He has sent three copies of his, as editor, "Old Irish Litany" and if Hudson likes it he may publish it in the Ave Maria. The cost may be put in Hudson's account with Mr. Walsh. The "Litany" seems to do a great deal of good in Europe but he does not think it could make a greater noise anywhere than it will in New York under F. Whyte. There is considerable commotion in western Ireland about the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist, which occurred on August 22 at Knock, Co. Mayo. A commission of three priests have been examining it under order of the Archbishop. He hopes when a report comes out it will make its way to America. Dr. Ricards, Bishop of the Cape of Good Hope, is raising the wind in France, Belgium, and Germany as he wants to plant a Trappist monastic community in South Africa to cultivate the land and the natives too. Dr. Ricards likes the Irish Litany and he gave a copy of it to the Bishop of Augsburg. On November 25 they had a diocesan Synod which was attended by over 400 Dublin priests who were all charmed with the new Archbishop. He is going to the Post Office to see if Hudson's affair is settled. He awaits a written announcement to be sure. As he has just come upon an important speech by Gladstone, he sends it to Hudson. On November 28 Grene writes that he has received a document from the Post Office saying the money has been paid. He encloses the first form under which he got the Litany printed. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.