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Dorsey advises Hudson to arrange the chapters the way he wants. Enclosed is an old English or French engraving of Blessed Joseph Labre, which was given to Dorsey by the English Carmelites. Perhaps Hudson would make a photo of it for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Has Hudson received the manuscript and letter she mailed ten days ago? Dorsey has more manuscripts to forward but will, defer sending until she learn Hudson has received those sent. :: X-3-a A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Dorsey did not intend to have her story "Palms" regarded as a child's story. It was suitable for young girls. The Ave Maria could not do without Hudson. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hduson for the $18 he sent her. She realizes Hudson's health is not strong, but begs him not to separate himself from the Ave Maria, for if he does she fears it will return to its old status. Hudson should insist on having an assistant. She has completed "Palms" as well as the story for girls. Dorsey inquires, who wrote "A Troubled Heart"? Hudson has failed to send a copy of Francis Macary. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey is grateful to Maurice Francis Egan for writing the sketch "The Tenant of Gable End", but she is disturbed about the inaccuracies in the article. She has always written while under stress and feels she has missed her aim. Her best works, she feels, have been done for the Ave Maria. Except for one story, "Father Clement" by Father Charles Pise, S.J., Dorsey's stories were the first Catholic stories by an American writer. She was windowed in 1861, when her daughter, Nellie Ella...

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends the third chapter of "Palms". She discusses the plot and background of her story. Dorsey sends for Hudson's perusal a letter received from the Sisters of Charity at Donaldsonville, Louisiana. She asks Hudson to correct their mistaken belief that her serial stories in the Ave Maria, with a few exceptions do not appear in book form. Dorsey is glad to see a beginning of war reminiscences of a Catholic type in the Ave Maria. Its readers might be interested to know the...

Scope and Contents When Dorsey wrote that her stories were short she meant they were not serials, for she does not consider a story long even though it extends through three or four months. She finds that leading Catholic magazines in England and the United States continue to publish serials which keep the readers interest in both the story and magazine. Short stories are forgotten as soon as read and Dorsey feels she has no talents for writing them. Her object in writing a story is to illustrate what...

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends a part of her story "Palms". She is delighted that Christian Reid's Frances Tiernan new story will counterbalance the gravity of hers. Dorsey is in need and asks Hudson for an advance on her story. The article in the Ave Maria stating that letters of the Earl of Shrewsbury relating to the death of Mary Stuart had been found greatly interests Dorsey. She enjoyed Charles Warren Stoddard 's sketch of his search for Joachim Miller in Rome. There is excitement about the new...

Scope and Contents Dorsey thanks Hudson for the $100 check and the book entitled "Mad Penitent of Todi". She got the "Story of Jacopone" from "The Life of Frederick Ozanam" by Kathleen O'Meara . What are Hudson's doubts about "Palms"? Dorsey prizes the poem addressed to her by a Portuguese friend and regrets that it was not printed in the Ave Maria because the person probably saw Eliza Allen Starr and Eleanor Donnelly complimented by poetic tributes in the Ave Maria. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey received...

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Dorsey sends two more chapters. Angie Eastman has been very ill. Nellie Ella Loraine Dorsey has been transferred to the Patent Office. Would is not be a good idea to publish some of the Ave Maria tales in paper bindings? :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey sends a list of her contributions for the Ave Maria. She does this in the hope of getting a check. Doubtless, Hudson received Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey letter written from Boston, after her trip to Halifax. Nellie did not see the Noonan Brothers, which made Dorsey glad to be rid of them, because they are Irish and she has lost faith in Irish Catholic publishers, who out Yankee, the Yankees. Nellie's interview with Mr. Osgood was satisfactory. He has no prejudice as to...

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Dorsey sends part of her latest story. The orders for the uniform edition continue to come in and she thinks that by autumn there will be enough to pay expenses for publishing. Mr. Charles Warren Stoddard has written well of the Holy Land and not at the expense of poetry or piety. She hopes that Stoddard's "Scrip and Staff" will get into book form. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey thanks Hudson for the two drafts. The writing on the outside of the books assures Dorsey that Hudson is in good health. A copy of the "Mad Penitent" is requested when it comes out. Dorsey plans to use these stories for a series. They are having an anxious time as to what the administration will do after July 1st; most people believe the Civil Service Law will prove a rope of sand to them. Although they wish it set aside, they respect it in so far as it applies to the classes of...

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Dorsey sends part of a manuscript. She wrote a letter to Archbishop James Gibbons asking for a letter of introduction to some one in Rome for her grandson, Dorsey Mohun, whose ship is to winter at Naples. Dorsey's letter arrived at the time Father Denis Joseph O'Connell, rector of the North American College in Rome was visiting Gibbons, who referred her letter to O'Connell. O'Connell promised to take Mohun under his wing. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents After reading Hudson's letter Dorsey wondered if something she had said about Christian Reid had betrayed jealousy of her success. This was not intended. Dorsey's role as a story writer is unassailable. Yet she has found that theological arguments introduced into her stories prevent success. The clergy do not approve of it. Reid's story now in progress is clever. Dorsey is sorry to see anything of bitterness and condemnation against "our separated brethren" as Bishop John England termed...

