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Howe sends two dollars for Masses for a deceased cousin. Charless Warren Stoddard has finished what has been to Howe a disappointing series of articles on his trip through the Holy Land. The outdoor stations of the Cross on Howe's property were a consolation during Holy Week, Hudson should come and see them. She requests a copy of Father O'Connor's, S.J. pamphlet on reading. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mr. James Reed has come to see her. He was well pleased with the quality of the soil, but was indignant at the thought of living in such houses, as they are more for style than for comfort. Reed is willing to pay $5,000 and one of the farms is worth $5,000 and the other $2,500. Miss Starr has improved since the publication of her volume, much like Miss Mulack did after she published her collection. Protestant Journals 15 years ago used to have a very effective style writing up poets and...

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Howe thanks Hudson for the article "Festival of the Holy Rosary". Eight copies of it and a half dozen of the "Record" are requested. Howe regrets that she missed seeing the priests from Notre Dame that visited Chesterton recently. Howe grieves over the tragic death of Father Cusci :: X-2-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Howe encloses orders and money for copies of "The Most Holy Rosary". While she was visiting in Chicago she met Miss Wells at the Mercy Convent Boarding House. She called on Father J. Roles . He is the priest who assisted Howe in her publication of her book on St. Catherine of Genoa. Howe would like Hudson to use his present communication with Roles to relate if Eliza Allen Starr said anything concerning Howe. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Gratitude is expressed for the copy of "Most Holy Rosary". Howe and her mother are thankful to Hudson for what he has done to enable the good that Rose Howe her sister, has done to live after her. Father H. F. Joseph Kroll celebrated Mass in their chapel Saturday. Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey portrays Howe's idea of a mixed marriage as a Via Crucis in spite of a lawful mixed marriage and external happiness. She never hears from Father Aegidius Hennemann. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Howe requests the prayers of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Lourdes that her mother will not be troubled by lawsuit. She has succeeded in obtaining a letter of introduction to Archbishop Patrick F. Freehan from Father Julian Benoit :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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Will Hudson see that the inclosed letter reaches Father General Edward Sorin, C.S.C. ? He may be absent; if he is, Hudson should keep it until he can give it to him. She presented Father Julian Benoit's kind letter of introduction to Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan . She was courteously received and permission given to her to come again. She hopes to be able to gain his kindly feeling in time. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1 p. 12mo.

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Howe requests permission for her mother and herself to stay at Notre Dame for the Jubilee celebration. Her mother's health has improved slightly. Father Julian Benoit has told the pastor at Chesterton, Father Henry Kroll to visit the Howe family monthly. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Howe asks Hudson to thank Father-General Edward Sorin, C.S.C. , and Father Alexis Granger, C.S.C., for the satisfaction she and her mother experienced from the performance of their Jubilee. She knows God will send her some one but she does not think it will be Father H. F. Joseph Kroll . The clergy of Chicago had a fine opinion of Howe and certain things would have not caused more than a ripple but for Eliza Allen Starr . It was a bitter pill for Starr to see Howe approaching her...

Scope and Contents Howe requests two copies of the article on Pere Marquette. She is glad that Hudson is pleased with the memorial of Rose Howe. It was printed at Howe's expense, without any idea of profit. It pleased the priests of Chicago, who had known Rose and they urged it be printed. Howe was unwilling to publish it for a profit, but agreed to let Father Martin van de Laar publish it and the proceeds be used for his parish in South Chicago, but this was not carried out. She submits a poem. :: X-2-h...

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Howe sends Hudson a copy of the Memorial from which the "Record" can be copied. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Father H.F. Kroll blessed their cemetery after celebrating High Mass. He had been given special faculties for this occasion. Howe encloses an article giving an account of the festivity. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Howe requests more copies of the Ave Maria. Also requested is a bill for all the debts that Howe owes the Ave Maria. She sends her regards to Father Alexis Granger :: X-2-n A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Howe criticizes Father T. P. Roles ' literary abilities, saying he is a fair critic, an excellent teacher of rhetoric, but his great superiority lies in his lectures and orations. She discusses the conversion of two Swedish young men to Catholicism. Father Peter Cooney accompanied by Father H. F. Kroll and Doctor Kilroy visited Howe. Howe's mother is going to have the cross that her father raised in the graveyard, as the emblem of Christianity in Northwestern Indiana, replaced. :: X-2-n...

