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They beg to call his attention to a book that has taken a place among the standard reference works of the day. The enclosed circular will explain the work. :: XI-1-h L.S. Typed 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Hill and Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. have found Stoddard's "Lepers of Molokai" interesting. Illness has prevented Hill from writing the story he had intended. Hill hopes to go to England before next winter where he can be a moral support to his sisters in case of their conversion. Stone will have to go to Valparaiso, Chile where there are a number of English speaking Catholics. Hill sends Hudson a story and is writing a brochure entitled "A Short Cut to the True Church". :: X-3-c A.L.S....

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Hill submits a poem. Father Fidelis Stone, C.P., writes from Chile that he and his companion have been asked to establish several foundations. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Hill thanks Hudson for the copy of "Troubled Heart". He sends a sonnet inspired by a book Father Fidelis Stone, C.P., recently received. Yesterday the bell for their new monestary was blessed by the Vicar-General and by next year they hope to have their house completed. The next time he visits Mr. Dewey's bookstore he will take an Ave Maria and see if he can't get it out here at more reasonable terms than at Jacobsen's. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Hill sends two lyrics. Dewey and Company say $4 in gold is the lowest price they can offer it to subscribers. Father Fidelis Stone, C.P., has been called to Rome. One of the priests from the American province has been made Consultor-General and is attempting to get Fidelis back to the United States. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill is pleased to learn that he has been given the place of honor in the Ave Maria. Dean Dillon after inspecting a copy of the Ave Maria declared it too high tone and spiritual for the ordinary people in Argentina, but he had no objections to its introduction into the country. Hill comments briefly on some of the work he is doing and sends two articles. They expect to lay the cornerstone of their new house on December 8th, but they may be banished by the Freemason government along with...

Scope and Contents Hill is in Argentina for his health. He sends an article to Hudson and discusses some of his other works. Father Dean Dillon runs a weekly paper that is the only English Catholic paper in Argentina. Hill is anxious to introduce the Ave Maria to Argentina, but before he does he must see Dillon and see that the Ave Maria will not interfere with his paper. If he agrees that it will not, Hill will go to Jacobsen's, the chief bookseller in Buenos Aires, to see about prices. The heavy duty on...

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Hill encloses the remarks of the Argentine Times. Last February Hill received word of his father's death on January 11. It was a consolation that Hill had seen him so recently. :: X-2-m A.L. Incomplete 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill encloses two poems. Father Provincial Thomas Stefanini C.P. tells him he asked Hudson to forward the Ave to them there. He saw the poem addressed to a Passionist by M.E. Jordan. Hill sailed from New York with two companions November 10 arriving at Liverpool on the 20th.The illness of one delayed their second voyage a month and allowed Hill time to see more of his family. He was delighted at the change in them regarding Catholic doctrine. There is a great growth in the direction of...

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Hudson sends a new subscription for the Ave Maria from Argentina. He discusses the Possibility of canvassing for subscribers in Argentia. Four Passionist Fathers are being sent by the English Province to Argentia. Once thay arrive Hill will be sent either to England or to Valparaiso, Chile withFather Fidelis Stone, C.P. :: X-3-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill sent the request for prayers to Father Fidelis Stone, C.P.. The rule of their House is to say two masses every month for their benefactors. Their General Chapter opens today. The English Provincial, Father Vincent intends to visit Argentina. Hill thinks the chapter must decide either that the English province shall have its mission in the River Platte or leave an experiment to be tried for a couple of years. He does not see how they can continue as they are now with little hope of...

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Hill sends his promised "Ghost Story" along with a poem. Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. has recovered from his illness. Did the London Tablet notice "Short Cut" superciliously? :: X-3-k A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.

Scope and Contents Hill sent Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. three sonnets to be forwarded to Hudson. He is going to write to one of the General Consultors in Rome to see if he can be dispensed from sending his contributions to Chile first. When Father Thomas Stefanini was provincial in the United States, he did not require Hill to submit for his approval, what he wrote for the Ave Maria. However, Stone is fidgety as to what might be said at Rome. The latest news from Chile is that the foundation is a success....

Scope and Contents Since the "Catholic Quarterly's" arrival Father Fidelis Stone got a letter from Dr. Horstman the editor, requesting a contribution. At present Hill is giving a mission. Once back in Chile, Hill hopes to stay there and find time for reading and writing. The news from Rome has come and is very unsatisfactory. They are promised a visitor within a year. They are grievously in need of men. The new mission in Australia is crying out for more men. The English province had to refuse the offer...

