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Scope and Contents Dorsey encloses a postal from Patrick J. Kenedy the New York Publisher as a specimen of what may be expected if Dorsey made a stand about her books. Dunigan died, after having failed years ago, and Kircher his successor carried on the business. Kenedy bought the stereotype plates he says, but Dorsey will not notice his communication. Dorsey is afraid she will get to hate the Irish, most of her Shylocks have been Yankeeized Irishmen, more Yankee that the Yankees themselves. :: X-2-h...

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Dorsey relates a dream she had about Pope Leo XIII. :: X-2-k A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey thanks Hudson for the bound copy of the Ave Maria. Separating her story "Palms" from her numbers of the Ave Maria causes her to grieve because much interesting reading is mutilated. :: X-3-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends a draft for $120.90 half of the royalty paid by the publisher on sales of the uniform edition of her books. In securing "Zoe's Daughter" for the series she will pay Patrick Donohoe $100, half of which he paid Dorsey for the story before the great Post Office fire; and since they share the profits of the edition, she supposes Hudson will be willing to pay one half the cost of the purchase of "Zoe's Daughter". :: X-3-e A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey was pained by the news of Hudson's illness and inquires if he can not be spared for a month from the Ave Maria, during which time he should take a vacation. If the Ave Maria goes out of Hudson's hands it would decline to its old status of goody and dull. Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey remarked that if Hudson retires she will never write another line for it. Her doctor thinks her heart is in a precarious state. Dorsey received John Murphy's statement with only $148 and charges for...

Scope and Contents Dorsey and her family have been very ill. The warm sultry weather has produced a dread of the mysterious epidemic of grippe that prevails in a large part of the world, which is proving fatal in hundreds of cases. Louis Mohun's operation was a success. Charles Warren Stoddard was invited to their home but he has not come yet. Regarding the question asked about a writer named Janvier in the Ave Maria, Dorsey had a friendly acquaintance with some of the family, one especially, Francis De...

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Tomorrow Dorsey will explain the delay in sending the enclosed statement and draft. Nell Ella Loraine Dorsey got back from Casco Bay on Thursday. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 12mo. 2pp.

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The delay was due to Nellie's Ella Loraine Dorsey absence. Nellie has always attended to accounts of every sort. Dorsey sends the enclosed photo because she has given up all expectations of getting anything better. Mrs. Senator Algernon Sidney Paddock? got her the first volume of O'Meara's "Napoleon in Exile" out of the Capitol Library to read, but Ainsworth Rand Spofford pronounced the second volume lost. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents The letter Hudson sent told of the conversion of a bigoted young lady through the influence of Dorsey's book "The Student of Blenheim Forest." Bishop John Joseph Keane and Charles Warren Stoddard dined with them Wednesday evening. Dorsey is very much attracted by Stoddard. "Tom Boy" and "Two Ways" will be issued in the spring in one volume. Dorsey has taken out a copyright on "The Flemmings," the story Patrick O'Shea stole from her. and will bring out an author's corrected edition. A.R....

Scope and Contents Dorsey describes a fire in her chimney. She was surprised Maurice Francis Egan was not the recipient of the medal. Was not Ludwig Windthorst's death splendid? Dorsey discusses the threats of the Italian politicians to send one of their warships to the mouth of the Mississippi. With King Humbert's bankrupt government, his demoralized army and the great distance, his ships could not harm us. He would be confronted with a million Catholics who would strike at the usurper of the Church....

Scope and Contents The heat at the present time is 104 degrees in the shade. Angie Dorsey is ill again, but Nellie's Ella Lorraine Dorsey ankle has healed. She went on a trip to Montreal, Quebec and Niagara and will probably write an article about the trip. The President of Toronto College spoke highly of Mrs. Dorsey, Nellie says. Mrs. Dorsey calls Hudson's attention to an article in the "Atlantic Monthly" by Brooke Herford entitled "The Trust worthiness of Early Tradition" uses the old argument of the...

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Dorsey's heart is giving her discomfort. She had an eminent physican, Dr. Lincoln, make an examination of it and he concluded that her trouble was functional. Angie Dorsey has been in bed five weeks. Father James Doohan is charitable enough to be their chaplain and said Mass for them. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 10pp. 12mo.

