Scope and Contents He thanks Hudson for the kind remembrance received yesterday. Frank Cavanagh of '80 came up yesterday to recuperate for a month. Mamma has some lady friends visiting and he is busy entertaining. He would like to come to commencement but fears it is impossible. Hudson should take a vacation and come up to see them, and let Father Thomas E. Walsh, C.S.C. take over the editorial quill for a time. He trusts Hudson will drop him a line and sometime remember him at the "Memento." :: X-2-h...

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Will Hudson commend to the Prayers of his readers the Father A M. Baret of Grafton, Massachusetts who died May 16. He encloses the obituary, which Hudson may wish to use. He was an intimate friend and any eulogium Hudson passes on him will be considered a great personal favor. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2 pp. 16mo.

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He regrets that he cannot attend the commencement exercises of the University because of his poor circumstances. He speaks of the health of his father and its effect on his mother. He asks for a place in Hudson's mementoes on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Perhaps next year he can go to the commencement. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4 pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The Egans are not to die out, and the event is expected in August. Madam is nervous and he can't leave. He showed Hudson's note to the Chief James A. McMaster and he seemed greatly pleased. He knows when Hudson comes again the Chief will feel that "entente cordiale" which ought to exists. Does Hudson remember what he told him at Father O'Hare's? He has had no reason to change his faith since then. He saw Mr. Patrick V. Hickey the other day. He and Mr. MacCarthy and the boy Jim run the...

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Will Hudson see that the inclosed letter reaches Father General Edward Sorin, C.S.C. ? He may be absent; if he is, Hudson should keep it until he can give it to him. She presented Father Julian Benoit's kind letter of introduction to Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan . She was courteously received and permission given to her to come again. She hopes to be able to gain his kindly feeling in time. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1 p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She is in receipt of Hudson's favor and also letters from Father General Edward Sorin, C.S.C. and Brother Stanislaus C.S.C., along with a copy of her book. Bro. Stanislaus has done the best that he could to repair the damage caused by his predecessor, but the volume is a sad wreck. Father General thinks this edition can be used for premiums and as she did not want the community to suffer the loss of $450, she told him to exhaust the first edition as premiums and to correct all errors in...

Scope and Contents She acknowledges Hudson's letter and the draft for $60; and hopes it gave rise to no unpleasantness. It is well that the religious state has its crosses. The greatest fault of the religious is that they become environed by a world of their own and are apt to forget the laws which govern the world. She was pleased at what he said of Nellie. She asks his prayers for the success of Nellie's undertaking. Her two daughters, Clare and Angie, are slowly improving. She did not see the notice in...

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If Hudson thinks the poem she sent would wound anyone or make mischief, he should suppress it. :: X-2-h A. Postcard S.

Scope and Contents Reading the notice of "Ethan Allen's Daughter" in the Ave Maria reminded her of a story told her some years ago by Mrs. William T., Ellen Ewing Sherman, who heard it from someone who knew the facts. The story concerns the reason why Ethan Allen's daughter entered the convent. She tells the story in detail as it was told to her. It might be well for Hudson to get the exact account and publish it for the honor of St. Joseph. She is now building St. Joseph's Chapel and has met with...

Scope and Contents He thanks Hudson for sending weekly the two copies of the Ave Maria. Yesterday he received the issue of June 18 and thought his letter of May 30th might be therein. Archdeacon B Cavanagh is anxious to see Knock "taken up" by the Ave. He is pleased to have Hudson address someone to the work of a Knock libretto. Has Hudson seen Sister M. F. Clare's Cusack brochure on Knock? It has been translated into French by a member of the "Univers" staff. He will try to send Hudson both a French and...

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She thanks Hudson for the Ave Marias. She has given some to appreciative religious persons in the state. Enclosed are some lines which Hudson may publish at his convenience. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2 pp. 32mo.

