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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 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 has just finished the sketch for the Ave Maria which she forwards. She thanks Hudson for his promise. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Howe hopes to have the new stations set up within a month. Father Joseph Kroll will officate at the dedication. Howe wonders if Hudson heard about the translation that she did for Father Thomas Walsh, S.J., about which he expressed his complete satisfaction. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Howe requests copies of "Record of a Suffering Soul" and "Festival of the Most Holy Rosary". Father H.F.J. Kroll is grateful for the procession and the First Communion class. General Alfred H. Terry is Howe's father's nephew. Terry's blemishes are his Indian policies and his attitude toward Catholics. Hudson would be amused to see Terry's embarrassment on these points whenever Howe visits Terry's family. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Howe sends Hudson Christmas greetings. She believes Lew Wallace has a vocation and wishes God would grant him the gift of the true faith. Howe knew Isabella Braun in Munich and has a volume of her little journal. When she next visits Notre Dame, she will bring Frances Terry, General Alfred Howe Terry's younger sister with her. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 5pp. 16mo.

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Howe thanks Hudson for the newspaper and asks him for a copy of the Ave Maria. She inquires if Hudson has seen the enclosed clipping concerning General Philip Sheridan :: X-3-e A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Howe thanks Hudson for the copy of the French magazine containing the "Ave Maris Stella". :: X-3-g A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Hudson is invited to attend the blessing of their cemetery by Father H. F. J. Kroll on September 26. She received the two copies of Father John A. Zahm's lecture. It is a good supplement to "Modern Scientific Thought and Christian Doctrine". Howe gives her opinion on the value of Catholic and secular education. She deplores the effect that public school education has on Catholic children. :: X-3-a A.L.S 8pp. 12mo.

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Last Saturday their stations of the cross received the sanction of religion. Besides Father H. F. J. Kroll, Fathers Charles Bache and F. P. Nussbaum were present. Howe sends a note on the dedication for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Howe inquires if there is a German edition of the "Manual of the Holy Face", which she can get a German woman, who is a convert to Catholicism. She forwards two dollars for the woman as an offering for a special intention. Howe suggests that when Father H. F. J. Kroll needs help such as Father Stanislaus Fitte, C.S.C., sometimes gives, Hudson should come in his place. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Howe inquires if Hudson received the two dollars she sent recently. She requests duplicates of all the October issues of the Ave Maria. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Howe thanks Hudson for the favor. She submits an article for the Ave Maria. Howe asks Hudson to get her Faber's "Mary at the Foot of the Cross." :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Howe has received the book "Foot of the Cross". She thinks the writer of the article on Louis Pasteur has cruel ideas about allowing dumb animals to be used for Medical experiments. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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Howe looked for a copy of the paper mentioning the accident but could not find it. She received a letter from Bishop Camillus Paul Maes the other day. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Howe translated some material for Father J.C. Walshe, S.J., lately of Detroit and now of Dublin. He attempted to get Kilroy and Brennan to publish his work and asked Howe to attend to the details. Kilroy and Brennan delayed and it looked as though they and abandoned the project until Walsh threatened to reclaim his manuscript and publish it in Ireland. Howe has sent a circular letter on the work to numerous American priests and the response was good. She inquires who she should write to...

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Howe sends Hudson a photograph of her sister Rose Howe . She is disappointed by what Charles Warren Stoddard writes about Tabor and Galilee in his articles on Palestine. Howe asks Hudson to thank Father Alexis Granger, C.S.C., for his letter. She comments at length on the evils of Jansenism. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

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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.

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Father H.F.J. Kroll will, with the approbation of Bishop Dwenger have a regular celebration of the festival of Corpus Christi. The enclosed dollar is for Father Granger. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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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.

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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 describes the preparations that were made at the Bailly Homestead for the celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi. Father H. F. Kroll received Bishop Dwenger's permission to celebrate Mass out of doors for the occasion. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Howe will be unable to visit Notre Dame on August 15. She asks Hudson if he can give more information on the murder of Archbishop Charles Seghers :: X-3-e A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents She received Hudson's letter. Hudson's kind offer of assistance will probably be used although she definitely does not like the subscription method of raising money. She is sorry that she omitted Father Frederick Faber's priestly title in her list of authors. She does not like the way the word catholicity has usurped the meaning of the word Catholicism. She is fully aware of the fact that many literary critics consider the writings of her and her sister frivolous but she defends her...

Scope and Contents Is Hudson aware of the compulsory education agitation originated in the Women's Club of Chicago? There is some hatred of the Catholic Church in it, but more sheer love of notoriety. Nearly a year ago, Howe boarded in the family of the ringleader of the gang. Her parents were friends of Robert G. Ingersoll. Members of that committee of the Women's Club used to call where Howe boarded. The leader is about forty years old, showy in general appearance and well known in offices downtown. She...

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Howe requests Hudson send copies of the Ave Maria containing the review of "Robert Elsmere" to Doctor H. Green of Chesterton. She has heard that Father Stanislaus Fitte, C.S.C. received the impression from some Chicago clergy that her mother had profitably disposed of her property and is enjoying a liberal fortune. This is a mistake. It is evident that an attempt to defraud Howe of her inheritance is being made. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Hudson's letter with enclosure received. Also the two last issues of the Scholastic. She has not received the Ave Maria for January 31. :: X-2-f A. Postcard S. 32 mo.

Scope and Contents She encloses a letter written to her by Father Henri Delbaere which because of its outstanding quality she wants returned so that she may keep it as a life-long treasure. She wishes to correct an impression given by the letter. She did not ask Delbaere to canvass regularly for her, but merely to use his influence for her advantage whenever a dignified opportunity presented itself. Just for the sake of appearance she believes it would be a good idea if Notre Dame and St. Mary's both...

Scope and Contents She received Hudson's letter and was glad to hear that he has already written to the publisher. The sending of the list was delayed so that she could include the names of several who she felt certain would soon subscribe. She explains the particulars involved in these additional names. She wonders whether it would be advisable to sell the books in Protestant book stores. Fifty cents is enclosed for which she wants Hudson to send her three copies of an old issue of the Ave Maria. ::...

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She received Hudson's note inclosing a letter from the publishing company. She wrote to them answering their questions and asking the price of composition. The subscription for twenty copies of "Louise Lateau" by Notre Dame will create the desired effect on the publishers. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 1p. crown 8 vo.