusta, Georgia. (W. G. S.)

“Unknown to me, brave boy, but still I wreathe

For you the tenderest of wildwood flowers,”—

Our “Cottage By the Sea:” Lines written in Fort Lafayette by a Prisoner. (E. V. M.)