Ryder answers Hudson's recent letter just after returning from two trips, one to New York, the other to Providence, both of which have weakened his already poor health. He does not expect improvement in his health until warm weather arrives. Ryder did not write the notices of McCarthy and Rossetti that appeared in the Boston Star. He asks Hudson to say nothing about his book, even though it has been accepted and will appear in October. It will be entitled "Phases" and will contain only a small fraction of Ryder's verses. It cost Ryder little effort to go to Warren's and get the photo of Henry W. Longfellow . He asks Hudson to excuse him from sending his own photo at the present time. Ryder has been unable to make remittance to Joseph A. Lyons, but plans to shortly. He asks Hudson to watch for Father Adrian Rouquette 's notice in the New Orleans Catholique and send Ryder a translation. Ryder returns the note on "Hawker" which has been embodied in his article; the item was also contributed to "Notes and Queries" of the Boston Transcript during the dispute about Hawker . He asks Hudson to send a copy of the Scholastic that contains his poem "Even So". Ryder's wife has been in Boston since December 9th but he spends most of his time with his mother in Dorchester. Sometimes Mrs. Ryder comes out to the home with his daughter, who is a most amicable child, but his wife tries Ryder sorely. His article "Religion and Avarice" rests half done. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 7pp. 4to.