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They have Hudson's favor of Feb. 9th. They are sending him a copy of their new descriptive catalogue. The new Cambridge Edition of Longfellow is described. Anything likely to meet the approval of the editors of the Ave Maria will be forwarded for review. :: X-2-g T.L.S. 1p. 12

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She is sending $5.00 for the poor Church at the South. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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He thanks Father for sending two Indices for Brownson's Review. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She thanks Father for his note and gratefully accepts corrections he has made on her verses. She suffers from malaria and finds it hard to write satisfactory verses. The Rosary story is ready and she will change it in any way to suit Hudson's wishes. She praises the Ave Maria and the high quality of the stories which appear in it. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He sends thanks for the Index of Brownson. Its scientific preparation and artistic execution are worthy of this great Review. :: X-2-g A.Postcard S.

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He thanks Father for the Index. He outlines the plan he has adopted for the Masses, an essay he is writing, and also enumerates the nine motives why Masses should be offered for the dead, which will constitute the main body of the essay. His main sources are also listed and he asks for Father Hudson's criticism of the plan. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo

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He thanks Father for sending two copies of the General Index to Brownson's Review. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The business manager has informed him that an advertisement will cost Hudson $10.00 for two months, and he asks that it be sent directly to Mr. McMaster. He praises Father's criticism of Emerson and discusses Emerson and Ingersoll briefly. He assures Father that he can always count on him as a friend of Notre Dame and thanks him for writing to Johnson. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She would like to know if Father would be interested in some short extracts such as she has done for Mrs. Hecker. If it is not too unreasonable, she would ask a dollar for them. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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She is sending a couple of extracts from an unpublished series of "Golden Sands" which might be suitable for the Ave Maria. She will be glad to send other extracts from different sources if desired. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

Scope and Contents She thanks Father for his kind and comforting letter to her. She refers to John Boyle O'Reilly and her poem, "Beth's Promise." She does not believe that Mr. O'Reilly, being an Irishman, will keep his promises. She thinks her poem is fine but that it is too intensely Catholic to be accepted by a Protestant publisher. Does Father Hudson know any English Publishers or correspondents through whom she could have it published in London or Edinburgh? She received a check for $73, some postage...

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She thanks Hudson for his very kind letter. Her husband could not be in a better place. He speaks of Father Hudson as "one whose presence is a perpetual benediction." :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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He has 298 copies of "Preludes" on hand. :: X-2-g A. Postcard S.

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She received the pretty poem Father sent and will write a note of appreciation of it to Miss D. One of the Sisters has suggested marked corrections of the synopsis she sent to the South Bend Tribune. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She returns a check which is improperly signed and asks that it be corrected as soon as possible as she needs it very much. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He sends thanks for the General Index of Brownson's Review, and is glad to hear that Brownson's work will again be republished. During lent he is giving a course of lectures and would like to use Card. Newman's work on the Holy Eucharist as a reference. If the library has a copy and will let him use it, he will call for it personally at Notre Dame. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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She is surprised after reading an article on indulgences for those who wear the cord of St. Francis, to find they are different from those stated in the Ave Maria previously. If the previous article is incorrect then the indulgences are not as great as she thought. She is especially anxious to know the indulgences attached to the six Pater's, and asks that the difference be explained. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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She is anxious to obtain a copy of Fr. Fidelis' sermon, "From Darkness to Light." Hudson might also give her information on "The Little Book of the Most Holy Child Jesus." Would the latter be appropriate for First Communicants? She asks for the price. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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The only really Catholic poems he has published are three or four odes in the "Unknown Eros." Ryder is at liberty to use these. He may find a biographical sketch of Patmore in "Men of the Time." Ryder may use two or three hundred lines of his secular poems if he wishes. Envelope attached. Among the papers of Father Daniel E. Hudson, C.S.C. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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He encloses $20.00 as a donation from various members of the Davlin family. This is to be divided between Ireland and Notre Dame as noted by each donor. P.S. Mrs. Norah McCarthy, Corinth, Mich., encloses $2.00 also. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She sends another installment and asks if Hudson would like some for children taken from "An Old World Seen by Young Eyes." Note at bottom of letter asks for an example of what someone else is going to do. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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He feels that he is innocent in the matter of printing a book which was already copyrighted. Hudson is more to blame than he because the book was advertised in various Catholic publications which Hudson receives and he should have notified him that it was copyrighted. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Vannah proposes to translate "Les Petites Lectures" into English. She asks what remuneration she may expect for this work. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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His little boy Freddie Miller has the "fever" with the very worst symptoms. He asks Hudson to save some of the foreign cancelled stamps from his correspondence for the boy. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Prestat sends the first chapter of a translation of "Petites Lectures". The young man who translated it will continue if it is good enough. It is the work of a young graduate of Fordham and St. Jean, her nephew. :: X-2-g A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

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The Ave Maria has been suggested as a possible market for her stories. She has written juvenile stories for different Catholic periodicals, especially the "Young Crusader", and would like to write an occasional article for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mrs. Dean has begged her to make inquiries about Mrs. Dean's story for children, which she is anxious should appear. Also Sr. Magdalene is anxious about two MS. of her own which she sent to Hudson two years ago. She asks that they be returned to her and the cost deducted from her account. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

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She thanks Hudson for check and money order. However, she returns the check because the bank refused it on account of the way it is drawn, and asks that it be exchanged for a P. O. money order for $50.00. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He sends a copy of the Thesaurus Biblicus, a description of which is printed on the other side of the letter. P.S. He asks for a copy of the Ave Maria in which notice of the book is given. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She asks Father Hudson to send the bill for the books he gave her. Note added by B F that bill and Ave Marias have been sent to Sr. Agnes. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.