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Dorsey has recovered from her illness and sends a chapter of her latest story. She sends a poem by Teable S. Wallis :: X-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Dorsey relates the incident of Congressman Hurd 's refusal of an invitation to dinner at the White House during Lent. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends chapter VIII which brings part One of her story to close. She criticizes the proof reading of her stories in the Ave Maria. Who is Sister Magdalene McDonnell and what is her nationality and her ideas about America? She objects to Hudson's sending her letters to McDonnell and wants him to burn them after reading them. Bishop John Keane visited her and complimented her on working in spite of her illness. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends her old volume of poems. She will send within the next ten days two or three chapters. Nellie Dorsey was invited to the diplomatic reception at the President's today. She writes under the initials E.L.D. in the Chicago Tribune. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey acknowledges the receipt of the checks. She believes the Republican candidate, James G. Blaine 's defeat was caused by Blaine's spending too much time in Ohio, the remark of the Protestant clergymen before Blaine, of "Rum, Romanism and Rebels", which Blaine failed to denounce thus losing the Irish vote, and the dinner he attended at Delmonico's given by the millionaire monopolists. Dorsey could forgive Grover Cleveland for being a Democrat, but having a president who hanged...

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Dorsey sends two more chapters. Angie Eastman has been very ill. Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey has been transferred to the Patent Office. Would is not be a good idea to publish some of the Ave Maria tales in paper bindings? :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends a list of her contributions for the Ave Maria. She does this in the hope of getting a check. Doubtless, Hudson received Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey letter written from Boston, after her trip to Halifax. Nellie did not see the Noonan Brothers, which made Dorsey glad to be rid of them, because they are Irish and she has lost faith in Irish Catholic publishers, who out Yankee, the Yankees. Nellie's interview with Mr. Osgood was satisfactory. He has no prejudice as to...

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Dorsey sends part of her latest story. The orders for the uniform edition continue to come in and she thinks that by autumn there will be enough to pay expenses for publishing. Mr. Charles Warren Stoddard has written well of the Holy Land and not at the expense of poetry or piety. She hopes that Stoddard's "Scrip and Staff" will get into book form. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey thanks Hudson for the two drafts. The writing on the outside of the books assures Dorsey that Hudson is in good health. A copy of the "Mad Penitent" is requested when it comes out. Dorsey plans to use these stories for a series. They are having an anxious time as to what the administration will do after July 1st; most people believe the Civil Service Law will prove a rope of sand to them. Although they wish it set aside, they respect it in so far as it applies to the classes of...

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Dorsey sends part of a manuscript. She wrote a letter to Archbishop James Gibbons asking for a letter of introduction to some one in Rome for her grandson, Dorsey Mohun, whose ship is to winter at Naples. Dorsey's letter arrived at the time Father Denis Joseph O'Connell, rector of the North American College in Rome was visiting Gibbons, who referred her letter to O'Connell. O'Connell promised to take Mohun under his wing. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey discusses the conclusion of her story, "The Old House at Glenaran". Brother Stanislaus has visited Dorsey twice. Dorsey was amused as well as provoked by Father Pye's James Neale, S.J. letter. Dorsey inquires if Hudson read the story about Miss Lea ; for if he had she feels certain he would not reprint it. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends the finis of the story. It is a story of Catholic home life. After finishing a story in the Ave Maria called the "Wasp" one of the fiends bit her index finger. :: X-2-n A.L. Cut 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She rejoices in the fact that her child is rapidly convalescing. She knows the cause of her recovery is due to the prayers of the holy souls at Notre Dame. She thanks Hudson and all of them for these prayers. Her book will be out in May. Sadlier's has sent her contracts to sign and will pay her ten per cent on every copy sold. They have made no mention of when the publishing costs should be paid. She wants to know if she has the right to publish "Adrift". She thinks she has but wants to...

Scope and Contents Dorsey recommends means of preventing the recurring illness that Hudson has suffered. Phil and Edyth received the books Hudson sent and thank him for them. Dorsey has attempted to get her book "Tangled Paths" out of the hands of Sadlier, but in vain. She hopes to make some arrangement with Lippincott for "Nora Brady's Vow". Dorsey is writing two short stories; one is about the time of Aurelian, concerning the martyrdom of a child who had been cured of blindness. Dorsey grieves over the...

Scope and Contents After reading Hudson's letter Dorsey wondered if something she had said about Christian Reid had betrayed jealousy of her success. This was not intended. Dorsey's role as a story writer is unassailable. Yet she has found that theological arguments introduced into her stories prevent success. The clergy do not approve of it. Reid's story now in progress is clever. Dorsey is sorry to see anything of bitterness and condemnation against "our separated brethren" as Bishop John England termed...

