Doubtless Brownson has received Johnston's letter of the 8th, in which he wrote that for the present the authors' readings in Chicago are given up. It was not possible to get enough to make it sensible to go so far. He has not given up all hope of seeing Brownson sometime. Whenever the Catholic Club in Detroit can see the way clear to invite him, he will go. He thanks Brownson for the interest he has taken in him. He forwarded Brownson's letter to his daughter Ruth. She received an offer from John Brisbane Walker, publisher of The Cosmopolitan, to teach his younger children, and accepted it. The family live at Orange, New Jersey. She did not know it, but it almost broke his heart when she went away. Both he and Mrs. Johnston have suffered from the grippe. :: III-3-d A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.