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Mannix sends an account of a cure brought through the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Cincinnati area. Father B. A. Baumeister, the parish priest has published an account of the cure in a local German newspaper. She has received a copy of the "Life of Jean Leon Papin Dupont", and she thinks Pere Janviers work on Dupont's life is better. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix submits a translation of a French article. She inquires what he thinks of the Working Girls Advocate. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 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 is pleased to learn that Hudson likes her verses. She inquires if Hudson has seen a story presently being published by Lippincott's, which she thinks is either the slipshod work of either Maurice Francis Egan or Thomas Galwey . "Midshipman Bob" is a good story. She describes her family to Hudson. In the last number of the Advocate there is a story from the Ave Maria. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Mannix hopes that she can induce her husband to accept Hudson's invitation during the vacation. If Hudson read the last "Chat About Books", in the Catholic World, Mannix thinks he will agree that Father Augustine Hewitt must consider the revision of such articles beneath his notice. Archbishop William Elder has promised the Advocate an account of his visit to Notre Dame. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

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Mannix will be glad to have the books for notice. Because of the financial scandal in which her husband is involved her friends have been unkind. She will soon submit a short story. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 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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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 does not think that Hudson ought to have sent her any money for those verses. A rich man in Cincinnati who has known her since she was born told her that if he could serve her in any way she should let him know. Her husband has said in various letters that if they had a home of their own they could get along nicely out there. Rents are exceedingly high. She wrote to this widely known philanthopist asking if he would lend her $2,500. The gentleman replied that he could not loan...

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Enclosed are some extracts from the Annals of the Holy Face. Father Janner was a saint. Mannix had some correspondence with him for Miss McCabe relative to the confraternity in Cincinnati. She encloses a letter from Father Michael Rua. When the books come, notably that of Marguerite Bosco, Mannix will condense and send some articles. On Saturday the attorneys for Mr. Mannix will present a motion for the dismissal of the case. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix is sending an installment. She is incapable of writing a long story as Hudson suggests. John Acton has talent but is very obscure. Mannix hopes Hudson will like the chronicle. Colonel Elmer Otis sends his kind remembrances. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 9pp. 12mo.

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Would Hudson like a sketch of Colonel Garesche's life? What a sad tale is Charles Stewart Parnell's. Colonel and Mrs. Elmer Otis send remembrances. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix is glad Hudson will take the article on Colonel Julius P. Garesche. Louis Garesche, his son, will be pleased to have it published in the Ave Maria. She is sending some things from the German. The Poor Souls Advocate must not be in a good way financially. Is it true that Maurice Francis Egan received $1000 for his serial in the Rosary? She wishes they could pay that debt. It haunts them night and day. Father Henry A. Schapman, S.J., rector at Cincinnati, said that of all...

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Her instincts are true; she felt Hudson did not care about "Kitty's Piano". The news from the gold mine is good; enough surface gold had been found to pay for running expenses and there are indications of richer deposits beneath. If the 860 shares in the mine reach par, they have the beginnings of a fortune, then they could pay their debts. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

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Has Hudson seen the Prospectus of the Poor Souls' Advocate . Has the editor no real friend to "do" his English for him? She thinks they made a mistake in going out of their line as they propose. The editor sent Mannix some verses for translation. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Mannix received the money order together with the manuscript of "Kitty's Piano", which she does not think can be condensed. She thought Father Boniface Luebbermann, was the editor of the Poor Souls Advocate . He writes their prospects for next year are good. She has received no word from the Catholic Publication Society regarding her story "Two Schools". Mannix never heard anything about her manuscript sent to Murphy. She will write to Kehoe and tell him that Hudson will endeavor to...

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Mannix sends the first part of a translation of "Christopher Columbus" and "El Siglo". She inquires if Hudson would like a sketch of Garcia Moreno from the life of Lady Herbert. She is disappointed in the Poor Souls Advocate. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Mannix has sent Hudson two installments of the translation and the second part of the "Divinity of the Catholic Church". The boom in San Diego collapsed long ago and affairs have been growing less and less satisfactory. A large influx of tourists is expected because of the yellow fever epidemic in Florida. At present their finances are not flourishing. One good case would set her husband on his feet, for he is a first rate lawyer. The translation of the "Acts and Practices of Christian...

Scope and Contents Among the many things which Mannix admires about Hudson is his frankness. Mannix refers to Hudson's recommendation to destroy her story "Kitty's Piano", which she has not carried out. She sends some French sketches which she has translated together with a Christmas story of Southern California. Her story "A Tale of Two Coasts" is taking shape. She has been honorably mentioned in the Magazine of Poetry. Hudson's new story is very strong and she has read nothing better in a long time....

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Mannix submits a New Year story. Did Mannix write Hudson that Mr. Galwey was about to take a chair at the new University? She considers him a better writer than Egan. What does Hudson think of the conduct of President Benjamin Harrison and Premier at the dedication of the Catholic University ? Brother John Regis Heim visited her last week. John is strongly inclined to Annopolis. There is good news from their "gold mines." :: X-3-k A.L.S. 10pp. 16mo.

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Mannix submits a correction. She will have some translations from the Spanish for Hudson shortly. She should not like to think that Christian Reid Frances C. Tiernan was like that. Mannix has a friend who said Miss Fisher's family thought her eccentric. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

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Although her name is not on the list of poets in the new prospectus of the Ave Maria, perhaps Hudson would let her try her hand writing verses for children. John's reports are very good. Margaret will be 13 in January. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Due to storm damage to the railroad they have not had mail service. Maurice Francis Egan being on the spot ought to count for a great deal. The Ave Maria improves steadily; she remembers the time when she thought it insipid. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 8pp. 16mo.

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Mannix has read and returns the manuscript. The boy in the story is very like her John :: X-3-k A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix sends an article for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix sends the second installment of her story. Mannix thinks that she and Maurice Francis Egan could write a novel together. If he had not treated her so strangely whe might try to bring this about. T. F. Galwey and Mannix once tried to write a play together but Galwey's ideas were too strained and sentimental. She inquires if "Laurence Minot" is a genuine name. Mannix intends to send to Benziger Brothers for a photograph of Father Joseph Damien De Veuster; she has read that he was...

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Mannix has just received a book published in 1889, which contains stories she thinks Hudson could use. She sends one she has translated. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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John Mannix writes that the rumor in Washington is that James G. Blaine will resign. People familiar with administrative affairs say he and the President do not work together. She has always thought that Benjamin Harrison was chosen by the Pepublican party as a puppet for Blaine. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents One needs to assert oneself as to religion and nationality here. Many are Catholics in name only and ashamed of being Irish. Mannix knows a Miles Galligan, who appropriated building association funds in Cincinnati. John B. Mannix advanced the money and got him a job in a railroad depot. He left his situation after paying little more than half the debt. Her illness is caused by mental strain, the cause of which she would tell Hudson, if she thought it would do any good. :: X-3-k A.L.S....

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Mannix sends another installment of her article "Jeanie Reilly". Madge Mannix is reading and enjoying "John Longworthy's Disappearance". :: X-3-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.