Richards was glad to get Brownson's letter which answered every point and asks if the 'perhaps' that he quoted from Orestes A. Brownson was written in view of the Vatican decree why it was not mentioned in some of his articles. The index does not show that he ever alluded to a decree on that point, and Richards thinks he used the word in consequence of the Papal requirement made on the Traditionalists. Probably his nephew J. Havens Richards, S.J. confused the latter with a decree of the Vatican Council. Anyhow, Brownson's confirmation of Richards' view that he will not change his language. He has sent the essay to his brother in Boston with some hope of getting it in the Arena, in which Father Salter's article on Newman appeared. He wants it published, in addition to its main purpose, because it calls attention to a number of Brownson's and F. W. Faber's articles. If Catholic writers would study and inwardly digest Brownson's theology, philosophy and logic, their ability to present the questions of the day in a masterly and convincing manner would greatly increase; and if agnostics could be induced to read him, they would get new ideas and might adopt his fundamental principles to give us the true science. Faber is entirely safe and immeasurably superior to Newman in philosophy and theology, and Richards has derived more benefit and satisfaction from his "The Creator and the Creature" and "The Blessed Sacrament" than from any other writer except Brownson. He gives the correct quotation of Faber's remark about the tree, and urges Brownson to visit him in Washington. :: III-3-d A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.