Miss Howe heard Miss Starr's collection was out of print. Hudson may verify this by writing to Philadelphia. Miss Howe is pleased to know her letter secured Miss Starr a deserved mention. The Sisters of Providence use her poems as a text for the rhetoric class. Hudson should try to induce Miss Starr to give a small edition to the Irish relief fund. It would not be an injustice for her to give an edition even though she is in need of money. The reason her book failed is because she came too soon before the Catholic public as a poet. There was no Catholic literature, and not much of a Catholic public at present. Father Zahm made the wreath for Miss Starr but it was a present from Sister Praxedes. She describes the wreath. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo