Father Hudson asks Brownson's excuse for the delay: he has had neuralgia and much work on the Ave Maria. An extension to the Church is being built and Father General Edward Sorin is anxious to get the roof on. Father Hudson asks Brownson for the proofs of the Marian article to accompany the sketch and hopes he likes the Ave Maria advertisement. He asks whether volume 19 is the last volume of the Works. He remembers hearing the Father General onceallude to the Doctorate of Philosophy: "bosh had better be omitted. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.