Hudson's letter to her was satisfactory. She will be pleased to receive the Ave Maria, to indicate the choice of subject if Hudson wishes to have another manuscript from her. "The Battle of Connemare" may be called a children's book, but it was written for mature readers; she wished to illustrate the contrast between the Catholic priest and the selfish Protestant person. She describes the novel. The 50 pounds she indicated as the price was based on an agreement made with Hudson's predecessor who, through Mother Magdelene Taylor, S.M.C., authorized her to name her own terms. The good English magazines pay one quinoa a page, and a page holds about half the amount an Ave Maria page holds. She was content to make sacrifice, however, in order to be able to write for a Catholic audience on Catholic subjects. It is painful for a Catholic to be tongue-tied, but this is their fate in England, where the Catholic reading public is too small for authors who have made a name and want to sell their books. Hudson is kind enough to ask for a list of her books, but she supposes they are not suitable for a religious library, with the exception of her "Salon in the Last Days of the Empire", which has a Catholic viewpoint. Her Daughter of St. Dominick has done a great deal of good, and deeply affected the Holy Father when it was read to him. Her latest work, on the life, times, and writings of Frederic Ozanam was a laborious but delightful undertaking; Hudson may find it interesting. She thinks a check is the most convenient and direct way of sending her the payment for the "Battle". :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.