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The Ave Maria is highly praised by its patrons in California. "Bob's Vocation" made a hit with young readers. The article "Purse and Scrip" makes interesting reading. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Pendergast submits a poem for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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Stanfield submits a poem that was published in the Living Church. She would like to have Charles Warren Stoddard read it. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Tiernan is pleased to receive the many compliments about her story "A Child of Mary". She was astonished to see such a story as "Sampson's Revenge" in a recent issue of the Ave Maria. This article is a revival of anti-slavery Slanders, which are absurd, and should not have found a place in the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends another installment on her story "Bob's Vocation". :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Hogan thanks Hudson for the bound volume of the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Starr suggests a title for her ballad. :: X-3-b A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Sister just received Hudson's letter to her brother, Father J. Coveney . She thanks Hudson for allowing her to contribute to the Ave Maria. Sister was pleased to see Mrs. Rhoda E. White's article in a December issue of the Ave Maria. Dorsey, Starr and Eleanor Donnelly are her favorite writers. Sister sends four poems. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Her mother has not been well and would like to hear from Hudson. John English is in good health. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Huwyler sends $2.50 in payment for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Enclosed is $3.73 to pay for books ordered and received. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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O'Reilly sends a poem entitled "Agnes' Vision". :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Finnegan thanks Hudson for the gift. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The Sisters at St. Mary's Academy are expecting to hear a sermon from Hudson this Sunday. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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Starr inquires why Hudson has reclassified her ballad on St. Benedict and wonders if it is not edifying enough for the Ave Maria. She awaits the return of her article entitled "Tabernacle" before determining its length. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Cahill is anxious to post himself on the condition of the Mexican people. He read an article in the Catholic Universe of Cleveland about a year ago concerning a lecture delivered at Notre Dame by a Mexican Bishop on this subject. Was it published in the Ave Maria? :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Illness has prevented King writing for the Ave Maria. She requests reprints of three of her stories that have appeared in the Ave Maria. Sample copies are requested for prospective subscribers. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hudson cannot understand why his refusal of Mr. B. Durward 's article should excite Starr. It is the right of the editor to decline what he might consider unavailable to his columns. Hudson rejected her ballad because he felt it was too long to appear in the Ave Maria. He resents Starr's contesting his rights as to what should appear in the Ave Maria and he believes he was courteous in explaining his reasons for rejecting the poem. Charles Warren Stoddard and others, who know Hudson's...

Scope and Contents Proofs reached Ryder Thursday and due to a severe attack of fever he was unable to read them and return them by Monday. He got three rakings for that unfortunate article in the Catholic World. Ryder knows Hudson has confidence in him, but suggests Hudson made a mistake in exposing a spirit of meanness, which is not supposed to exist at Notre Dame. To say that Ryder had a motive in omitting Father Thomas Walsh 's name is idiocy. Ryder will be unable to make a journey for months, but...

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Sister inquires if Hudson would permit the use of the Ave Maria subscription lists. Father William Gausepohl is attempting to raise funds for a new parish church. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Gibbons requests a copy of the "Litany of the Holy Face". :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Dr. Quigley of Toledo would like to subscribe to the Ave Maria. Cooney has been seeking subscribers for the Ave Maria. Dr. Hollenback has placed Cooney in the hospital for treatment and Cooney already notices improvement. Cooney asks Hudson to send him copies of the Catholic Columbian, Catholic Telegraph and the Star. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the check. In revising the circular letter she inquires if 500 or 1,000 copies should be the number of subscribers they should seek. She is thankful that her nephew is out at Notre Dame. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Sister inquires if Hudson is ill. She praises his work as editor of the Ave Maria. All Sister knows about Notre Dame was acquired from Sister Wilfred a member of her congregation, who came from South Bend and who often spoke of Mother Angela, Mother Elizabeth and Father Gillespie, C.S.C. Sister thanks Hudson for the copy of "The Lepers of Molokai". Sister Hilda, her sister, is superior at Holy Family Convent, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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Squire expected Hudson to revise her article "Notre Dame de Valmont". She proposes translating some of Mademoiselle Fleuriot's books for children for the Ave Maria and asks Hudson's opinion on this matter. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 5pp. 16mo.

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Starr sends the notice Hudson requested. She was sure that Hudson had not read the poem but she is sorry for bothering him. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Illness has kept Dorsey from completing the manuscript. She understands better since Hudson's letter to her daughter, Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey , why Hudson cannot see her grandson Louis. Dorsey thanks Hudson for the Ave Maria series, all of which she gave Father Stephen Kelly, S.J. He was delighted to get Father Zahm's "What the Church has done for Science" and thinks Father Sorin a remarkable man. She received the copy of Stoddard's "Lepers of Molokai". Dorsey suggests that Hudson...

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Gregori requests two copies of "The Franciscan Manual" similar to the one Hudson gave Father Augustus Saulnier, C.S.C. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mortimer Collins is gaining postumous fame where he least expected it. Howley cannot recall the name of the London Publisher of Collins' work, but Father Cronin would know. He sends articles on the Encyclical which were approved in Buffalo. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Mannix's husband John B. Mannix has been arrested on separate charges of perjury and embezzlement, and proceedings have been instituted for his disbarment. The two creditors who were abusive in their attacks on Archbishop John Baptist Purcell instigated the proceedings against her husband. She was sorry to hear that Hudson is ill. Mannix likes Ella Lorraine Dorsey's "Midshipman Bob" and thanks Hudson for the copies of "Lepers of Molokai". She sends Hudson some leaflets on the Holy Face....