Ryder is very ill and has been unable to work regularly. Concerning Father Thomas Scully, Ryder wishes he could have said more but he did what he could. He wrote to Father Matthew Russell, S.J., for copies of I. M. As for the Catholic World, Ryder is not suprised, as Maurice Francis Egan says, "T. F. Galwey doesn't like poetry anyhow", so what could one expect. Ryder's six months on the Boston Evening Star has improved it. As for Samuel H. Derby, Ryder is afraid the man is beyond recovery. Ryder thinks he must do Father John B. Tabb justice, although Ryder thinks him fussy. The number of the Ave Maria with Father Adrian Rouquette has been received and delivered to Charles E. Hurd, literary editor of the Boston Transcript. Professor Joseph Lyons will hear from Ryder. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.