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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the two checks. She relates some of her reflections which she had while writing "Palms". Since Frank Murphy is publishing the edition of Dorsey's stories she wants the prospectus that Ella Lorraine Dorsey wrote and circulated altered. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey returns the checks that Hudson sent her, because they are not properly endorsed and she asks that this error be corrected. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the bound copy of the Ave Maria. Separating her story "Palms" from her numbers of the Ave Maria causes her to grieve because much interesting reading is mutilated. :: X-3-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends a draft for $120.90 half of the royalty paid by the publisher on sales of the uniform edition of her books. In securing "Zoe's Daughter" for the series she will pay Patrick Donohoe $100, half of which he paid Dorsey for the story before the great Post Office fire; and since they share the profits of the edition, she supposes Hudson will be willing to pay one half the cost of the purchase of "Zoe's Daughter". :: X-3-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey's heart trouble is aggravated. She discusses two stories she sent Hudson. She asks Hudson for information concerning various scapulars Hudson sent her. Did Hudson get Dr. Pooley 's little work copied? She thinks, Bishop John Ambrose Watterson, who is going to deliver an address at the close of the University's scholastic year, is a fine orator. She was delighted to hear the cause of Father-General Edward Sorin 's errand to Europe. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey 's ankle gives her...

Scope and Contents Dorsey has applied for a pension for her son's service during the Civil War. She has been experiencing difficulty in furnishing evidence that her son died as the result of a disease contracted in the field. The pension will average $120 per annum, and about $2000 in arrears. Dorsey sends Hudson copy and intends to complete three more chapters. The Jesuits are delighted about Father Pye James P. Neale, S.J. Father H. C. Denny visited Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey to tell her that it was...

Scope and Contents Dorsey encloses a postal from Patrick J. Kenedy the New York Publisher as a specimen of what may be expected if Dorsey made a stand about her books. Dunigan died, after having failed years ago, and Kircher his successor carried on the business. Kenedy bought the stereotype plates he says, but Dorsey will not notice his communication. Dorsey is afraid she will get to hate the Irish, most of her Shylocks have been Yankeeized Irishmen, more Yankee that the Yankees themselves. :: X-2-h...

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Dorsey relates a dream she had about Pope Leo XIII. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The heat at the present time is 104 degrees in the shade. Angie Dorsey is ill again, but Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey ankle has healed. She went on a trip to Montreal, Quebec and Niagara and will probably write an article about the trip. The President of Toronto College spoke highly of Mrs. Dorsey, Nellie says. Mrs. Dorsey calls Hudson's attention to an article in the "Atlantic Monthly" by Brooke Herford entitled "The Trust worthiness of Early Tradition" uses the old argument of the...

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Dorsey's heart is giving her discomfort. She had an eminent physican, Dr. Lincoln, make an examination of it and he concluded that her trouble was functional. Angie Dorsey has been in bed five weeks. Father James Doohan is charitable enough to be their chaplain and said Mass for them. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 10pp. 12mo.

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Yesterday Dorsey was thinking of Louise Lateau, wondering if she were living or dead. The Ave Maria answers her. In a letter she wrote this morning Dorsey told Hudson about the facsimile of the Virgin's wedding ring. By coincidence there is an article on this in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-l A. L. Incomplete 1p. 32mo.

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Dorsey is greatly distressed and tells Hudson of her troubles. Her daughter Angela is ill again. Anna Smith has given her large home to the Order of Good Shepard. The Washington Sunday Herald contains a criticism of Madelein Dalgren 's book. It seems that the book is utterly misrepresented. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey was pained by the news of Hudson's illness and inquires if he can not be spared for a month from the Ave Maria, during which time he should take a vacation. If the Ave Maria goes out of Hudson's hands it would decline to its old status of goody and dull. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey remarked that if Hudson retires she will never write another line for it. Her doctor thinks her heart is in a precarious state. Dorsey received John Murphy's statement with only $148 and charges for...

