Richards is such an indifferent writer that he distrusts his ability to give Hudson anything worthy of the Ave Maria. When he saw the scandalous quotation from the Church Times alluded to in the clipping he sends, no enclosure he could not resist the impulse to make it the text of a few remarks. Twice Richards wanted to write to Hudson to express his indignation at Father J. Talbot Smith's remarks about the Ave Maria. Smith is an able writer, but lacks a level head. Doesn't it seem he is attempting to bulldoze public opinion into noticing and quoting the Catholic Review. Poor Littledale, he knows now whether he was fighting on the Lord's side or not. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.