According to Fullerton one of the consolations of being a novelist is the unknown friendships she develops merely through the medium of her books. Believing herself to have quite a few friends in America as a result of her writings she intends to capitalize on this popularity by soliciting these unknown acquaintances to buy lottery tickets for a book of autographs which she is preparing to raffle. The funds thus raised will be used to help build a noviciate near London for a poor and deserving religious order. By tracing the early development of the order and by correlating these early ventures with present conditions she clearly shows the necessity for the new building. Only with Hudson's intercession can this campaign succeed so as a first step in the program she begs him to publish this letter in the Ave Maria, thereby acquainting her readers with the nature of her need. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 7pp. 32mo.