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Dorsey sends Hudson a copy of the Washington Post, calling attention to the oration of the Honorable John Daniels of Lynchburg, Virginia. It was delivered at the dedication of the Washington Monument and Dorsey thinks it would be a good article to reprint in the Scholastic. There are already thousands of people in Washington for the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland . :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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She sends the account of the Pope's chalice. There is something she cannot make out. She has cut it from Louie 's letter. Mrs. B was in correspondence with several cardinals. Her son is a lieutenant bearing his grandfather's name of Aaron Ward. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey recommends means of preventing the recurring illness that Hudson has suffered. Phil and Edyth received the books Hudson sent and thank him for them. Dorsey has attempted to get her book "Tangled Paths" out of the hands of Sadlier, but in vain. She hopes to make some arrangement with Lippincott for "Nora Brady's Vow". Dorsey is writing two short stories; one is about the time of Aurelian, concerning the martyrdom of a child who had been cured of blindness. Dorsey grieves over the...

Scope and Contents Dorsey offers condolences to Hudson on the death of his brother. She sends another chapter of "Jamie's Temptation." Dorsey is seeking a pension offered by the Federal Government to mothers of soldiers who died in the Civil War. If her claim is allowed she will get over a hundred dollars a year, besides the two thousand dollars of arrears. She is determined to get it for Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey 's sake. She received the two Ave Maria's containing the article by Dr. Pooley :: X-2-m...

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the picture and the St. Agnes card. Angie Dorsey is much better. Clare visited Dorsey with her two youngest children; her health is better but she suffers from heart spasms. Dorsey thanks Hudson for the prayers offered for the success of her pension claim. She will receive $120 per year, and the arrears of $2000 if Congress passes the full bill. Dorsey asks Hudson to send another check to her for as much as he can spare. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey writes about her daughter's trip to Notre Dame. Father-General Edward Sorin charmed Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey . She feels that God has blessed Sorin by prolonging his life so that he may look upon the fruits of his labors. Nellie brought Dorsey a picture of Sorin. Dorsey is pleased with the proposed edition of her book, Patrick O'Shea said Sorin gave him permission to publish Coaena, the Flemmings and the Old Gray Rosary. Angie Dorsey is in bed all the time. :: X-2-n A.L.S....

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Dorsey discusses the conclusion of her story, "The Old House at Glenaran". Brother Stanislaus has visited Dorsey twice. Dorsey was amused as well as provoked by Father Pye's James Neale, S.J. letter. Dorsey inquires if Hudson read the story about Miss Lea ; for if he had she feels certain he would not reprint it. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends the finis of the story. It is a story of Catholic home life. After finishing a story in the Ave Maria called the "Wasp" one of the fiends bit her index finger. :: X-2-n A.L. Cut 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey acknowledges the receipt of the checks. She believes the Republican candidate, James G. Blaine 's defeat was caused by Blaine's spending too much time in Ohio, the remark of the Protestant clergymen before Blaine, of "Rum, Romanism and Rebels", which Blaine failed to denounce thus losing the Irish vote, and the dinner he attended at Delmonico's given by the millionaire monopolists. Dorsey could forgive Grover Cleveland for being a Democrat, but having a president who hanged...

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Dorsey has recovered from her illness and sends a chapter of her latest story. She sends a poem by Teable S. Wallis :: X-2-m A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Dorsey relates the incident of Congressman Hurd 's refusal of an invitation to dinner at the White House during Lent. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends chapter VIII which brings part One of her story to close. She criticizes the proof reading of her stories in the Ave Maria. Who is Sister Magdalene McDonnell and what is her nationality and her ideas about America? She objects to Hudson's sending her letters to McDonnell and wants him to burn them after reading them. Bishop John Keane visited her and complimented her on working in spite of her illness. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends her old volume of poems. She will send within the next ten days two or three chapters. Nellie Dorsey was invited to the diplomatic reception at the President's today. She writes under the initials E.L.D. in the Chicago Tribune. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey's heart trouble is aggravated. She discusses two stories she sent Hudson. She asks Hudson for information concerning various scapulars Hudson sent her. Did Hudson get Dr. Pooley 's little work copied? She thinks, Bishop John Ambrose Watterson, who is going to deliver an address at the close of the University's scholastic year, is a fine orator. She was delighted to hear the cause of Father-General Edward Sorin 's errand to Europe. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey 's ankle gives her...

Scope and Contents Dorsey has applied for a pension for her son's service during the Civil War. She has been experiencing difficulty in furnishing evidence that her son died as the result of a disease contracted in the field. The pension will average $120 per annum, and about $2000 in arrears. Dorsey sends Hudson copy and intends to complete three more chapters. The Jesuits are delighted about Father Pye James P. Neale, S.J. Father H. C. Denny visited Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey to tell her that it was...