Ryder thanks Hudson for the kind notice in the Ave Maria and for sending the recent issues to him. Ryder's sonnet "The Penitent at Prayer" appeared two years ago in the "New York Sun" while Ryder was a member of that staff. Ryder will not be able to establish himself in business for sometimes and would like to secure a position with a Catholic Journal. His ideas of how a Catholic journal should be conducted differ from those of any other Catholic editor he has ever met. The only use to which he can put himself is by contributions to papers that care to receive them. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo