She is very gratified at the notice in the Ave Maria of her "Greetings to the Christ Child" as she took great pains compiling it. Among the three poems in it which Hudson preferred two were hers, "Christmas offering of the Children" and "The Child Jesus Teaching in the Temple." She did the work at Mr. Benziger's request last summer, giving the authors' names when known. Nineteen she wrote herself, four translated from the German book "Von Kriestkinde" which was sent to her by Menziger for this purpose. The introduction that Hudson quotes is one of these translations. She knows nothing of the German language but her daughter, a Religious of the Sacred Heart, wrote out the literal translation for her and she put that into English verse. The words "Compiled by Sister Aloysia" were omitted from the title page but they will appear in a second edition. She wishes her contributions to appear anonymously. If her serial story "Maplewood" is published in the Ave Maria, and it is abridged, she wants the parts kept that are not used as she will need them when the story is printed in book form. She asks what has become of The Illustrated Catholic American to which she subscribed. She sends Hudson holiday wishes. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 3 pp. 8 vo.