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Howe submits a sketch on Pere Marquette. She thanks the Fathers for coming to the jubilee. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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The proof is returned and Howe requests two extra copies when the article comes out. Howe inquires if "one friend" gave up his parish in South Chicago and left the diocese. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Father J.M. Kiely has offered Jarlath a home with him in Brooklyn, while he is in the Eastern district. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Jarlath thinks the last volume of the Ave Maria was the most instructive of all. Everyone Jarlath met in Brooklyn and in New York, was displeased with new story "Father Tom". All look for the writings of Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The contents of Hudson's letter surprised Kelly. When Kelly spoke to Bishop Casper Henry Borgess he said that it would be inprudent for him to write to Father General asking for a dispensation for Kelly. Kelly desired him then to say nothing of the affair. Why he should write about the matter Kelly cannot understand. Kelly would like to know the light in which he put things and Father General's answer. Father Ernest Van Dyke is about the same. They would all be glad to have Hudson for...

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Ryder sends Hudson the index to the Ave Maria for 1881, from January to November inclusive. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Seymour returns to New York after an absence of twenty-five years. She is now alone, but has her faith. Yesterday afternoon Seymour spent with Maurice Francis Egan and his wife. Today the Ave Marias came with Seymour's Vienna Memories. She has another sketch on the death of the Archduke Francis Carl. In society there Seymour will be addressed as Lady Alice, but for general newspaper work the title had best be dropped. It was strange that a foreign monarch found her worthy to be raised...

Scope and Contents Shea thanks Hudson for the proof and the reminder about Father Aveneau . The death of Father Claude Allouez, S.J., Shea gives from a document published by Margry. The claims that Allouez located his grant in Indiana made Shea place his mission there but as these villages shifted easily and often it will be impossible to locate the successive spots. Francis Xavier Charlevoix, who visited the fort for several weeks, located it 20-25 leagues up the river. On leaving it he went five or six...

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A notice about Bishop Thomas Patrick Foley 's bust executed by Starr's nephew, William W. Starr, appeared in yesterday's Tribune and in the Times of July 5th. She trusts that Hudson will publish a notice of the event in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Hudson's answer will be forwarded to Miss Tincher :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Starr has said her last word for the ladies of Bayview although they declined to take a copy of her "Patron Saints" and have paid Starr's books many compliments. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Starr is still laboring under the effects of the worst case of influenza she has had in twenty years. She is sorry about Tincher 's story for she did not think Hudson would be afraid because of some one's remarks. Starr has heard much about the affair and has more confidence in her than in what people say. The Roman ladies are down on her, but if she was crazy, she is to be pitied not blamed. They have no business shutting her up in an insane asylum. There is no use contradicting them,...

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Starr sends Hudson a notice which she hopes will be acceptable to Mrs. Howe and Miss Frances Howe . Hudson may be astonished to know that Starr never received a copy of the Memorial to Rose Howe . Several of Howe's friends have it, but Starr was not among them. Starr was ignorant of the book's character until it was lent to her. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The notice is sent. Starr sent word to Osgood Company to forward Hudson a copy of South Sea Sketches. When it arrives she will send the notice, then Hudson should send the book to St. Mary's library. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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The sonnet should be right now. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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The writer has published stories in the Catholic Children's Magazine, published by Duffy and Sons in Dublin. He would like to contribute a serial story to the Ave Maria. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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A poem entitled Ave Maria is submitted to Hudson. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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They wish Hudson a Happy New Year on behalf of the sisters and thank him for the many favors he has done for them. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The fair was a success and they realized $150, but Hudson should not laugh at this small sum, since the weather and bad roads worked against them. Vagnier sends his regards to Father Thomas Walsh, C.S.C. Enclosed is an article for the Scholastic. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill discusses a series of sonnets he has been writing. He encloses a leaflet which contains similar thoughts to those expressed in the two sonnets which appeared in Communion Per Mariam. Hill was asked to write out a form of the devotion which he had recommended in a sermon and a lady in New York, a convert of Hill's, had it published. He spent two weeks in Syracuse giving a retreat at St. John the Baptist Church where Father William J. Bourke is pastor. Father Guido, his rector, sends...

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Taggart encloses a short poem for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Father Edward Murphy, S.J., visited Sister Francis Clare. Archdeacon B. Cavanagh told her that Murphy has written to Hudson an account of Knock. Since Hudson may be prejudiced against her, because he is under the impression that the Westely Register Tablet represents English Catholic opinion, she sends the enclosed. She has had letters from Henry Cardinal Manning, his auxiliary, Bishop James Laird Patterson and six English bishops denouncing her attackers. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Has Hudson received two more "X's" or two more intents. Keep these sums until enough are accumulated to pay Sister Mary Ascension for the vestments. Vagnier encloses a notice. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Murphy hopes Hudson arrived safely and in good health. Father Ernest Van Dyke is about the same, but Father Kelly appears well this morning. The catalogue of Notre Dame arrived this morning. The examination takes place January 20, after which he expects to graduate. Murphy will be ready to start for Notre Dame at Hudson's call. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Maes was sorry to have missed Hudson when he visited Detroit. He wanted to ask how it came to pass that the Ave Maria has been sent to Maes the past few weeks. Maes wishes work were of a different nature, for it makes him almost unfit for literary work. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She thanks Hudson for the gratifying notice of "South Sea Sketches" and wishes him a happy New Year. She is rapidly convalescing due to the many mementoes made for her. During her confinement she has partly written a book on the "Superstitions of South Mountain," but if her health improves she cannot finish it for the publishers in the spring. She wishes two copies of Eliot Ryder's "Catholic Poets" to be sent to her together with the bill. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3 pp. 12mo.

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Conway thanks Hudson for the kind favor which supplied one of his great needs. He had in mind to index the Catholic World, but time does not permit the study necessary by nature of the article's heading. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Sister wishes Hudson a Happy New Year and is glad to see the Ave Maria come out regularly. She sends regards to Brother Stanislaus . She requests Hudson to ask Professor James F. Edwards for the play "Robert Emmit" and the farce that usually goes with it. She sends her regards to Sisters Innocenza, Susanna and Ludovica as well as to Father John O'Connell. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Benziger Brothers sends "An Instruction on Mixed Marriages", by Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne of Birmingham, England, with notes by a professor of theology. They have been assured that it is a learned and practical treatise and they would appreciate a notice in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Enclosed are two chapters of "Ada's Trust". Two more chapters will arrive by Monday, so Hudson should have enough copy ahead. Dorsey thanks Hudson for the $14, which was a surprise since she expected "Butterworks" to go toward repaying the $30 advanced sometime ago. Dorsey asks Hudson to advance her an additional $150 on her new story, which will not exceed four months in length. At the present, Dorsey is in a difficult financial situation and needs the money. Dorsey has been reading a...