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Dwenger asks for one hundred copies of an enclosed circular to be printed as soon as possible. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Rosa Ferrucci is interesting reading in the Ave Maria. Hudson should do something about his proof reader. Vagnier would not inflict a gunshot would on him but a sharp stick would wake him up. Did Hudson send the address to Miss Irene Jameson :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Meany is soliciting funds not that she has Archbishop James Frederick Wood 's permission to start Saint Patrick's Institute for Ladies. She hopes Hudson will pardon her long silence but she wanted to be sure of Wood's approval before appealing to Hudson's generosity. Meany received the October issue of the Ave Maria which contains her two stories "The Children's Rosary Sunday" and "Trials of a Young Artist"; three other stories of hers were printed by the Catholic Standard during the...

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O'Brien thanks Hudson for the copy of the General Index to Brownson's Review. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Tello thanks Hudson for his kindness and wishes him a Happy New Year. He will be happy to comply with Hudson's request. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Toner thanks Hudson for the money sent for those suffering from the earthquake. He gave it to Monsignor Miloni, Canon of the Cathedral in Naples. Toner receives the Scholastic regularly, but he received only one copy of the monthly Ave Maria. If Hudson wishes an exchange with Italia Reale, Toner thinks the editor would gladly agree; a copy containing Toner's sermon on African missions is sent to Hudson. The sermon was given at a High Mass in honor of the late Bishop Daniel Comboni, who...

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Sister thanks Hudson for the book he sent her. She sends five dollars for Masses. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Lambing asks Hudson to send him some Lourdes water. His transfer to a new parish has been held up and Lambing expects to remain at St. Mary's for another season. Bishop John Tuigg is returning from Rome. The trouble between Tuigg and Father J. Hickey Braddock's Field has been compromised to Tuigg's disadvantage. Father Michael Joseph Mitchell died January 11., he was sixty-two and had been a priest thirty-eight years. He received the copy of Professor Joseph A. Lyons ' book "Library of...

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Mannix received Hudson's letter containing the proof of "Cure of Ars". She inquiries about the cost of Publishing a volume of verses by the Notre Dame Press, and thanks Hudson for the copy of "Household library of Catholic Poets". Mannix thinks it odd when she sees Nugent Robinson 's articles in the Ave Maria. She comments on a number of the articles that appeared in the Ave Maria. She believes John Acton gives promise of being a good Lyric poet. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends another chapter. She asks for a list of Catholic publishers in the West. Dorsey wants to send the Notre Dame library a government copy of the trail of Charles J. Guiteau as a reference for law students and as a curio of the nineteenth century. The trial is a disgrace and the law daily insulted. If the jury hangs Guiteau, it will be from a sense of justice, rather than from any enlightenment of counsel or court. There should be no doubt as to the punishment due the murderer...

Scope and Contents A Provincial Council of the Ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati has been canonically convoked for March 5, 1882. The people are urged to pray for the guidance and assistance of the Holy Spirit. John Cardinal Simeoni acknowledges the receipt of 7,959 franc, Peter's Pence, from the Diocese of Fort Wayne. The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIII directs Simeoni to express his pleasure at seeing the liberality of the faithful increase and gives his Apostolic Benediction to all the contributors of...

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McCallen wishes to advertise the Sanctuary Boys Illustrated Manual in the Ave Maria and inquires about the cost of advertising. The Manual is McCallen's private property. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Mallen will not be able to make use of the invitation he received to the Notre Dame commencement. Father Patrick F. O'Hare is well. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1pp. 32mo.

