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Mannix requests a copy of the article "The City of Refuge, Our Lady Help of Christians". She inquires where she can get a life of Don Bosco in book form. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix regrets that she could not have her article, "Our Lady of Good Counsel", ready for the feast, but she was ill. She sends some verses. Mannix is pleased to have her work commended by capable critics. After reading Charles Warren Stoddard's account of hardships during his Holy Land trip, her desire to visit has died. The allusion to indecent prints that are exhibited in shop windows which appeared in the Ave Maria pleased Mannix. The story "Mid-Shipman Bob" must be Anna Hanson...

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Mannix's husband John B. Mannix has been sustained by the advice of Father Eugene Brady, S.J., in his resolution to remain in Cincinnati despite the advice of his family and many priests to leave this city. To leave, he feels would be an admission of guilt. She sends leaflets on the Holy Face, which Miss McCabe is giving away in her efforts to spread the confraternity. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 4to.

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Miss Mannix would like to translate "Petites Lectures" which appeared in the recent issues of the Ave Maria. She suggests having the translation published in the Ave Maria and then in book form. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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She returns the "Via Crucis" as received with only two slight changes. She sends some lines on the legend of St. Philip. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix has not been able to reply to Hudson because she has been helping her get things ready for the presentation of the creditor's case to the Supreme Court. The clergy attacks Mannix's husband for carrying matters too far against the Church, while the creditors accuse him of being under the thumb of clergy. Catholics of this diocese ought to make an effort to pay the debt. Many Protestants and Jews have expressed a willingness to help. In Mannix's opinion the fault lies almost with...

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Mannix was disappointed with Mrs. Madeleine Dahlgren's, "Washington Winter". She is pleased to hear that Hudson liked her notice of the book. Some of her verses have appeared in the "Catholic World". Mannix has received a copy of Hudson's "Glimpse of the Supernatural". :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix received this morning a printed notice of the "Glimpse of the Supernatural." Enclosed was the note that Mannix sent to Hudson, which she does not understand. Maybe it was returned for want of necessary postage. Mannix thinks that perhaps Hudson wants her to write a notice for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix regrets that she has not been able to do the work that she promised on "Glimpses of the Supernatural", because of illness. She regards the book highly. Mannix thinks that some of the revelations are too human. She is displeased with Cincinnati; there are too many saloons and gambling houses and the city lacks schools where virtue and goodness are stressed. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Mannix found few errors in the proof. The new baby has kept her from writing; she now has four children. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Mannix thanks Hudson for the picture and sends him an article. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix has completed the translation of a little French story. There has been a delay in sending it because the enclosure is not large enough to hold it. Mannix is grateful for the "Life of Haydn", which Hudson so generously sent to her. Prof. Joseph Lyons does some excellent publications. As for example, the "Scholastic", that was recently sent to her. Mannix wrote several little stories for the "Young Crusader". Now, she wants to have them put into book form. She has no pecuniary...

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Mannix returns the proofs with which she can find no fault. She has some verses in the "Pilot" last week. She sends them to Hudson. Mannix agrees with Hudson that Miss Eleanor Donnelly writes entirely too much. Mannix does not write that way. She writes under inspiration. The noise of the children running about the house does not confuse her. Mannix will send Hudson a translation in French shortly. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix encloses a translation of a French sonnet. She thinks the Ave Maria is improving all the time. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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She hoped to hear from Professor Joseph A. Lyons but has not. She sends the French translation and some verses. The Catholic Fireside has recently secured the services of Mary Meline, a niece of the late James F. Meline ; she went from here about two weeks ago. Mannix will be glad to see "Glimpses of the Supernatural". Cincinnati is in the midst of a great flood. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She has sent the manuscript of "Ash Wednesday" to John Boyle O'Reilly. She had been sending her children to a school taught by a Catholic lady but she has discontinued her school and Mannix must teach them herself. She will perhaps be obliged to send her boy who is 8 to St. Xavier's but she intends to teach the girls herself. She is waiting for Joseph A. Lyon 's letter. Hudson can have no idea of the misery caused by the flood. She is glad he is interested in the "Fireside." She will do...

