Dorsey and her family have been very ill. The warm sultry weather has produced a dread of the mysterious epidemic of grippe that prevails in a large part of the world, which is proving fatal in hundreds of cases. Louis Mohun's operation was a success. Charles Warren Stoddard was invited to their home but he has not come yet. Regarding the question asked about a writer named Janvier in the Ave Maria, Dorsey had a friendly acquaintance with some of the family, one especially, Francis De Haes Janvier, who lived in Washington. He had gone out as Commodore's secretary in an American ship of war. He described the liquifaction of the blood of St. Januarius as he witnessed it. Mohun is still attached to the United States Geological Survey, but is waiting for Mr. Menocul's return to get a promotion to the Nicaraguan Canal. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.