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Dwight sends Hudson Christmas greetings. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hudson has been present in Dwight's thoughts since the reunion with Charles Warren Stoddard. Stoddard spoke very affectionately of Hudson. Dwight believes Stoddard must cease his Bohemian life and take more seriously his relations to the world. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Dwight thanks Hudson for Charles Warren Stoddard 's book. He is an old companion of Stoddard's. The book contained many incidents that recall the old days of their friendship. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Dwight regrets that it is impossible for him to attend the meeting of arrangements for the Congress of Catholic Laymen. He sympathizes entirely with the plan, but he has just returned from a European journey for his health and cannot do any work in the matter. Under the circumstances it will probably be best to resign from the Committee, but in this respect he is prepared to be guided by the wishes of those in charge. :: III-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dwyer encloses an article. The miraculous cure of Miss Hanley is authenticated by the highest authority here. Her crutches are yet to be seen among the exvotos at the shrine. The affidavit of her father Colonel P. T. Hanley regarding the circumstances of her twelve years' illness prior to the novena is preserved by the Fathers of the Church. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Dwyer has written a history of the miraculous picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and of the spread of this devotion in America under the Redemptorist Fathers. Dwyer would be glad to furnish a weekly contribution to the Ave Maria. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dwyer has a letter which Timon should give to his son Charles Dwyer. Timon is to get Charles any clothes he wants to make him content. Dwyer will endeavor to see Timon before Timon leaves town. :: IV-3-k A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

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They thank Hudson for the Ave Maria and for the books he has sent to Henry Blinn . Some of Hudson's letters have been read in the dining room before the entire assembly. Blinn is now on a safe way to recovery. They are anxious to get "The Black Monks of St. Benedict" by E. L. Taunton and ask Hudson for a price reduction. :: X-3-i T.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Sister thanks Hudson for the Ave Maria and the five books of Eliza Allen Starr. She asks him to send her free copy to the Little Sisters of the Poor. If Hudson publishes "The Pupil of Fenelon" they promise to take 25 copies. She feels aggrieved at an insinuation that the Ave Maria is falling off. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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D. E. sends McMaster $1 as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 16to.

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The proof sheets of "The Lord's Chamber" is being sent today. Some pages need revision, as the proof reader was careless. Its insertion in the "Ave Maria" should be widely noticed in advance. The copyright will be sent when Hudson requires it. :: X-2-f A. Postcard S. 2pp. 32mo.

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She sends $.75 for the Indian Missionaries. :: I-2-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Nellie Eagle sends in 55¢collected by her in Lawndale, near Chicago, Illinois, to be used to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 16to.

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Eagle sends McMaster 52¢ as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions and promises to say the Hail Marys daily. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 1p. 16to

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Eagle sends McMaster 55¢ as mission dues to aid the Indian Missions. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 2pp. 16to.

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She was received as a candidate into the Order Sisters of St. Bridget 4 years ago with Lefevere's permission. This is her choice and she trusts he will sanction it. In writing to him, she is only obeying her confessor, ther Bernard J. Wermers . If Lefevere approves, she asks the time and terms of her profession. :: III-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Early thanks McMaster for inserting his article in the Freeman's Journal. He has just read several back numbers of that paper, and he is astonnded at the closeness with which his thinking parallels that of McMaster, despite the fact that Early's article has been written long before he saw the McMaster articles. Early expresses the distrust he has always had for Andrew Johnson, and feels that his policy of reconstruction has borne out his contention that Johnson was acting purely from...

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Early proposed Clarke for the degree of LL.D. at their Commencement on the 27th and the faculty concurred. Early hopes Clarke will be present. The same degree was conferred on Thomas William Marshall before his return to England, and will be conferred on Senator Charles Casserly and Justice Samuel F. Miller of the Supreme Court. Mr. Mrs. Casserly were there that day. He sends his regards to Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Ives and Fitzgerald. :: I-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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He thanks McMaster for sending him the package of Major Lane's small-pox remedy and describes the wonderful rapidity with which the cure worked on him. Within a week from the time he took sick he was allowed to leave his bed by his physician. Members of his family who nursed him took the remedy as a precautionary measure and did not contract the illness. McMaster may use this testimonial in any way he wishes. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 2pp. 6to.

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Asks Hudson to send a letter of congratulation to her mother Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey on the 12th of this month as it is her 63rd birthday. Hudson's letters to Mrs. Dorsey are very gratifying to her. Many messages would be sent if her mother knew she was writing to Hudson. Hopes Hudson has recovered from his illness, and sends regards. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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She thanks Hudson for the relic of the blessed Cure which he sent. She thanks him for the genuine interest he has shown in their behalf. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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The scholastic has given her mother, Anna Hanson Dorsey, the most overwhelming surprise. She did not have the faintest idea that she was to be the honored recepient of the Laetare Medal until she saw Maurice Egan's beautiful tribute to her. :: X-3-f A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Eastman thanks Hudson for the account of Francis Macary 's miraculous cure. Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey stay at Notre Dame was pleasant. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Enclosed are several monograms, which Eastman thought Father Louis Neyron would find interesting. They were written for and read before the Association which numbers one hundred of the noted surgeons in the United States. The gentlemen alluded to in the paper on the "Extirpation of the Tongue" is the late Surgeon-General Crane . United States Army whom Doctor Norris attended. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Eastman sends Hudson a copy of a letter she sent to John Murphy and Company. She asks that some notice of their carelessness be inserted in the Ave Maria. They are evidently palming these off on the school trade; one of the tricks of the Catholic publishers. Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey's recovery from her illness is slow. She wants to subscribe to the Ave Maria for one year and have it sent to Jack Reilly. Enclosure:

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Eastman sends a photograph of "Gable End" with her mother at her window. Her mother Anna Hanson Dorsey sends her love. Eastman's general health is better. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

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Eastman sends Hudson a copy of The Living Church, a paper published in Chicago, in the interest of the Episcopal Church, containing a letter written by the Reverend Hugh B. Chapman, when he sent Father Joseph Damien De Veuster a draft for one thousand dollars. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 6pp. 16mo.

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Eastman thanks Hudson for the Persian stories, which reached her through Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey. Mamie thanks Hudson for offering Mass in her behalf; she is studying and expects to be called before the commisioners Saturday. Both Nellie and Mamie are looking forward to meeting the Academy of Science at. Mr. Mrs. Graham Bell's on April 19th. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Eastman complains of several defects in the new edition of "Palms". She asks for four perfect copies. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

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Eastman inquires if Hudson would like to introduce a puzzle in the columns of the Ave Maria. He has years of experience in this work and offers to supply the Ave Maria with suitable puzzles. For references he gives the Congregationalist, Journal of Education, both of Boston; the Cape Ann Advertiser of Gloucester, Massachusetts and the Louisville Courier-Journal. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.