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Russell submits a review of a book by the Bishop of Carcassonne. He hopes both Hudson and Eliot Ryder are well. Father Henry I. Ryder of the Oratory in Birmingham, England has conferred another favor on English Catholic Literature by his answer to Dr. Littledale. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

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Russell submits a poem. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Russell's new home is Francis Xavier's in Dublin. Russell will send a third book of verse, not as sacred as "Emmanuel" or "Madonna." He sends an article for the Ave Maria. Russell hopes Hudson health is better. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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Hudson should note Russell's change of address as he has left Stephen's Green. He believes the Ave Maria will like the lines of Father Swanison ?, a Redemptionist who only gives his initials in the "Irish Monthly". He is interested in the success of the "Song of Roland" by his friend, Father John O. Hagan, Q.C. He hopes Hudson is well. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

Scope and Contents The late reduction in postage makes Hudson overpaid — and he had no right to pay anything! Russell hopes Hudson's health is improving. He is sending "Rosary Rhymes" which he transcribed from a very old notebook. He had never before thought of printing them, but they may appear in his next little book, "Madonna." Perhaps their appropriateness for Rosary Sunday will make them acceptable to the Ave Maria. If Hudson sees fit to publish them or the other paper which will appear in the...

Scope and Contents A copy of his first book "Emmanuel: A Book of Eucharistic Verses" has been mailed to Hudson for notice in the Ave Maria. The publishers inform Russell that it is hard to get books safely into the United States. He is grateful to Hudson for sending the numbers in which his pieces have appeared. Soon he hopes to publish a volume called "Our Lady and the Saints". A June number has been mailed to Hudson and he will mail No. 5 as soon as possible. Serveral subscribers have been lost through...

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Russell marks this "private" because he wants Hudson to use the other introductory note if he prints his May carols. The reason he parades his name and editorship is to gain notoriety and money for his magazine, "The Irish Monthly". Enclosure:

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Russell sends some poems which he wrote and printed some years ago. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.

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This Protestant bishop is hardly worth the postage, even when translating a saint. Enclosed is a clipping with "St. Francis Xavier's Hymn" from The Bookworm. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Orby Shipley, a convert parson meditates a sort of Anthologia Mariana. Russell told him the United States will enrich his treasury. When he found the intiials M.F.E., he knew that Henry Walsh's critic could only be Maurice Francis Egan . He congratulates Hudson on Egan's migration to the West. Perhaps Hudson might like to use "A Child of Grace" by Mrs. Theodora I.L. Teeling published in Russell's The Month. Hudson must praise "Lessons From Our Lady's Life" by a clever young Irish widow,...

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Russell inquires if Mary Furlong's poem "Our Lady's May" has a chance of appearing in one of the May issues of the Ave Maria. The enclosed poem by Furlong, "A March Day's Song To Our Lady" appeared in The Irish Catholic. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 4pp. 32mo.

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J. G. is Father John Gerard, S.J., Prefect of Studies at Stonyhurst, who translated Moore's "Minstrel Boy" into Latin. If Hudson wishes to print Ad Mariam he may. Katherine Tynan has revised the proof sheets of a book of poems being published by the London firm of Keegan, Paul, French and Company, who are bringing out a book of poems by Maurice Francis Egan . Russell thinks Father Edmund Hill's, C.P., latest piece "The Poet's Temptation" is beautiful. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 32mo.

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Russell encloses an article in Latin by Father Joseph Lentaizne . He admires Father Edmund Hill's paper in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 32mo.

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An article is submitted for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Russell submits some verses and wishes Hudson a Happy New Year. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Russell asks Hudson to say a word about his article, "Temporal and Eternal" in the Ave Maria. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 2pp. 32mo.

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Russell submits an article on Mary Immaculate for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Russell is pleased to learn that the sketch of Notre Dame de Perpetua Succursu is to appear in the Ave Maria. Two parish priests interested in the devotion wish copies of the Ave Maria containing the article. :: X-2-o A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Father Peter Finlay took "The Story of Joseph Hayd n" without calling Russell's attention to the theft. Russell realizes the great charity of Hudson and asks him to place an advertisement in the Ave Maria for him. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 32mo.

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Russell hopes that Hudson will soon be fully recovered. He hopes to keep Katherine Tynan before the public and has sent her a copy of the Ave Maria. Russell comments favorably on the book "A Troubled Heart". :: X-2-o A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

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Perhaps the Ave Maria will accept the first sonnet of an Irish student. Father Naughton is now missionarius excurrens and the copy of the Ave Maria will not reach him. Hudson has more than repaid him for his offering to the Ave Maria. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Sister Mary Stanislaus is sending Russell two sonnets; Sister is the daughter of Dennis Florence MacCarthy :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Father Edward Murphy, S.J. died in Melbourne on April 4. Russell sends with the author's approval "The Madonna of London: A Forest Legend". Father F. Bickerstaffe Drew is a convert working now at the pro-Cathedral in Kensington. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Russell sends the Messenger which contains a notice of Father Edward Murphy's death. :: X-3-c A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Russell has gotten some of his friends to write temperance stories for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 32mo.

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New Year Greetings are extended to the Ave Maria. A few rhymes are enclosed. Gratitude is extended to Mr. Joseph Lyons for the many favors that he has bestowed upon Russell. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 32mo.

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Russell submits an article of an English priest on the feast of the Annunciation. He will write a notice of "Vagrant Verses". The London publishers Kegan, Paul Company are amazed at the demand for it. No American critiques have reached Russell except the reprint by Donahoe's Magazine. Russell sent copies of "Vagrant Verses" to Lawrence Kehoe to supply the Catholic press in America. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Russell likes the first verse of the December 12 Ave Maria and Sara Smith's "Saints' Punishment". He recommends the Birthday Book to Hudson. :: X-3-c A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Russell asks Hudson to return the manuscript of his first sermon. He inquires if Kathleen O'Meara, who has been in Boston for two months, has paid Hudson a visit. Father Robert Fulton, S.J. is with them at present. :: X-3-d A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

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Hudson's review of Katherine Tynan 's book in a recent issue of the Ave Maria pleased her. Russell sends Hudson a book of hymns. If Hudson uses any of them, he might slip in an editorial note that the writer of them is daughter of two distinguished Irish poets, the late Denis and Florence Mac Carthy. :: X-3-a A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.