Scope and Contents Miss Howe has not heard anything from the publishers and thinks that Hudson should know this. She should have let Hudson take care of it from the beginning if she had not thought it an imposition to do so. She told them that it would take about two hundred pages of 12mo. at an average of three hundred words to the page. She now has one hundred and eighty two with her new additions and has other possibilities. She believes that Mr. Hickey's attempt to dispose of Rohling's work may do her...

Scope and Contents Frances Howe knows that Hudson's column is crowded but the enclosed translation is for one of the nuns. The nun asked Miss Howe to ask Hudson to put it in. The nun wants it to appear on the festival of St. Vincent as she was making some kind of a novena to that saint and promised him that she would make him more widely known. If Hudson can find room for the nun's ex voto, he need not mention whence it comes as nuns desire little publicity. Rose will reply to his letter and Frances Howe...

Scope and Contents She encloses the design for the frontispiece which she received from Sister Maurice. She thinks Hudson will urge the insertion of it in the book. His position gives him access to engraving firms. Miss Eliza Allen Starr is ill and cannot help her by going to any Chicago firms. Anyhow she always opposed the school of art to which Sister Maurice adheres more than she aid that of Luigi Gregori. She would not like the design. Miss Starr is an advocate of the Turner School and it would take...

Scope and Contents She is sorry to admit that the subscriptions for her prospective book, "Louise Lateau", have been much slower than she expected. She believes that the lack of success is due more to the unpopularity of the subscription system than to the unpopularity of the book. Catholics, she thinks, are especially wary of buying literature of unknown quality. However, because of the great influence exerted by the few publishers she does have, she considers them of much more value than an impressive...

Scope and Contents Her sister did not receive the money Hudson mentioned in his letter but they have already written home to ask whether it was received there. Since publishers will not accept her story unless she has a large subscription list, and the public will not subscribe unless she is connected with a reputable publisher, she has a very perplexing problem to solve. Without the help of the Holy Cross Fathers the situation seems hopeless. She would prefer a Protestant publisher because he would be...

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She received Hudson's letter and she will be glad to have him make out a list of probable subscribers to her article. She and her friends will then write to each one of them personally. When the answers have been received she will request Hudson to write her an introductory letter to publishers. Her sister Rose Howe has notified Hudson of the arrival of the money which he sent. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Miss Howe wants Hudson to send a copy of the April 13th number of the Ave Maria as their copy form St. Catherine's has not been forwarded. Frances Howe wants the "cis" on her first name changed to "ces" on the address of the Ave Maria. She has been arguing with Kelly, Piet, Co. about this and is afraid that her book will come out with a man's name. The interior scaffolding in the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is being removed. Miss Howe received a notice from Washington stating...

Scope and Contents She wrote to Hudson some time ago about an arrangement with the Ave Maria and also about a personal interview with Father Julian Benoit and he asked her to be patient until the pastor at Chesterton was changed. Now she has no hopes of the change until the Catholics of Porter County have been scolded out of their jealously of her family. Porter County Catholics say that the Howes are rolling in wealth and Fathers Michael O'Reilly and Timothy O' Sullivan second their assertions. It...

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The Howe family is purchasing Stations for the cemetery. Benziger Brothers' zinc Stations are recommended for outdoor use. She inquires as to how they take the weather. Howe asks Hudson if he has copies of the Baltimore Pastoral that she might borrow. Christian Reid 's present story is just the thing for the Cosgrain family, who Howe is attempting to interest in subscribing to the Ave Maria. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Howe sends an article for the Ave Maria. She hopes Hudson will soon recover. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She asks for as many copies of the AVE MARIA containing the "Record," as Hudson thinks she should have. Her mother wants an extra set of those containing the "Trattato." She hopes that they will be instructive to a friend. :: X-2-h A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo

Scope and Contents It is a whole month since she was at Notre Dame. She has been so busy since then that her correspondence is dreadfully in arrears. Her cousin was delighted with Notre Dame and although her name is so intensely Catholic she is a Protestant, but she thinks Notre Dame roused the Catholic blood in her. The writer stopped in Chesterton on her return and visited Mrs. Green, who again spoke earnestly of the Catholic religion. She will suggest to Father H F. J. Kroll that he make a New Year's...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter and the Ave Maria for Dec. 9 were received. Is want of space Hudson's sole reason for rejecting the chapters on St. Catharine that were omitted? She intends to publish her story of St. Catharine in book form as a refutation of the scandal being spread about St. Catharine. Her name on a title page does her no good. Even though it appeared on her previous stories she was accused of not writing them herself. She describes a visit she made to Dr. Green's family in...

Scope and Contents She has received a promising letter from Father P W. Riordon. He is willing to assist her in the revision of her article on St. Catherine which appeared in the Ave. Therefore, she asks for the return of her manuscripts. She discusses at length the accusations of Dr. and Mrs. Cocke against the character and sanctity of St. Catherine, but as it was published in the Ave Maria it was no special refutation of these accusations. Hudson seems to think she has made the Ave a Vehicle to help her...