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Yesterday Dorsey was thinking of Louise Lateau, wondering if she were living or dead. The Ave Maria answers her. In a letter she wrote this morning Dorsey told Hudson about the facsimile of the Virgin's wedding ring. By coincidence there is an article on this in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-l A. L. Incomplete 1p. 32mo.

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Dorsey is greatly distressed and tells Hudson of her troubles. Her daughter Angela is ill again. Anna Smith has given her large home to the Order of Good Shepard. The Washington Sunday Herald contains a criticism of Madelein Dalgren 's book. It seems that the book is utterly misrepresented. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey concurs in the writer's opinion about Catholic magazines. Healthy reading combining amusement as well as information and a Catholic spirit without what Bishop John Joseph Keane calls sentimental piety is what a person in the Church needs. When Dorsey published her second story after becoming a Catholic, Orestes Brownson criticized it as being a Catholic outline filled up with Protestant commonplace writing. Dorsey sent the review to Father Louis R. Deluol, Superior of St. Mary's...

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Dorsey is pleased that Hudson likes "Palms". Monsigneur Robert Seton has commented favorably on it. The article in the Catholic Annual on Chancellor Seton from whom he is descended in the male line and written by him brings out his interest in genealogical studies. She is sending Hudson her photograph. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The check reached Dorsey promptly and was more generous than she had hoped. :: X-3-b A.L. Incomplete 1p. 12mo.

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The printer should not substitute his words for Dorsey's for by doing so he changes the meaning of her work. she gives examples of his meddling. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Two more pages of manuscript will finish the chapter. Dorsey hopes Hudson is doing fine. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Dorsey has been ill but will send her critical remarks tomorrow. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

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Dorsey ill, delayed sending manuscript until tomorrow's mail. The story approaches conclusion. Letter from Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey tells Dorsey that Noonans like the rest of Catholic Irish publishers are a peddling mercenary set of men, who are sharp on the main chance, without caring a dot for the authors on whose brain work they prosper. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey informs Hudson that her daughter Clare is sending her son, Louis, to Notre Dame. They hope Louis will find a vocation for the priesthood while there. Madame Yturbide, her cousin, now lives in Mexico City. Emperor Maximillian inveigled her into allowing her son to live with him and then forbade communication between them for he planned to adopt the boy as heir to the throne. Dorsey's dautghter, Nellie Ella Lorraine, is better. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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The sheets will be sent as soon as possible. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey enumerates the errors made by the printers in publishing her story. She is pleased to learn that the powers at Notre Dame recognize Hudson has enough to do as editor of the Ave Maria. The news that her grandson is seriously ill in the infirmary is upsetting. Has Hudson seen Abbe Roux's book? :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey will send the manuscript of her latest story. She thanks Hudson for his prompt attention to her needs. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends an installment of her story. Tichner declines undertaking the publication of Dorsey's work and she would rather have the book published by the Ave Maria Press. Isn't the revolution between capital and labor alarming? :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Dorsey wishes to enlist Hudson's aid for her grandson, Louis Mohun, who is to spend the next two years at Notre Dame. When he was at that age which requires home influence to urge on a boy's studies, his father died, followed by extreme illness of his mother for two years. Father J.A. Doonan, S.J., a friend of his parents, invited him to Georgetown College of which he was just elected President. It was unfortunate for Louis, who was put to studying Latin and Greek, although only...

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Dorsey sends a correction of an error she made in her story "Palms". She discusses the plot of this story. Brother Stanislaus Michael Kurowski called on the Dorseys. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends the manuscript. She cannot understand the error she made about Pompeii in her story "Palms". Dorsey is glad to hear that Hudson liked the photograph. She was delighted to see her autograph in the Ave Maria. Her daughter, Nellie Ella Lorraine Dorsey has been ill. Father James Mackin, a sailor priest, visited Dorsey and has since gone to Rome with Bishop John J. Keane :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Dorsey sends the longest of the chapter of "Palms". The cold wave that Washington has been experiencing has produced much illness. She hopes Hudson is enjoying good health. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.