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Dorsey sends some manuscripts. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey is pleased to learn that Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C. likes "Palms". When it is published in book form, she will dedicate "Palms" to Sorin. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey submits another installment of her story "Palms". Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey has received a promotion in her job with the Federal government. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey returns the corrected article "Mad Penitent of Todi". She corrected her error of placing Sodom and Gomorra at the bottom of the Dead Sea. De Salsy found the ruins of these two cities near the west border of the Dead Sea. Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey showed Mrs. Dorsey proofs of an article relating to Commodore Kilty which surprised her. In 1862, Mother Angela Gillespie related the incident to Mrs. Dorsey and she wrote the story for a city newspaper. In it Mother Angela appears as...

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Dorsey hopes the concluding chapter of her story will not seem too dramatic. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12 mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey thanks Hudson for the kind words about her story "Palms". She appreciates receiving the letter in which the writer speaks of Bishop Ryan's praise of her story "Palms". Dorsey inquires if the writer means the Archbishop of Philadelphia, or the Bishop of Buffalo, because Bishop Stephen Michael Ryan of Buffalo sent her a letter of encouragement and an order for three sets of her books. She praises the Ave Maria and thinks that no changes should be made in it. They were pleased by...

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends notes on the early Italians. Dorsey knows as well as Maurice Francis Egan that Italy had no standard language in 253 to 260. Bishop John Joseph Keane thought the criticism contained in Hudson's letter hypercriticism. Dorsey is indifferent to the criticism of Egan because she does not consider him an authority. Her unfortunate story will soon end. Dorsey is making her last appearance on the stage of literature. She ran the first furrow in the field of American Catholic light...

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Dorsey asks Hudson to make a settlement of her account. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the two checks. She relates some of her reflections which she had while writing "Palms". Since Frank Murphy is publishing the edition of Dorsey's stories she wants the prospectus that Ella Lorraine Dorsey wrote and circulated altered. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey returns the checks that Hudson sent her, because they are not properly endorsed and she asks that this error be corrected. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey is happy to have completed his story "Ada's Trust" and hopes Hudson will accept the results of her unsuccessful efforts to condense it. She sends a statement of accounts concerning articles she has written for the Ave Maria, which show a balance of $64 in her favor. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey expects a reply to the business part of her last letter. President Chester A. Arthur is recovering from his illness. :: X-2-j A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Dorsey is sorry to hear that Hudson is ill and urges him to take a trip for a change of climate. She would feel proud of her work if she were not paid for it. A poem is enclosed. Dorsey makes some critical remarks about a work of Ruskin. She received the check Hudson sent and requests number thirty-five of the Ave Maria. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey is grieved over receiving a bill from Sadlier's for three dollars. Her daughter Angie has lost her job in the Navy Department. James G. Blaine a personal friends of the family, has been unable to arrange for a new job. :: X-2-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey is rather perturbed by the way Sadlier is making returns on the sale of her books. She received a letter from them stating she is the first person ever to question their word. An earthquake shook the residential section around the Dorsey house. Father Kelly, S.J., in bed when the shock occurred, thought of running into the street, but concluded that the bed would be the best place to be if the house fell in. She complains that Catholic literature has long neglected to appreciate...

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Dorsey's daughter, Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey is disappointed because she had to postpone her trip to Notre Dame because of her lame foot. Nellie was anxious to write an article on the lace industry introduced by Mother Angela at St. Mary's. Dorsey thanks Professor Joseph Lyons for the Scholastic Annual. She always had a sneaking faith in Astrology and relates several incidents to confirm her point. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey received Hudson's letter with notes about the lace making. She understood from Miss Febiger that making lace was a conspicuous industry at St. Mary's. Nellie's Ella Loraine Dorsey foot is much better. Dr. Pratt of Chicago must be a first class surgeon. Dorsey sends Part III of "The Story of a Child". She will send "Little Gladys" in about two weeks. Dorsey will write the juvenile and squeeze it into as small a space as possible. :: X-2-k A.L. Incomplete 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The two "Sketches from Life" and "Little Gladys", will serve as two short stories. Congress has passed the Civil Service Bill. Dorsey thinks this will mean the dismissal of many government employees. She protests against the immoral literature which attacks morality and religion that is flooding the country. Father Isaac Hecker invited her through Bishop John J. Keane to write some articles for the Catholic World, but she feels she cannot write for the Catholic World and the Ave Maria....

