Scope and Contents Ryder's illness is worse, which prevents him from doing the orders that would pay a good sum. His work is not as congenial as was editing the New York Catholic, but it gives him a living. He would like to be the one who fulfills Hudson's needs by writing a monthly article on a Catholic celebrity for the Ave Maria. Concerning the book, it is of interest to Catholics alone, although Ryder had hoped it would excite Protestant interest to investigate literary work of Catholics and thus...

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Enclosed is a sketch for the Ave Maria. Dennehy has been a contributor to the New York Catholic World and would like to contribute occasionally to the Ave Maria. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Dorsey explains that the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Clair Mohun has kept her from forwarding the manuscript. She read with interest the conversion of "Ethan Allen's D aughter". Dorsey had heard the story from General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, United States Army, who showed Dorsey in his manuscript a defense of Catholic religion, but he is an infidel, a disciple of Philo. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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King thanks Hudson for sending her a copy of the Ave Maria and the Notre Dame Almanack. She submits a story and another copy of the Litany chant which Hudson says was incomplete. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix submits a translation of a poem sent her by Father Edward Purcell. She never expects to make money on a volume of poetry, although she does not expect to lose it for she is sure she can sell the Sisters of Notre Dame, two hundred copies. Mannix does not admire Mr. Patrick Hickey for he is such a toady to a certain clique and never has a kind word for a good cause, such as the Land League . Mannix expresses her opinion at great length about the Land League and Irish patriotism....

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Lambing received the copy of the "Masses for the Dead" which Hudson sent him. He requests more copies, that he might send them to Washington as required by the copyright law. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Since the last time Ryder wrote, he has been through an ordeal. He trusts Hudson needs no assurance that the charges were false. When Ryder saw Professor Joseph Lyons Ryder promised to write within a week, but he has had no heart to write since things are going badly. He expects to work on the St. Louis Evening Chronicle. Dr. Wood, formerly of the New York Sun is editor; Ryder worked for him in New York. In the meanwhile Ryder works for Egbert, Daunitz and Company, a publishing house...

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She inquires if Hudson has a copy of the book "The Holy Mass" by Father Michael Muller, C.SS.R. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dwenger received the printed matter in satisfactory condition. :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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McHugh wishes to know why Hudson placed "a part of his great soul" in his sonnet in quotation marks. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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There is an excellent article in the Cincinnati Warheitsfreund on Doctor Ludwig Windthorst the leader of the Center Party and the German Kulturkampf. Written by a Jew, and published in Boerse Gazette of Berlin, it is a condensed history of the persecution of the Catholic Church by Bismarck. Oechtering suggests that Hudson translate and publish the article in the Ave Maria to give English readers an insight into the affairs of the Prussian government. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Seymour submits a sketch. She has written to Father Patrick O'Hare and hopes to visit him on Tuesday. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Hill received the latest Ave Maria and was happy to see the sonnets had begun as Hudson suggested. Hill left Cincinnati Wednesday and will remain at Louisville for sometime. Hill is indebted to Hudson for insisting on Hill's being represented among Eliot Ryder's poets. The errors in the biographical sketch were the fault of Mr. Garland of the Telegraph. Father Guido, C.P., has not gone to New Orleans. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Ryder wrote a short letter to Joseph Lyons today. He thanks Hudson for the volumes of the Ave Maria and the Scholastic which arrived today. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Allen thanks Hudson for sending copies of Preludes and the Scholastic Annual. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Ryder sends clippings on the death of Bishop Patrick N. Lynch of Charleston taken from the New York Papers. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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The Sisters are anxious for a copy of the Ave Maria for the week before last. Two volumes of poems are sent. :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Dennehy wishes to correct a mistake he made in an article he sent to Hudson. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Lambing received the copies of "Masses for the Dead" for which he thanks Hudson, but he is disappointed that they were not published on the same size paper as the Scholastic Annual. Hudson is mistaken as to the number of copies of the pamphlet Lambing was to receive for it was agreed that he would take seventy-five out of the one thousand copies. Lambing claims he also corrected the mistake concerning diriment impediments he made in the manuscript. Lambing requests that Hudson send him...

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Enclosed is $1 for eight copies of the pamphlet "Mixed Marriages". He cannot give a lenten mission at New Orleans because the Vicar is ill and unable to take his place. Father Edmund Hill should be urged to write more because his poems are admired greatly. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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No objections raised over an article being published in the Scholastic that was intended for the Ave Maria. Muir feels indebted to the Ave Maria and desirers to do something to relieve that debt. They have been promised a priest for Morrison. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Gordon has been traveling about Illinois visiting friends and so has neglected her correspondence. She has returned to her home town of Cairo and describes it for Hudson. With the flood on the Mississippi and the Ohio Rivers at Cairo, Gordon's father sent her to stay with her grandmother at Villa Ridge, a rural villages which she describes in details. Her father wishes Gordon to go to the Philadelphia Medical College, but she protests, since she does not wish to begin studying again. ::...

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O'Meara has been unable to obtain the relic of Miss Berneaux . The superior of the religious house here has asked O'Meara to make a digest of the Annals of the Propagation of Faith. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Norris submits some sonnets which he acknowledges cannot match the sonnets of Father Edmund Hill's C.P. The Catholic Chronicle shall appear soon in Bay City, edited and owned by John Hyde and Norris. It is hoped that Father Hudson will aid in the project. Their pastor Father Thomas Rafter is supporting the project. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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A letter of introduction for Mr. Robert Bryan from Baltimore, Maryland. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Kittell's Brother Father Ferdinand Kittell has been requested to remain at Rome to settle some business for Bishop John Tuigg and has been able to secure the relics Hudson requested. It appears that Tuigg and Father J. Hickey have settled their differences without the aid of the Congregation. Hickey is expected home to take charge of Braddock's Field Mission. Father James McTighe has been appointed rector of St. Mary's parish in Freeport. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Shea will be leaving India for good, but before he leaves he wishes to correct his mistake of asking Hudson for the wrong issue of the Ave Maria, and asks him to send the copy of June 4th, 1881 number. Manly Tello of the Catholic Universe requested Shea to send him copies of an Indian Magazine. They have been forwarded and he asks Tello to forward the payment to Hudson. The arrangements for Shea's successor to the editorship are not complete. Twenty two-years of India's climate has...

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A poem is enclosed as Donnelly's Lenten offering for the Ave Maria. She desires that it be inserted in the Ave Maria before Passion week. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The proofs have been received and corrected and returned. Hill is pleased with the notice given his book and the verses. Father Thomas Jenkins has commenced an article on St. Joseph, using quotations from Hill's article "Spouse of Our Lady" which appeared in the Catholic World. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Sullivan is indebted to Hudson for sending the Ave Marias and thanks him for his notice of "Ireland of Today". She is grateful for criticism upon it. Sullivan was thoughtful, not negligent, in discrimination between the motive and the object of the penal laws. Hudson will kindly show this note to Father Sorin. :: X-2-i A.L. 4pp. 12mo.