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The Ave Maria arrives regularly, usually four numbers at a time. Many will subscribe directly, because they have to pay $5 in gold to the book dealer, Jacobsen, for it. Hill requests a copy of Father John A. Zahm 's "Catholic Church and Modern Science". He encloses a letter for Charles Warren Stoddard :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill thanks Hudson for sending him a copy of the Ave Maria containing his sonnets. He is arranging his poems for a new volume. Even though Father Thomas Jenkins has urged him to hurry in bringing it out, Hill will be unable to do so for a year. He has the promise of Mrs. Michael Mulhall to introduce his book to the editors of the Month and the Tablet. Michael Mulhall and his brother are the proprietors of the Standard Newspaper in Buenos Aires. Hill is glad Charles Warren Stoddard has...

Scope and Contents Hill has been waiting for the December number; Father Constantine sent it away before Hill came. Some of their Irish friends took just offence at Father Fidelis Stone, C.P.'s sermon in Chicago. Fidelis was not careful to distinguish between their mission in Buenos Aires and the one in Chile. The Fathers here say that Hudson's paragraph in the Ave Maria must also give offence. Fidelis is in Chile now. He and two other Fathers and one Brother are in the new house at Mira-Mar near...

Scope and Contents Hill arrived at Buenos Aires on January 17th. Fog delayed them two days at Spanish ports causing them to reach Lisbon on Christmas Day, which enabled Hill and Father Fidelis Stone, C.P. to go ashore and say three Masses at the English College. They spent two days ashore at Rio de Janeiro, which Hill had not visited since 1854. Many modern improvements in the way of steam and electricity have been introduced. Their house in Buenos Aires has been completed; both Hill and Stone will remain...

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Two letters came from Father Fidelis Stone, C.P., both written under Hudson's roof. Stone said he spent a doleful time previous to his visit to Notre Dame. He now says the three religious who volunteered to accompany him there Argentina may back out. One of the Fathers from the Camp wrote a long letter to Stone on their prospects. So Hill now thinks it unnecessary to write. Perhaps Father Constantine will say mail it. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill is delighted that a new edition of "Short Cut" is called for. He revised the book thoroughly. Father Fidelis Stone, C.P., is in Rome again. Stone was called because the visitor could not come. Through a mistake they crossed each other on the sea. Father Amadeo was taken aback when he found Stone not there. It will not surprise Hill if Stone resigns his office. Father Amadeo is to found a house near Havana. Now he is going to Chile and then on to Cuba via Panama. They feel the civil...

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Hill thanks Hudson for the goggles. Father Joseph P. Roles wishes Hudson would send fifty copies of Hill's article "Short Cut" for the mission. Hill enjoyed his visit to Notre Dame and was thankful for finally meeting Hudson as well as Maurice Francis Egan. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Hill thinks the sonnets should begin in the issue of the Ave Maria which comes out Saturday, February 25. When he gets to Louisville, he will send the biographical particulars. He will write to Father Thomas Jenkins and Mrs. Sullivan once he arrives in Louisville. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hill notifies Hudson of the death of his father and asks a notice be placed in the Ave Maria. The sonnets on the Stations of the Cross will soon be finished. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill discusses a series of sonnets he has been writing. He encloses a leaflet which contains similar thoughts to those expressed in the two sonnets which appeared in Communion Per Mariam. Hill was asked to write out a form of the devotion which he had recommended in a sermon and a lady in New York, a convert of Hill's, had it published. He spent two weeks in Syracuse giving a retreat at St. John the Baptist Church where Father William J. Bourke is pastor. Father Guido, his rector, sends...

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Hill suggests that should Hudson publish his Station sonnets, he divide them so that a certain number appear each week of Lent. Is Father Thomas Jenkins still at Hardinburg? What is the price of Elliot Ryder 's "Catholic Poets"? Father Guide sends his regards. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Hill can sympathise with Hudson over the trouble his editorials bring for he has written editorials for the Catholic World. He sends nine sonnets to appear in the Ave Maria during the first three weeks of Lent. His provincial has granted him permission to use his name. In noticing the sonnets Hudson is asked to mention Hill's surname and say that he was formerly Father Benjamin D. Hill of the Paulist Fathers. Mrs. Margaret Sullivan of Chicago will be pleased to know that became of Hill,...

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Hill sends the remaining sonnets. He calls Hudson's attention to the form he used in writing the sonnets. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hill found the parcel of books at the Post Office this afternoon when he mailed the manuscript to Hudson. :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Hill will be happy to get the proofs and return them as soon as possible. :: X-2-i A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Hill returns the proofs and forwards the Easter sonnets. He leaves for Cincinnati at 10:30 AM on Sunday. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.