He is the one whose writings Hudson has been reading. He has written for the San Francisco Chronicle for six years, and traveled to Europe, Egypt, up the Nile, to the Holy Land, to Constantinople, and spent two years in Italy. While in Rome he met Daniel Paul. Stoddard has written for the Atlantic Monthly, Scribners, Lippincotts, the Galaxy. In '67 he published a volume of poems and in '73 a volume of sketches called "South Sea Idyls" were published. He is making a meager living writing and supposes that Hudson has discovered that he cannot spell. He thanks Hudson for his photograph and wonders if he is truly happy. He is not happy and cannot remember when he was happy for any length of time. He asks Hudson to send him some numbers of the Ave Maria so he can fill his files, if possible. He will send a photo of himself as soon as he has one available. The two poems sent from Englewood were no loss and he will offer more sketches soon. He thanks Hudson for his kindness. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.