Dorsey was delighted with Hudson's notice of "Crasset". "Palms" will be the death of her, for on opening a copy of the new edition, which Frank Murphy sent out she found the dedication omitted. Dorsey agrees with the person Hudson mentioned that there are but six real writers in this country. There is not a lady writer in America, who can compare with the best women writers in England. As for male writers, many are called, but few are chosen. As for Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne, she detests both, but is devoted to Oliver W. Holmes, who is the only man of letters that has wit. She has noticed this trait in Charles Warren Stoddard's articles. Mrs. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, while visiting Dorsey inquired if she had read Dahlgren's books. It was embarrassing since Dorsey had but glanced at a few of the woman's stories. Dahlgren has been attentive to Dorsey and her daughter, Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey, who has attended her elegant entertainments. Dahlgren is a devout woman, yet worldly and full of Frenchiness. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.