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She sends a note to be added to her sketch of Palestrina, hoping that it will not be too late. The Ave Maria was not received last week, but the mail is slow because the weather is very severe. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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She makes an estimates of her M.S. pages as compared with the printed pages of the Ave Maria. :: X-2-k A.L.Unsigned 1p. 16mo.

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He sends the "St. Mary's Messenger." last year when Hudson inserted a notice of the St. Mary's Union it brought many favorable replies. He hopes Hudson will not forget the Union this year. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents It is a long time since any letters have passed between the, but he is now in a region where he hopes they may meet next spring or summer. He writes, trusting that Hudson is still at Notre Dame. For the past two years he has been very near the "border land". A serious illness compelled him to leave his work on Lake Superior. The last part of the past two years was spent in Cleveland. However, last fall he was able to begin again in a mild way and took work in this country town where he...

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She received Hudson's note and will be glad to leave the article with him if there is a prospect of his using it later. The missionary, Father Voisin, is anxious to have his work known in the states. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She submits a poem called "True Friend" as a substitute for "Written on Sand" if it has not been put in type yet. Enclosed also is a little poem for the "Notre Dame Scholastic." :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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She asks Hudson not to mail the Ave Maria to her son in Fort Wayne because he is on his way to Lake Superior in Michigan. She has received back the verses. Should Hudson be inclined to consider one of her tales she would send it on for approval. She gives a brief outline of the story. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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He is obliged for the advance-proof, which he published this week. He is grateful the Ave Maria is sent to Mother Gertrude. Catholic Cleveland is rejoicing at the expected arrivals of the Bishop Richard Gilmour , from Rome. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Lambing has reached his 41st birthday. His many occupations do not leave him in a mood to write. He fears that he cannot prepare his work for the Lenten season. Lambing requests some Lourdes water. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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The St. Joseph Literary Association of Leicester subscribes to the Ave Maria. McGrath was in Worcester Massachusetts with Hudson as a young man. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Taggart sends a short story for the Ave Maria. Hudson's letter accepting Herr Meister's Chorister was received. Taggart sends comments on Pope's "Essay on Man", as well as a poem called, "Holy Communion". :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dahlgren thanks Hudson for the information that he forwarded to her regarding Eliot Ryder . Mr. Hudson to whom Dahlgren referred Ryder, paid him for an article, but could not keep him permanently. She says Ryder did something unpleasant before he left town, but she does not know exactly what. Dahlgren refers to several mistakes she made and noticed in a recent article that she wrote. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Enclosed is a few verses which may please the Ave Maria. As soon as Kelly gets a photograph of himself he will send it to Hudson. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Although a portion of Father Lemche 's autobiography first appeared in 1879, the editor of the paper charged Lambing with want of courtsey by saying it appeared in a local newspaper. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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The editor of the Herald regrets that Hudson has reason to complain because the Herald did not credit the poem, "The Cry of the Suffering Soul" to the Ave Maria. The blame is laid to a printer who made an error in laying out the print. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Seymour acknowledges the receipt of $8. She has received all the numbers of the Ave Maria except number three. Nugent Robinson's story is good. She wishes there was a Catholic magazine like Harpers to supply stories for Catholic girls 15-25 years of age. Such stories as Robinson's should be spread more widely. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Dorsey received Hudson's letter with notes about the lace making. She understood from Miss Febiger that making lace was a conspicuous industry at St. Mary's. Nellie's Ella Loraine Dorsey foot is much better. Dr. Pratt of Chicago must be a first class surgeon. Dorsey sends Part III of "The Story of a Child". She will send "Little Gladys" in about two weeks. Dorsey will write the juvenile and squeeze it into as small a space as possible. :: X-2-k A.L. Incomplete 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The two "Sketches from Life" and "Little Gladys", will serve as two short stories. Congress has passed the Civil Service Bill. Dorsey thinks this will mean the dismissal of many government employees. She protests against the immoral literature which attacks morality and religion that is flooding the country. Father Isaac Hecker invited her through Bishop John J. Keane to write some articles for the Catholic World, but she feels she cannot write for the Catholic World and the Ave Maria....

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Murphy thanks Hudson for the copies of the Ave Maria. He will inquire about the photos Hudson mentioned, but he never heard of the apparition. Murphy will be in New York for three weeks then he will go to the Cathedral at Buffalo to give a mission. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Enclosed are some verses. Taggart also sent some verses and a story two weeks ago. If they are not acceptable she desires their return. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Meany is pleased to hear that Hudson has not been forced by bad health to give up his position as editor of the Ave Maria. Meany has a sketch of California and New England, which she wishes to submit to the Ave Maria. She encloses a note for Brother Secretary. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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O'Meara is glad she carried out Hudson's commission satisfactorily. If the Expulsion Law is passed it may cause a Revolution. There is feeling favoring the Bonapartes, and the country is tired of persecution. The people will accept any ruler who promises to do better than the Republic. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard received the book and the photo of St. Aloysius, both of which delight him. He was not baptized Charles Warren, but Charles, Joseph, Aloysius, Francisco, Antonio, Benedict, Dominic, Ignatius Sebastian. Has Hudson heard of the Arcadia Society in Rome? While in Rome, Stoddard's friend Bishop Francis Silas Chatard introduced him to members of the Society and he received a copy of Odes and Addresses which was issued from the Propaganda. Last evening Stoddard met Father Leonore,...

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If Hudson should publish Dahlgren's sketch on Our Lady of Liesse, she would like ten copies. She learned from General Hagen that Eliot Ryder, to whom she gave a letter of recommendation for employment, that Hagen would have hired Ryder but he presented himself intoxicated. Hagen told him that when he could bring a certificate that he did not drink he would hire him. Upon this Ryder left the city. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Hickey feels there is a future for Catholic literature in America. The only trouble is that others will reap the profit from the seed now being sown. Hickey is preparing for a campaign for the Vatican Library. He hopes to bring out 30 to 40 new books during the coming year. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Van Dyke requests Hudson say a Mass for her intentions. She is experiencing law trouble and though she dislikes trouble her friends tell her she must go through with it. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Lambing thanks Hudson for the Lourdes water. The flood has forced the closing of his school, and he fears that many of the children will go to the public school. Lambing shortened the last part of his work on Father Lemche because it was becoming difficult. Father Thomas J. Howley, pastor of Lambing's home town parish in Kittannung, Pennsylvania died last night. A sketch of Howley's life is enclosed. Lambing saw in a recent issue of the Baltimore Mirror an article to the effect that...

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Seymour is teaching history in a Protestant school. Since she is a Catholic this places her in an embarrassing situation. She comments on a book that is being read quite extensively, Nicholas Murray Kirwan 's Letters to Archbishop John Hughes . If Seymour were at Notre Dame she feels she could be of great assistance to Hudson, because her work on the Home Journal taught her something about editorial duty. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 6pp. 8vo.

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Enclosed are a few verses on the Ave Maris Stella. Barchi sends his regards to Father Sorin. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at Cairo have reached great height and the annual excitement has seized the people. Every year the people of Cairo must go to the expense of moving their furniture and themselves to higher places to escape the flood waters. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.