Scope and Contents Clara Dorsey is slowly recovering from her illness, while Angie is still gravely ill. Dorsey requests Maurice Francis Egan 's address, for she hopes he can dispose of the copyright of "The Legend of St. Dennis". The poem, entitled "Annunciation" she can furnished revised but she can't give it away. Hudson should know how scurvily she was treated by people at Notre Dame about her poem which was awarded the first prize of $300. Yet, the next Ave Maria announced that this sum which had...

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Meany is glad Hudson received her story in time. She plans to submit a story next week. Meany thanks Hudson for the ten dollar money order. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Canedo received the $5 sent by Hudson. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Lambing submits the promised article. He has been urged to follow up his pamphlet on the Mass with one on the Nuptial Mass. Lambing thinks he will write an article on Matrimony for the Ave Maria. He requests that Hudson send him the Ave Maria. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Wood after a search found a Dublin Review which he sends Hudson. He suggests that Hudson write the Harvard College librarian Mr. Justin Winsor and make an exchange for their duplicate copies. The spirit of the Cure d' Ars is perfect with the wisdom of simplicity. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Egan has read Hudson's lecture on Henry Longfellow and thinks it the best critique he has seen on the man. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mann has sent some books for Hudson. She would like Hudson to read "Brave Woman" to see a Protestant clergyman drawn by a Protestant. Does Hudson know that his friend Father Maria-Theodore Schiffmacher and Mann have become great friends. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Tracy offers to translate from the French for Hudson. In the review number of July 3, 1880, Hudson notices a Thesaurus Biblicus about to be published but fails to give the name of the publisher. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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If Hudson has not already sent him the copy of "Catholic Belief", he is asked to do so after he has marked those parts which need condensation. Father Faa di Bruno is still at his seminary in Masio, Piedmont. His community, the Society of Missions, has established a mission at Hastings. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Marty thanks Hudson for sending him the Ave Maria. He hopes to get new subscribers for it. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Is Hudson's answer about the Jubilee which appeared in the May 14, 1881 issue of the Ave Maria correct? :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Adam submits an article on "Our Lady of Le Antigua". The bishop of Barcelona is going to Rome in late May and bringing with him a crown of gold and jewels to be presented for the statue of "Our Lady of Monserrat". :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Ffrench has been given a job at St. Viateur's College at a nominal salary. There is no prospect for a person here. Hudson has already seen Ffrench's letter from Brother Alexander then Vice President of Sacramento Institute and now head of Sacred Heart College at San Francisco and he has procured for Hudson a letter from the president of St. Viateur's. Could Hudson get Ffrench a position at Notre Dame, which paid a moderate salary. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Burke asks Hudson to make an appeal for funds to build a new church at Ennis. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Egan has an indistinct remembrance of the name, but can not recall Coventry Patmore' s connection with it. He cannot remember "The Unknown Eros". :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Hutchison with Father Faa de Bruno thanks Hudson for his efforts to improve the book entitled "Catholic Belief", a copy of which has been received together with the stamps for John Mary Pius Hutchison . :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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McIntyre sends twenty five dollars for Masses in behalf of her deceased son. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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If Hudson thinks it necessary, Thorpe will go to Notre Dame, but he is willing to leave the matter in Hudson's and Father-General Edward Sorin's hands. Their schools are the first in the diocese and they desire to maintain their excellence. If the Brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross cannot supply a teacher, Thorpe will be forced to hire a layman. One thing is certain, Catholic schools must keep abreast of the state schools. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Lambing plans to visit Hudson this summer. The heavy pressure of work has taken the charm out of life for Lambing. He fears he is one of those clergymen who trust more to the material than the spiritual for aid. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Smith submits a poem for the Ave Maria. She thanks Hudson for the copies containing "Aspiration". :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The students of St. Mary's Academy thank Hudson for offering fifteen Masses for the repose of Father Lilly' s soul. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Today is Egan's birthday. Egan has just finished an article on Calderon for "The Catholic World." Shall Egan alter the critique? Suppose Hudson cuts out that little bit at Jesuit architecture and says something else instead. Egan is delighted with Hudson's "Longfellow." He will do his best to get to Notre Dame. The family expects and event about the Feast of the Assumption. "The Freeman's Journal" is going well. Johnson sends his regards. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Since his suggestion to Brother about the sketch of the life of Colonel Garesche, Dallas has been to Fort Clark where he met Father F. P. Garesche, S. J., who was gathering material for a biography. Dallas's daughters Marie and Elsie are going to spend the summer with him in Texas. He is considering sending them to St. Mary's to finish their education. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Enclosed is a bill for the advertising of "Preludes" a book by Anna Hanson Dorsey . :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Gordon asks if Hudson will say a Mass for the repose of the soul of Father Barotti :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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O'Connell has corrected the mistake of drawing the Post Office order on Notre Dame. The Ave Maria is most creditable to Hudson. Where does Eleanor C. Donnely live? :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

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Higgins submits an article on Knock, together with a letter by Archdeacon B. Cavanagh . Cavanagh is pleased that the editor of the Ave Maria is interested in the Irish Shrine to the Blessed Mother at Knock. Bishop John Sweeney of St. John, New Brunswick, visited Tuam and said Mass there May 18th. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Jamison would like to advertise in the Ave Maria for a teaching position in English, French and music. Father F. Marrow, the pastor at Knoxville will give Jamison a letter of recommendation. She has translated articles from "Annales du culte de St. Joseph" and inquires if Hudson will take them. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Father Guido Matassi C.P., has not returned from New Orleans. The Provincial has accepted the retreat but has not yet decided who to send to Notre Dame. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Archbishop John Baptist Lamy has called Truchard's attention to an article by Eliot Ryder entitled "The Cathedral of San Francisco in Santa Fe, New Mexico." There are a number of false statements in it. It is a case of a person, who on his second day in a strange country knowing all the customs. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.