Scope and Contents Howe sent an article she received yesterday, part of which she translated, and requests that Hudson, publish it. Part of her article she leaves to Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C. to translate because of the need of interpretation. She wonders if Bishop Joseph Dwenger would permit Sorin to found an order for their place. Apparently Dwenger's reply to Rome was that he could find no one to accept the conditions that were laid down for founding the order. Monsignor Foschi says they ought to...

Scope and Contents She has received some pictures from St. Mary's of the Woods that belonged to Rose. After having the inscription written by one of Rose's teachers, so she could present them to Rose's friends, she is enclosing one for Hudson, with one of Rose's favorite quotations on it. A good item for Catholic Notes would be Bishop Silas M. Chatard's blessing of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at St. Mary's of the Woods. As she and Rose gave the statues of the playground shrines, she has received a...

Scope and Contents Miss Howe has found a scrap of a letter from Hudson with what appears to be a postscript asking her for an article on the Assumption. She knows only that the letter may have been written in 1880, as she does not save many letters and only the top halves of the letters on Ave Maria paper for the little picture. She hopes Father Hudson did not think her unusually rude and whimsical for not noticing the request Mrs. Coke ? is delighted with the wreath and wrote Hudson to thank him. She...

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Howe informs Hudson that an old friend, Father Aegidius is ill in New Orleans. :: X-2-l A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Wish to thank him for copies of Behold thy Mother and the money order for articles contributed to Ave Maria. Wrote "Festival of the Rosary" as dedication to the Ave Maria. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Howe sends Hudson a picture which she asks him to show to Father General and to Father Granger. Since Hudson was interested in the case of that girl, Howe tells him another remarkable speech she made. It is useless to ask Howe of Chicago Catholics She cannot enter their houses without being subject to insult. So she never visits any of them. Howe used to go to confession to the same Benedictine Father. Three years ago different arrangements were made so that it was difficult to find the...

Scope and Contents The enclosed manuscript is an article Miss Howe promised Our Lady in case of a certain success. Miss Howe sends 2 Catholic notes. In the August issue of the "Ave Maria" is an identical proposition which was condemned by Aunt Winifred. The commentary of Sylvius would certainly have filled the minds of the cavillers with anger. The article on Loretto France seems unreal and Miss Howe wonders if it is a fictitious travel for which the Catholic World is so famous. Those travels are the...

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She is rather pleased that she and her sister can write articles that are of a nature which concern both Catholics and Protestants. The environment of the sisters is a big factor for their writing articles on such a plane. She visited Louise Lateau who was experiencing great suffering which they attributed as a miracle Under orders of her mother's confessor she is writing an article on "ex-Voto", but would like her name not to be connected with the article. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

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She will appreciate Hudson's efforts in securing a title page. The article concerns both the surroundings and Louise Lateau. Her sister's full name is Frances Rose Howe. At a later date she will send "Festival of the Holy Rosary at the Tomb of St. Dominic". They have offers from the Protestants to write for their journals, but has no idea what they can contribute to them. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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She would like to see her articles on The Festival of the Rosary published in the October issue of the Ave Maria. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She and her sister have been waiting for some weeks to see that part of the article on Louise Lateau which they have already sent Hudson appear in the Ave Maria. Since it has not appeared they conclude that he does not want it. Her sister has been indisposed with the whooping cough and does not suit, but if she had seen the work printed, she would have felt able to supply further installments. Their health and occupations prevent writing in the wholesale manner Hudson desires; they have...

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She gives her reasons for not sending the article on Louise Lateau. She would like to have included in the article the particular geographical position of Bois d'Haine. She is happy over the fact that an end has been put to the questions of Louise Lateau by the clarification in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Not wishing to antagonize the Cecilian writers any further and feeling that it would be prudent not to address them at all she asks Hudson to attach a footnote to "Aunt Winifred" informing them that this story was written many years prior to the formation of their society; consequently, Aunt Winifred's remarks could not have been spoken to the Cecilia-ites. From her own experience she seriously doubts whether those who advocate the sole use of Gregorian chant in the Church can...

Scope and Contents She is too sick to write, but she wishes to tell him that they received a very sad letter from Father Aegidius who sent in his resignation to the Bishop because of pains in his chest causing him to be too weak to attend to his duties. She begged Aegidius to come and visit them or go to Hudson's place. Frances Howe sent to Chicago and saw Miss Eliza Allen Starr who is going to write to Hudson about getting Bishop Silas M. Chatard's pastoral for the Ave Maria. Howe has heard it, and...

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She would like to have a partial payment on her sister's article in cash because of the pressing needs She needs a printed title page for the copyright on the article about Louise Lateau. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents She thanks Hudson for his letter. The reason for the delay in answering it is due to the fact that his letter and one she received from Miss Eliza Allen Starr had completely bewildered her. She states that while in her younger days she admired Miss Starr as a beneficial influence on her, since Miss Starr's rise to prominence along with acquiring its attending consequences tending toward arbitrary reasoning, loquacity, and a critical attitude towards the views of others, Miss Starr's...