Seton is not now able to send Brownson the letter of Brownson's father which he had promised; it is probably in a box in storage. When it is sent, however, he will appreciate its being returned, for he values anything connected with Orestes A. Brownson, Sr., whose loss he calls a great loss to American Catholics, attacked as he was by the Catholic press, an action Seton calls inevitable and an honor. Berrian has loaned him a couple of pamphlets on biology by Father Thomas Hughes, S.J., which he says are clearly not the work of a scientist; Father Hughes has opposed himself to such a men as Wallace, Mivart, Cope Leedy, Heilprin, Marsh, Newberry, and Asa Gray; and Seton thinks the student of nature should follow these men rather than the theologian in matters of this sort. He appreciates the liberating influence of natural science. Seton hopes the winter has been mild in Detroit and hopes to hear from Brownson soon. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.