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends her story "Little Gladys" and the suggestion that the title of the three sketches she previously sent be changed. "Little Gladys" is a real life story about people Dorsey knew. Nugent Robinson 's story "Father Tom" is delightful. Dorsey read Miss Brownson 's life of Father Demetrius Gallitzin and did not like it. While visiting the death place of Gallitzin, Father Reynolds gave her a book of French hymns which belonged to Gallitzin. Dorsey escaped a reception prepared for...

Scope and Contents Dorsey encloses a pamphlet on the physical and immediate cause of Christ's death. It was written by an eminent Protestant physician of Yonkers, New York. Enclosed is a rare photograph of the original painting by G. Max, a maestro of the modern school. She has permission to send them to Hudson that he might examine them for a week. They give an idea of what Christ suffered before his death. Dorsey is of the opinion that Christ suffered more in the Garden of Gethsemane than he did on...

Scope and Contents Dorsey asks for $100 if the sum Hudson owes her so that she can pay the note from the bank. She knows that Mr. Kenedy has her book, "May Brooke". Dorsey wrote to him about it over a year ago, and told him she thought of publishing a uniform edition of her stories. Kenedy replied, he had bought copyrights from Kirchber, Dunigan's successor and he warned Dorsey not to interfere. Bishop John Joseph Keane paid the Dorseys a visit before departing for the Holy Land with Father Mackin . Keane...

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Dorsey discusses "Palms". "Nora Brady" is a bright story of its kind. Dorsey's best work has been done for the Ave Maria. She thanks Hudson for his good intentions toward Louis Mohun . Dorsey sends a scrap about the Pope. It shows what a great change has come to pass in the Protestant mind about the Church. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Illness has kept Dorsey from completing the manuscript. She understands better since Hudson's letter to her daughter, Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey , why Hudson cannot see her grandson Louis. Dorsey thanks Hudson for the Ave Maria series, all of which she gave Father Stephen Kelly, S.J. He was delighted to get Father Zahm's "What the Church has done for Science" and thinks Father Sorin a remarkable man. She received the copy of Stoddard's "Lepers of Molokai". Dorsey suggests that Hudson...

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Dorsey sends chapter IX, which brings her story to an end. She asks Hudson to advance her some money. Dorsey discusses the plot of her story "Palms" stating she hopes to have it published in book form. Stoddard's articles of the Holy Land are delightful. She will give Father Stephen Kelly, Hudson's message. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey inquires if Hudson received her recent letters. She intends to send more manuscript tomorrow. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the check. She makes some comments on the style of her latest story "Palms". Dorsey thanks Hudson for his effort in bringing out a uniform edition of her stories. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey is busy sending out a circular letter on the book. Dorsey gives her opinion of Father A.F. Ciampi, S.J :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey asks Hudson to make two corrections in "A Day at the Villa". Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey has gotten off nearly all the circulars. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey discusses the length of her story "Palms". Bishop John J. Keane sent words of encouragement about her story. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey discusses errors made by the proofreader with her story. She sends the beginning of another chapter. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey delayed writing until Hudson returned from Detroit. She comments at length on Charles Warren Stoddard' s book "A Troubled Heart". The Dorsey family has experienced much excitement lately, first Angie Dorsey was threatened with blindness, then Dorsey's grandson was appointed assistant paymaster to Paymaster John Furey and finally her granddaughter, Lee Mohun, at St. Mary's, Ohio, wrote that she was going to the novitiate at Lyons in June to prepare herself for Congo missions....