She has sent the manuscript of "Ash Wednesday" to John Boyle O'Reilly. She had been sending her children to a school taught by a Catholic lady but she has discontinued her school and Mannix must teach them herself. She will perhaps be obliged to send her boy who is 8 to St. Xavier's but she intends to teach the girls herself. She is waiting for Joseph A. Lyon 's letter. Hudson can have no idea of the misery caused by the flood. She is glad he is interested in the "Fireside." She will do her best with a notice of his book. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.