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Dorsey sends Hudson a copy of the Washington Post, calling attention to the oration of the Honorable John Daniels of Lynchburg, Virginia. It was delivered at the dedication of the Washington Monument and Dorsey thinks it would be a good article to reprint in the Scholastic. There are already thousands of people in Washington for the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland . :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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She sends the account of the Pope's chalice. There is something she cannot make out. She has cut it from Louie 's letter. Mrs. B was in correspondence with several cardinals. Her son is a lieutenant bearing his grandfather's name of Aaron Ward. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey and her family have been very ill. The warm sultry weather has produced a dread of the mysterious epidemic of grippe that prevails in a large part of the world, which is proving fatal in hundreds of cases. Louis Mohun's operation was a success. Charles Warren Stoddard was invited to their home but he has not come yet. Regarding the question asked about a writer named Janvier in the Ave Maria, Dorsey had a friendly acquaintance with some of the family, one especially, Francis De...

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Tomorrow Dorsey will explain the delay in sending the enclosed statement and draft. Nell Ella Loraine Dorsey got back from Casco Bay on Thursday. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 12mo. 2pp.

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The delay was due to Nellie's Ella Loraine Dorsey absence. Nellie has always attended to accounts of every sort. Dorsey sends the enclosed photo because she has given up all expectations of getting anything better. Mrs. Senator Algernon Sidney Paddock? got her the first volume of O'Meara's "Napoleon in Exile" out of the Capitol Library to read, but Ainsworth Rand Spofford pronounced the second volume lost. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The letter Hudson sent told of the conversion of a bigoted young lady through the influence of Dorsey's book "The Student of Blenheim Forest." Bishop John Joseph Keane and Charles Warren Stoddard dined with them Wednesday evening. Dorsey is very much attracted by Stoddard. "Tom Boy" and "Two Ways" will be issued in the spring in one volume. Dorsey has taken out a copyright on "The Flemmings," the story Patrick O'Shea stole from her. and will bring out an author's corrected edition. A.R....

Scope and Contents Dorsey describes a fire in her chimney. She was surprised Maurice Francis Egan was not the recipient of the medal. Was not Ludwig Windthorst's death splendid? Dorsey discusses the threats of the Italian politicians to send one of their warships to the mouth of the Mississippi. With King Humbert's bankrupt government, his demoralized army and the great distance, his ships could not harm us. He would be confronted with a million Catholics who would strike at the usurper of the Church....

Scope and Contents Why did Dorsey's last letter pain Hudson? Dorsey has a letter copied from an autograph letter of Columbus for Commodore Gray of New York City. Gray presented the copy to his sister, Mrs. Harris, Dorsey's friend, who allowed Dorsey to copy it. Dorsey hopes Hudson will put something in the Ave Maria about the monument to be unveiled to the memory of Leonard Calvert by the State of Maryland. The opening prayer is to be offered by Cardinal Gibbons and the closing one by Bishop Paret of the...

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Hudson's letter containing the photograph came. Dorsey recommends Holman's Liver Pad to Hudson. Her daughter, Angela Eastman, who is ill, prefers suffering to the pad. Dorsey will go on with her story. Father William Byrne wrote last week that one of her juvenile stories is in press. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the two checks. Since Hudson has decided that her story must be crowded into three months, she requests that he return the last manuscript Dorsey sent, so that it can be revised. She has received numerous letters from strangers urging her to write another story, and she has been appointed an honorary member of the Philomathean Society in Ohio. Her daughter, Angie, has recovered from a serious illness. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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As to Mrs. Madelein Vinton Dahlgren 's contribution to the Dome, it may come. Dorsey sends an article on Abbe Huc's book of travels. She will not be able to send part of the new story until the middle of January. Archbishop James Gibbons has permitted Father James Doonan, S.J., vice-president of Georgetown College to celebrate Mass at her home because of Angie 's illness. Dahlgren sent Dorsey her new work "South Sea Sketches" which is entertaining. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Ill health has prevented Dorsey from answering Hudson's letter sooner. It was refreshing to hear of Mr. Collier's reputation for fair dealing, but she cannot see how a uniform edition of her stories can be brought out since she no longer controls the copyrights to her works, except for "Nora Brady's Vow" and "Tangled Paths". "The Sister of Charity", "May Brooke" and "Woodreve Manor" are out of print; the first two were brought out by Dunigan and Kircher, the latter by Hart. Dorsey would...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter and check came. They are delighted at the prospect of seeing Hudson in Lent. Dorsey will be glad to tell Hudson about General Ulysses S. Grant of whom he hears only through the Catholic papers, which hold him up as a sort of monster. Angie Eastman in general health is much better. Clare Mohun's health is no better. Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey is not as strong as she might be. They have heard nothing about the writing for Angie. Dorsey is glad Hudson is interested in Rabbi...

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A photograph of the scene in the Rotunda of the Capital where the President's body, James A. Garfield, was deposited is sent. Dorsey describes the funeral scene. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Dorsey asks Hudson for the names of two or three London Catholic Publishers and Lady Georgiana Fullerton 's address. Tell the Scholastic that the elephant Jumbo, now fourteen feet high, is so enormous that the Smithsonian naturalists had a discussion as to the probability of its being a mastodon, but finally decided that he was the largest elephant on record. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.