Dorsey reports her mother Anna Hanson Dorsey too ill to complete the work she is writing for Hudson. Mrs. Dorsey is discouraged by Hudson's comments on her story and she feels "Palms" is her death song. If Joseph A. Lyons will publish it with risk of loss, Dorsey would like it copyrighted in her name. Dorsey says she should never have sent her discouraging letter before discussing terms with James Ticknor and his partner Mr. Godfrey for publishing her mother's works. The first edition should be 1500, with copyright profits going to Mrs. Dorsey and Hudson. John Boyle O'Reilly visited Ticknor and urged him to bring out the edition. Miss Hamlin of the Boston Herald could not believe all Dorsey told her about Ticknor. Dorsey does not blame Noonan Company because they are a young firm, but Donahue Company had a sharp lesson about undertaking a new work. Hamlin states the Catholic publishers in New York and Boston do not know the A. B. C's of advertising. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 10pp. 12mo.