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Howe is obliged to Hudson for giving a notice of Abbe Emard's book. She desires a couple of copies of the Ave Maria. It is a pity Father Peter Cooney does not tell Hudson about his visit with Doctor Kilroy at the Bailly Homestead. How believes Ella Lorraine Dorsey's sketch about Eliza Allen Starr 's home is inaccurate. Howe inquires if Hudson knows if Father Camillus Maes has returned. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Many of her acquaintances including clergy have expressed a desire to see the story of Louise Lateau published in book form. This plus the implicit approbation of the idea by the Ave Maria has led her to investigate its possibilities more fully. She wants Hudson's aid and advice in selecting a publisher. Her request may seem hasty but it is necessary because of the great length of time it would take her to revise the story so that it would be suitable for publication as a book. :: X-2-d...

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A letter is enclosed which Hudson is asked to deliver to Miss Howe's mother or sister when they come to Notre Dame. Because of her recent and still lingering illness she does not know when she will be able to write again for the Ave Maria. She doubts whether Hudson will miss her contributions since she has always presented her material in a manner radically different from that of her contemporaries. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Miss Howe reminds Hudson of a statement she made previously about one of her teachers who was English by birth and of her younger sister who still remains in England and writes for the English Catholic press. One of her productions is entitled "Aubrey Court" and as yet she had not found a suitable place to publish it. So Miss Howe wrote to the sister, Miss Amy Marshall, suggesting that she have it published in the Ave Maria. In her reply to Miss Howe she states that she would like to...

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Miss Howe is sending two dollars for her and her mother as a donation to Notre Dame during the present misfortune. She is sending some pebbles and shells, specimens from Phoenicia and Palestine, to help lay a cornerstone of the mineral department of a new Museum of Science at Notre Dame. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 3pp. 18mo.

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Howe inquires if Hudson is still ill. She requests extra copies of the Ave Maria. The Ave Maria could never get along without Hudson. It gives a true picture of Christian life, while the Catholic World is like a melody which runs in a perpetual minor key. Father Kroll ordered the stations from Benziger Brothers the week before Holy Week. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Howe thanks Hudson for the information he furnished. She has learned that Father-General Edward Sorin, C.S.C. has gone to Europe with Bishop Joseph Dwenger . Howe thinks the Ave Maria a good supplement to Catholic education. She requests back issues of the Ave Maria that contain Father John A. Zahm 's lectures. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Howe encloses a letter for Mother Angela which she asks Hudson to forward. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Howe submits a sketch on Pere Marquette. She thanks the Fathers for coming to the jubilee. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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The proof is returned and Howe requests two extra copies when the article comes out. Howe inquires if "one friend" gave up his parish in South Chicago and left the diocese. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Hudson should send the books by express to Porter Station. Regarding the "Record" Howe says Hudson may do whatever he wishes with it, for this will honor Rose Howe 's memory. Howe encloses a translation. Father H. Geiger is known in South Germany as the author of "Lydia", he devotes himself to composing classic literature for Catholic youth. Geiger led the South German pilgrimage, which in 1871 went to Rome to protest against the movement in behalf of Johann Dollinger to Pope Pius IX....

Scope and Contents Howe thanks Hudson for the copies of the Ave Maria and requests three copies of the number that contains Monsignor Foschi 's letter. She is sorry that one or two persons, who Howe does not care to mention, should not see that Foschi did not think it proper to address her personally. Howe received the Scholastic containing the article she wrote at the behest of Mother Angela, but it should not have been published since it is not her style of writing. She asks Hudson to quote a price for...

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Howe has received assurances that 125 copies of the "Record" will be sold, and she knows of other places she can count on for sales. She will arrange an introduction and send it to Hudson. Howe's mother would like to spend part of Holy Week at Notre Dame, if the roads to the railroad are passable. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Howe sends the introduction she spoke about in her last letter. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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She thanks Hudson for the little book, which is the edition she wished. Mother Cecilia acknowledges the Ave Maria. Madame Healy received the "Record." :: X-2-j A. Postcard S.

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Howe learned much from Hudson's method of preparing the Ave Maria readers for Saint Catherine. She requests Hudson send Mother Cecilia at Terre Haute, copies of the Ave Maria containing the article on St. Catherine. When she wrote Louise Lateau she was a local superior. Howe requests that a copy of "Record of a suffering Soul" be sent to Madame Healy at the Academy of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart in Chicago. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.