She did not receive the money for her Christmas story. She would like to have Father Hudson's advice on selecting her poems and poets for a book. She has reference to such men as Father Abram Ryan, J. Boyle O'Reilly, T. Redmond, William Dr. Blake Morie and others. Recently there has appeared brief sketches of the Catholic writers in the Ave Maria. She knows Eliza Allen Starr and would like to know how well her writings have been received before she puts her in her collection of writers. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.