A copy of his first book "Emmanuel: A Book of Eucharistic Verses" has been mailed to Hudson for notice in the Ave Maria. The publishers inform Russell that it is hard to get books safely into the United States. He is grateful to Hudson for sending the numbers in which his pieces have appeared. Soon he hopes to publish a volume called "Our Lady and the Saints". A June number has been mailed to Hudson and he will mail No. 5 as soon as possible. Serveral subscribers have been lost through a certain agent in Cincinnati. He suggests Hudson ask for No. 5 of the Irish Monthly in the Ave Maria if he thinks it worth while. He cannot accept an exchange with Hudson as the Ave Maria is superior to the Irish Monthly. He would like to have some notice in the Ave Maria about the Irish Monthly. P.S. Could Hudson find a printed copy of "St. Patrick"? With this letter is this postscript In the June Irish Monthly is an article that may be suitable for the Children's Department of the Ave Maria which could be altered some. It is called "A Child's Temptation". In "A Yark and Lancaster Rose," which is told in a good spirit, the least agreeable to young people is Florence Ingram. "Willie's Revenge" by Katherine Roche would be a very useful story for the children. Last Postscript. Hudson will be listed as a subscriber. The numbers from January will be ordered for Hudson tomorrow. The subscription price is 7 shillings a year plus 1 for postage which makes the American subscription 8 shillings. He does not know what this is in American money, but would like to know. A note which has come with this letter The story of Mater Admirabilis would serve for other months besides May. Space could be saved by not dividing it into stanzas, of which it does not consist. On the back of the a notice of Russell's book, "Emmanuel," is a note that has come with this letter Russell has had generous praise from Father John Henry Newman on this book. Others who have given praise to Russell for his book are: Aubrey de Vere, Doris Florence MacCarthy, Lady Georgiana Fullerton, Miss Kathleen O'Meara, Grace Ramsay, Professor Edward Cowden, of Trinity College, Dublin. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 8pp 16 mo 4pp 32 mo