Although it is too late to wish Henry a happy New Year, it is not too late to thank him for his New Years present. Sarah Brownson has had only one of the smaller birds cooked as yet. They had the wild turkey for dinner on Saturday and Dr. Henry S. Hewit and one of his young literary friends dined with them. Brownson should have written Henry sooner, but first he was ashamed to write without sending Henry a present, and he did not feel able to do it till he is able to determine whether his Review is to be a success or an expense; Secondly he has been excessively busy on the April no. of the Review; and thirdly it has been such poor weather. The first no. of the Review is out, and he ordered it sent to Henry but he has no confidence that it has been or will be for weeks to come. Herr Blumelein has no thought that a month or two is of any importance. Brownson cannot learn that anyone has yet received it by mail. If the German's dilatoriness has not ruined the Review, its prospect is very good. He has received already between $500 and $600, and letters from bishops and priests express the greatest pleasure in seeing Brownson again at his old post. The Judge William J. Tenney is enthusiastic and says Brownson is the greatest Catholic controversialist in the world, and Sarah says the number is "tremendous". Brownson has printed only five hundred copies, but it is stereotyped. He has not much power of locomotion and shrinks from the cold, but in all other respects, feels younger with more mental elasticity. He can now crow on his own dunghill. It is a luxury to feel he is once more his own master and a real autocrat. He gives all the compliments of the season to Henry and his family. He hopes Fifine's eyes are better and that Henry's business is sufficiently prosperous to equal his expenses. If the Review goes as well as it has promised, Brownson may be able to pay Henry for an article or so. But only a Brownson can write for the Review, while Brownson lives. P.S. Brownson has a copy of the Review for 1851 for Henry, but asks Henry to promise the one he has. :: III-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.