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St. Lucretia returns Anna Hanson Dorsey 's letter to Hudson together with something of their Flemish sisters. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Norris thanks Hudson for the gift as well as the Pamphlet, with the accompanying pictures and the Scholastic. It is a wonder Hudson doesn't shake up Maurice Francis Egan for his admirers listen in vain for his lyrics. Egan and Eleanor Donnelly sent Norris New Year's greetings. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Ryder has been ill and is suffering a severe case of Bright's disease. :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Brown forwards a letter she received from Ella McIntire . She discusses the chances of converting McIntire to Catholicism. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Bishop Bernard McQuaid of Rochester wishes a copy of Hudson's Index. McQuaid is at work on the Land League Question and he wishes to refer to some articles in Brownson's Review, but does not know where to find them. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Hill suggests that should Hudson publish his Station sonnets, he divide them so that a certain number appear each week of Lent. Is Father Thomas Jenkins still at Hardinburg? What is the price of Elliot Ryder 's "Catholic Poets"? Father Guide sends his regards. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Howe sent an article she received yesterday, part of which she translated, and requests that Hudson, publish it. Part of her article she leaves to Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C. to translate because of the need of interpretation. She wonders if Bishop Joseph Dwenger would permit Sorin to found an order for their place. Apparently Dwenger's reply to Rome was that he could find no one to accept the conditions that were laid down for founding the order. Monsignor Foschi says they ought to...

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Johannes thanks Hudson for the book by Father kneap which Hudson sent him. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Lambing sends Hudson a review of the book on Mixed Marriage which Hudson sent him. While the work is more learned than Lambing's he thinks his book on the subject is more practical. Benziger Brothers is publishing a work entitled "Zeal in the work of the Ministry" a good book for missionary priests written by Abbe Dulvis . Lambing wrote Benziger's suggesting they ought to reprint this work and enclose a section by a real missionary priest, say Father Francis Weninger :: X-2-i A.L.S....

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There is no reliable word of Bishop John Tuigg 's return although it was reported he would leave Rome on January 6th. The decree of the Council of Trent and the Ruler of the Index requires that a book treating de rebus pacis should have the approbation of the Ordinary of the place in which it is published. But if the author should live in a different place does it require the approbation of his Bishop? :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Ryder has recovered from his illness. The original figures for publishing the book were $1200 for four hundred pages. Since the book contains only 186 pages the cost of composition, paper and presswork was reduced more than one-half, allowing $100 for binding it could not cost more than $700. Hudson says, it will be a long time before Professor Joseph Lyons gets his money back. How come? The special edition alone would pay the cost of the 1,000 copies. According to the orders Lyons had...

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Stace sends an article. She is writing a tale on the Reformation, a reply to arguments by Ingersoll's disciples and had intended to send Hudson a copy, but Arthur Stace says Hudson has a serial now, but if Hudson wants it he may have it. Stace would like to renew his connection with the Ave Maria for which he wrote when Father Neal Gillespie was editor. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Corby thanks Hudson for his letter. Father Kelly arrived last evening and then departed this morning. Kelly told Corby about P.P.'s resignation and the numerous changes; but Kelly takes little interest in anything except his new house. Father John O'Keefe sends his regards. Corby wishes he could see Colonel Elmer Otis . On a mission near Fond du Lac, the priest there told Corby of a strange case more wonderful than that of Louise Lateau in Europe. There is a young German woman fifteen...

Scope and Contents Hill can sympathise with Hudson over the trouble his editorials bring for he has written editorials for the Catholic World. He sends nine sonnets to appear in the Ave Maria during the first three weeks of Lent. His provincial has granted him permission to use his name. In noticing the sonnets Hudson is asked to mention Hill's surname and say that he was formerly Father Benjamin D. Hill of the Paulist Fathers. Mrs. Margaret Sullivan of Chicago will be pleased to know that became of Hill,...

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Enclosed is $2.50 for a periodical Hudson ordered for Maher. Tell Professor Joseph Lyons that Maher thanks him for the Scholastic Annual. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Seymour sends a sketch. Friends have been profuse with promises of assistance but the only ones that have aided her are the Episcopalian minister, the Reverend Brown of St. Mary the Virgin's on 45th St. and his wife. Maurice Francis Egan is constantly busy and can do nothing. Father Harmon C. Denny, S.J., is out whenever Seymour calls. Despite the fact that Seymour holds testimonials signed by Franz Liszt and Marchesi of the Vienna Conservatory, she can get no pupils. Even the Sacred...

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Carrier hopes Hudson receives regularly their paper, the Spectator. He thanks Hudson for the notice of the Spectator in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.