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the check. She congratulates Hudson on pruning off the pious minded, but indifferent poets from the Ave Maria's list of contributors. The article "Queen by Divine Right" is charming. Would it be possible to get a photo of Mother Rosalie . Dorsey's two sick daughters, Clair Mohun and Angie Dorsey, are not recovering. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey is happy to have completed his story "Ada's Trust" and hopes Hudson will accept the results of her unsuccessful efforts to condense it. She sends a statement of accounts concerning articles she has written for the Ave Maria, which show a balance of $64 in her favor. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey expects a reply to the business part of her last letter. President Chester A. Arthur is recovering from his illness. :: X-2-j A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Dorsey is sorry to hear that Hudson is ill and urges him to take a trip for a change of climate. She would feel proud of her work if she were not paid for it. A poem is enclosed. Dorsey makes some critical remarks about a work of Ruskin. She received the check Hudson sent and requests number thirty-five of the Ave Maria. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey is grieved over receiving a bill from Sadlier's for three dollars. Her daughter Angie has lost her job in the Navy Department. James G. Blaine a personal friends of the family, has been unable to arrange for a new job. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey delayed writing until Hudson returned from Detroit. She comments at length on Charles Warren Stoddard' s book "A Troubled Heart". The Dorsey family has experienced much excitement lately, first Angie Dorsey was threatened with blindness, then Dorsey's grandson was appointed assistant paymaster to Paymaster John Furey and finally her granddaughter, Lee Mohun, at St. Mary's, Ohio, wrote that she was going to the novitiate at Lyons in June to prepare herself for Congo missions....

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Dorsey did not intend to have her story "Palms" regarded as a child's story. It was suitable for young girls. The Ave Maria could not do without Hudson. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey advises Hudson to arrange the chapters the way he wants. Enclosed is an old English or French engraving of Blessed Joseph Labre, which was given to Dorsey by the English Carmelites. Perhaps Hudson would make a photo of it for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Has Hudson received the manuscript and letter she mailed ten days ago? Dorsey has more manuscripts to forward but will, defer sending until she learn Hudson has received those sent. :: X-3-a A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hduson for the $18 he sent her. She realizes Hudson's health is not strong, but begs him not to separate himself from the Ave Maria, for if he does she fears it will return to its old status. Hudson should insist on having an assistant. She has completed "Palms" as well as the story for girls. Dorsey inquires, who wrote "A Troubled Heart"? Hudson has failed to send a copy of Francis Macary. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents When Dorsey wrote that her stories were short she meant they were not serials, for she does not consider a story long even though it extends through three or four months. She finds that leading Catholic magazines in England and the United States continue to publish serials which keep the readers interest in both the story and magazine. Short stories are forgotten as soon as read and Dorsey feels she has no talents for writing them. Her object in writing a story is to illustrate what...

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends a part of her story "Palms". She is delighted that Christian Reid's Frances Tiernan new story will counterbalance the gravity of hers. Dorsey is in need and asks Hudson for an advance on her story. The article in the Ave Maria stating that letters of the Earl of Shrewsbury relating to the death of Mary Stuart had been found greatly interests Dorsey. She enjoyed Charles Warren Stoddard 's sketch of his search for Joachim Miller in Rome. There is excitement about the new...

Scope and Contents Dorsey thanks Hudson for the $100 check and the book entitled "Mad Penitent of Todi". She got the "Story of Jacopone" from "The Life of Frederick Ozanam" by Kathleen O'Meara . What are Hudson's doubts about "Palms"? Dorsey prizes the poem addressed to her by a Portuguese friend and regrets that it was not printed in the Ave Maria because the person probably saw Eliza Allen Starr and Eleanor Donnelly complimented by poetic tributes in the Ave Maria. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey received...

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Dorsey is pleased that Hudson likes "Palms". Monsigneur Robert Seton has commented favorably on it. The article in the Catholic Annual on Chancellor Seton from whom he is descended in the male line and written by him brings out his interest in genealogical studies. She is sending Hudson her photograph. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The check reached Dorsey promptly and was more generous than she had hoped. :: X-3-b A.L. Incomplete 1p. 12mo.

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The printer should not substitute his words for Dorsey's for by doing so he changes the meaning of her work. she gives examples of his meddling. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Two more pages of manuscript will finish the chapter. Dorsey hopes Hudson is doing fine. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.