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Mannix is in favor of Hudson's proposal to write biographies, but asks him to suggest some names and whether or not to limit her material to Catholic sources. Are there any collected lives of Catholic printers? :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix submits an article. She requests Hudson suggest a subject for her biographical essay. Mannix wishes Hudson would find her something good to translate. She is interested "Soeur Rosalie". Critiques of two new books that Hudson sent her are forwarded together with a sonnet. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix is certain she wrote the poem for the Catholic World. She received "Record of a Suffering Soul", for which she is obliged. Howe's fear, that one's friends will not pray for them once one has died, has often been Mannix's. She requests copies of the Ave Maria which contains the "Despoliation of the Coliseum". What does Hudson think of the sketch of Felicite de Lamennais, Jean Baptiste Lacordaire, and Comte Charles Montalambert :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She states a correction to be made in her poem "Corpus Christi." She is glad Hudson likes Lacordaire and "The Inner Life". She reads avidly anything relating to him. Does Hudson like Montalembert? She had a young enthusiasm for Pere Tlyacquthe, but this faded. She will send Hudson some extracts from "Hope of a Conversion." She likes French religious books. There is nothing like them in English. She is sending some secular verses for the Ave Maria if suitable. The verses of the late Dr....

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Since Mannix has not felt well this summer, she thought of returning Mrs. Blake's volume of poems, due to her inability to write a review of it. Now she submits a short review. She can not agree with the praise of the work by the Boston Pilot, for Mannix does not consider Blake's work equal to that of Adelide Procter . The name of Father Thomas E. Walsh, C.S.C., reminds her of her brother, who had the same name and died about eighteen months ago. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix can send Hudson the issue of the Dublin Review containing the article on "The Holy Face". Miss McCabe has suggested publishing a newspaper, similar to the St. Joseph Advocate that is published in behalf of the colored people, in the interests of the Working Girls Home. Mannix sends Hudson a sketch of the home. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix has learned that Christian Ried Frances Tiernan is translating the "Life of Jean Leon Dupont". She plans to translate Dupont's "Visits to Mary For Every Day in the Year". Mannix sends a translation of a poem by Heine. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix submits another manuscript. She read Lady Georgiana Fullerton 's book long ago. If Hudson can not use the article he should save it for next year. Mannix thinks that neither Miss Forbes or Maurice Francis Egan write as well as they did in the past. Mary Meline can write a good essay but of late she has become too sentimental. By the time his anniversary comes around Mannix hopes to send Hudson a sketch on Father Charles Driscol, S.J. Father William J. Halley, last of the old...

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Mannix wishes Hudson a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Her husband, John B. Mannix , took the position of assignee for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati against the advice of his friends and only after being begged to do so by Archbishop John B. Purcell . He had hoped to increase the assets of the creditors by investing the remaining money in Southern Railroad stocks, then at a premium. The stocks depreciated, he became frightened and lost his head. A small group of the creditors incited by lawyers of poor reputation have held meetings, heaped...

Scope and Contents Mannix is disappointed about the sketch of Superior Louise. She is sure it must have been Sister Alphonse who wrote to Hudson. Does Hudson know that the sisters want Mannix to write a life of Sister Louise ? "Our Lady's Cradle song" was not written by Mannix. Mannix thinks the poem Hudson intends for the month of the Holy Infancy is one of the best she has ever written. What a good story-teller T. F. Galwey is getting to be. Both Mrs. and Miss Dorsey are excellent writers. Eliza Allen...

Scope and Contents The second trial of her husband,John B. Mannix, is set for March 7th. His business is good and if the trial does not go against him and he is not disbarred they hope to be able to pay off some of their debts. She recently read that Charles Warren Stoddard was no longer at Notre Dame, the same articles referred to him as a word painter. Mannix does not like the story "Fairy Gold",because of its abrupt ending. She is waiting for Kathleen O'Meara's article on Monsignor de Segur. Because of...

Scope and Contents The trial of John B. Mannix, her husband, has ended favorably because of a disagreement among the jury. Because of this ordeal she has been unable to write for the Ave Maria. She was unaware until she read Eliza Allen Starr's article on Mother Angela Gillespie that she was instrumental in forming the Ave Maria. Mannix did not think Father Neal Gillespie had much force. She inquires if there is a chance that Father Damien might recover his health. "Fairy Gold" does not improve as it goes...

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The birth of a sixth child, a daughter, has prevented Mannix from writing to Hudson. She likes Kathleen O'Meara's life of Bishop de Segur. "Fairy Gold" does not interest her but Clara Mulholland's story is a pretty one. Mannix has given up working for the Working Girl's Advocate because Margaret McCabe thought her ideas on how the magazine should be conducted were too broad. :: X-3-e A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix thanks Hudson for his kind responses to her request. She does not think that she ought to take the money. Mother Teresa writes from New Orleans that Father Alexis Granger has added a couple of pages relative to the Holy Face to his Annals of the Confraternity of Lourdes. Mannix would like Hudson to send her a copy. She will subscribe for it and will be glad to contribute to it occasionally. Mannix will send Hudson an article on Marqueti Bosco. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix has not received the copy of the "Annals". She submits an article for the Youth Department of the Ave Maria. Mannix had a letter from her husband John B. Mannix stating that the priest has been kind to him and promised all the assistance in his power. They may soon go to California. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Mannix sends the first half of her article entitled "The Mother of Dom Bosco". :: X-3-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mannix is pleased that Hudson liked her article "The Mother of Dom Bosco". :: X-3-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix is saddened by the death of her sister Elizabeth, who passed away in Florida. She is finishing her packing, but will go directly to California. Mannix plans to visit St. Martin's where the Ursulines have a convent. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix's sister was buried today. She has a translation of a Japanese story which after alteration would make a good story for the Youth Department of the Ave Maria. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix is pleased Hudson liked her article on Margaret Bosco, which she translated from the French. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Mannix submits an article for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Mannix submits a poem entitled the "Three Little Pussies". :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Mannix submits an article translated from the German. At the present Mannix does not wish her name to appear before the public. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Mannix thanks Hudson for the picture of Mere Julie. She returns the proof together with a translation. Would a portrait she wrote and published in the Young Crusader do for the Ave Maria? Mannix was gratified to receive an order from Lothrop and Company of Boston for a child's book, which she thinks was due to the efforts of John Boyle O'Reilly :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix sends a poem. She understands Noonan Company published a series of children's books and cannot understand why they refused to examine her stories. Burns and Oates have published another life of Dupont. She has always had an admiration for Pere Lacordaire. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix will visit Father Francis Weninger even though he be a crusty gentleman. She sends translations of a series of stories with comment on each one. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix requests Hudson give her space in the Ave Maria for an article on the Working Girl's Home. She describes plans for establishing a home for working girls and working boys. Mannix inquires about her article "Helpers of the Holy Souls". She was disappointed with Stoddard's account of a visit to Lourdes. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix discusses the difficulties of publishing the Working Girl's Advocate . She will be glad to review "Midshipman Bob". Critical comments are made about Reid's story "Philip's Restitution". Mannix had not expected to see her verses in the latest number of the Ave Maria because she intended them for Hudson. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

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Mannix comments on Ella Lorraine Dorsey's book "Midshipman Bob" which Hudson sent her. She does not know what will become of the Working Girl's Advocate. Mannix inquires whether Frances C. Fisher Tiernan writes under a nom de plume because she never sees anything but Christian Reid outside the Ave Maria. The illness of her son prevented her from writing for the Ave Maria. She comments on the type of articles she writes best. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.