Sarah has received Mr. George Van Dyke's subscription for the Review. The Review is an entire success. Brownson and Sarah are altogether opposed to any agents, as they ruined them financially before, but he compromised with Pustet so far as to have a very few. Their commision makes a very great difference even when they can be made to pay up, and from the letters they receive and what they hear, it is evident the Review cannot be helped off like any other periodical or book. It is not fun to answer and receive the letters. The notices of The Life of Prince Gallitzin were from advance sheets. Unless Divine Providence to whom she begs all her friends to make perpetual intercession, overtakes Mr. Blumeling's slowness, she doesn't know the book will ever come out. He assured her when she gave up the sheets to be noticed, that it would be out by New Year's. When he comes here, the lion's Brownson's Review is the only subject of conversation, so poor little Sarah gets no satisfaction. All the comforts she has is in the orders for the book, and the letters which follow, abusing him like a pickpocket for not sending it. He let the printers drag and then waited for an engraving ordered from Germany. Sarah now insists upon sending the book without the engraving. It is woman against German. If Sarah were Annie Brownson, she would bet on the woman. Henry is to tell Fifine that she never knew relief for her sore throat until Dr. Gonley ? mixed her some tannin and glycerine and she has never had one since. Sara thinks an old aunt is needed with the mother and children sick. She has the children on her Crusader list, directed to Sallie Brownson. Of course they are not able to read it, but the tone is very Catholic and Fifine can tell them the stories. Sarah sends Henry the notices of Gallitzin, not that she expects Henry to care much himself, but he may find them handy. This edition is badly printed and they want to get it off as quickly as possible and have a new one stereotyped. Father Augustine T. Hewit gives it a good notice in the Catholic World. They are trying to persuade Brownson to become a priest. Sarah hopes never. Brownson is as amiable as a May morning nowadays. Sarah has an excellent cook now, been with her six months. Still it is a loneless life of constant work. Lily Pegram has gone to Europe, and her career is like that of Bonaparte in his palmy days. She hopes the ending will not be just the same, but beauties do get caught and banished to a St. Helena of married obscurity. Sarah has tried everything under the sun to get a picture for herself, for Henry she may be more successful. Mr. William Seton has got another novel written, and sent Sarah the manuscript. It is good and it is bad, and there's lots of it. It's caled the Pride of Lexington. McCrea is the heroine. Mr. Berrian was with the Setons a while ago and received the Last Sacraments there: then he went to Lourdes, did not get cured himself, but saw some one else completely cured. The next best thing. They say Dr. Brown "Shabby Brown", is doing splendidly at the seminary. Also that he took to drinking before he went and got completely broken down; the dear knows he was never very hard breaking, he was too soft for that. Alice Trith and Sarah have had some correspondence. Miss Dumazeaud went to see her for Sarah. Alice Trith has seven children and they look as pretty as a picture. Mrs. Trith is as stout as Brownson and can hardly waddle. Mrs. Glover is gone to Europe and Mrs. Mac Dowell is married and wears a thousand dollar diamond ring; he was a jew but privately conformed. The Archbishop John McCloskey married them and said, according to Dr. Hewit, "Fee, fie, fo fum, I've got a fee from Solomon." Fragment probably included with the above letter Sarah must tell Henry she looked blank when his box was opened. She went for all the cookery books in the house. They invited Dr. Hewit and another gentleman, a good eater, and had a princely dinner, with the wild turkey for the main performance. It was splendid. It was cooked on a theory of Sarah's, and the result was surpassingly fine, and between compliments on cooking and bookmaking, she felt like a turkey herself. They had the others yesterday, and delighted the heart of Brownson. It was a most welcome and admirable present. :: III-3-a A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.