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She is too ill to travel, but by next week she hopes to go to Canada before returning to St. Mary's in the autumn. The death of her mother has brought her great sorrow. Hudson's letters to her should be sent to B.J. Semmes in Memphis. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Canedo thanks Hudson for his kindness. She received the money on Monday. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Hudson would oblige by drawing attention of Ave Maria readers to the enclosed circular and earn the gratitude of Religious devoted to their rule, the strick observance of which has been introduced into the Southern division of the Irish Capuchin Province. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey is pleased that Hudson liked her story "Warp and Woof". She has received complimentary letters on this story, however she was criticized for not describing the wedding but since marriage is a sacrament, Dorsey felt it should not be made a spectacle like an execution. Angie Dorsey 's appointment is only temporary. Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey house will be finished September 1st. Should Mrs. MadeleineV. Dahlgren carry out her plan it would be the means of securing Dorsey's home,...

Scope and Contents Last night James McMaster came in with last week's "Columbian" which contained a letter written by Eliot Ryder . McMaster interpreted Ryder's views as representing the opinion of Notre Dame, which Egan attempted to disprove. Ryder's remark that "Preludes" did not sell angered McMaster and Egan is uncertain if he convinced him that the University is not responsible for Ryder's opinion. Hudson is asked to tell Father William Corby, C.S.C., that if "Preludes" was a loss, Egan will buy back...

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Tobin submits an article for the Ave Maria. She has written for the Cleveland Catholic Universe under the initials of M. A. T. Remuneration for her articles is expected. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Edes sends the Franciscan faculties with this letter, together with Father Curci's translation of the latest Encyclical. She sends an historical article on the Chains of St. Peter. The attempt on President James A. Garfield 's life was terrible, America seems as bad as Europe. A pilgrimage of some 1400 Slavs to Rome is over. The usual situation resulting from the Roman idea that strangers are here to be preyed upon was avoided. Emily Harper is in Rome writing a new book. :: X-2-h A.L.S....

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Bell submits an allegory he wrote in honor of Christ's Ascension. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Lambing is engaged in composing his lecture and will submit his manuscript by the end of the week. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Meany thanks Hudson for his letter and copies of the Ave Maria. She has visited all the large establishments but has been unable to get a position. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Money for a subscription to the Ave Maria is enclosed. Grant requests a mass be said for relatives and she thanks Hudson for sending his lecture. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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King has been unable to send Hudson a copy of the Angelus each month in return for the Ave Maria. She sends a copy of the Angelus Mid-Summer Annual. At present, she cannot afford to become a subscriber to the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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De Lande submits an article for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Ryder has taken seventy orders for the Parnassus. He passed Friday with Monsignor Robert Seton, saw Maurice Francis Egan and plans to visit John Boyle O'Reilly today. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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The group that Lambing was going to deliver his lectures before has postponed its meeting and Lambing must delay sending the manuscript to Hudson. Lambing hopes Hudson's health has improved. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Matassi has been appointed rector of the Passionist House at Dunkirk, New York thus he will not be giving retreats. Father Charles Lang will give the retreat to the Sisters at St. Mary's. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Toner thanks Hudson for the money for the Casamicola disaster. He has been obliged to return to Dax on the advice of his physcian to continue the baths for his rheumatism. Missionary work in Pennsylvania broke his health. It is unfortunate that so great a number of Catholics have lost their faith since Bishop John Neumann died. Both Neumann and Archbishop Francis P. Kenrick had placed Catholicism in Pennsylvania in a good state and seemed on the way to victory but the public school has...

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Norfleet was for a short time a student at Notre Dame. While there he heard Hudson deliver a sermon which Norfleet admired. He requests Hudson send him his picture. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Canedo's delay in writing to thank Hudson for the book he sent her was due to illness. She has had to lay aside the task of writing on the North-western missions before finishing it and take up translating the memoir of Father J. de Brebeuf, a martyr. Canedo requests Hudson advance her money on work she is now doing. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.