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Mannix after a long delay sends some verses. The duties of a mother leave Mannix little time for literary endeavers. At Hudson's request, Mannix describes her only son. She intends to have the pictures of all her children taken and when she does, she will send Hudson one. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix thinks it strange that a sketch should be copied from the "Bazar Journal" first by the Ave Maria then by a New Zealand paper, and then by the Catholic Review. She is delighted with "Troubled Heart" and wonders if Mr. Charles Warren Stoddard is the author. When it is published she would like a copy. Mannix wants Hudson to republish her "Little Portraits of Little Ladies". Where can she obtain a copy of Eliza Allen Starr 's "Lives of the Saints". :: X-2-o A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Mannix informs Hudson that she gave birth to her seventh child, which she named Ruth Dominica Mary Mannix . Miss Mary Melina, a friend of of Mannix's would like to write for the Ave Maria. Mannix says that she is not a good story writer, but many newspapers find her a good correspondent. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix thanks Hudson for the book "Stories for Stormy Sundays". Correspondence with Eliza Allen Starr shows her to be a zealous woman. Mannix would like to write a short memoir of Father Charles Driscoll, S.J. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix feels that Hudson did not care for her "Two Poets". She has not found the Catholic World to be up to standards regarding the type of literature that is admitted to its pages, for many of the stories according to Mannix are coarse and vulgar. Father Augustine Hewit does not see all the material before it is printed. Mannix promises to send the sketch for this month; she would like to try writing the story "Patron Saints". :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix encloses some verses for the Ave Maria. The death of Father Charles Driscol, S.J., is a great loss to Mannix. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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If Hudson does not intend to print Mannix's verses he is requested to return them to her. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mannix submits a poem for the Ave Maria. She inquires if Eliot Ryder 's new book has been published. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix thanks Hudson for the package and the privilege of reviewing a book for the Ave Maria. She expected to review it for the Catholic World, but they usually send her the poetry. If Mr. T.F. Galwey saw Mannix's name among the list of poets, he would be certain to send it. Mannix does not consider the selection of poetry by John Boyle O'Reilly, Maurice Egan, Eleanor C. Donnelly, Katherine Conway, John B. Tabb and Elizabeth Carmel Hendry as their best works. To Mannix's mind, John...

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Mannix received Hudson's letter containing the proof of "Cure of Ars". She inquiries about the cost of Publishing a volume of verses by the Notre Dame Press, and thanks Hudson for the copy of "Household library of Catholic Poets". Mannix thinks it odd when she sees Nugent Robinson 's articles in the Ave Maria. She comments on a number of the articles that appeared in the Ave Maria. She believes John Acton gives promise of being a good Lyric poet. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix sends the first page of the poem Hudson either mislaid or she failed to send. She wonders if she will ever see Archbishop Thomas Croke 's of Cashel reply to the deputation from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mannix heard that Archbishop Edward McCabe of Dublin had been created Cardinal. Her story "The Assistant Editor" has been published by Lippincotts. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix found no errors in the proof. She also writes children's stories. Hudson is in error, since her stories do not appear in the Catholic World. They pay three dollars per printed page for stories and formerly paid Mannix five dollars for verses, but now they only pay Aubrey De Vere for poetry. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix thanks Hudson for the book. She would like to know what Hudson wants her to do with a number of sketches she has on hand. Mannix asks why Hudson stopped the publication of Nugent Robinson 's story "Father Tom". :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix submits a story, the main part of which was translated from a story in a French Catholic magazine. She inquires if Hudson would care to republish a series of stories she wrote for Father William Byrne of the Young Crusader. Some verses are also enclosed. Mannix relates the story of her courtship with her husband, John B. Mannix, with whom her father would have nothing to do, until he was made assignee for the properties of Archbishop John Purcell and Father Edward Purcell in...