Scope and Contents Stoddard liked the "Holy Face" very much. He has just finished "Glimpses at Mission Life in California". He does not know if the many big H.H. Bancroft volumes on California draw from the material that he has used so freely, but no where else has he found anything approaching it in interest. The material is an invaluable addition to the history of California. He gives all praise where it is due-to the Padres. Stoddard is glad that Hudson mentioned Father John O'Connell, C.S.C.?. He...

Scope and Contents Stoddard received the bound volume of Ave Maria and the a Kempis. Hudson's letter came with Rene Papin's pages and sketch. Stoddard never saw the "Royal Guardsman." He read "Journey Round my Room" years ago. Rene will be 17 in a year; he is an artist. Paul Papin was a musician, but for that he would have been a priest. But art will never come between Rene and the altar. Luigi Gregori will see the uncommon individuality in the pencil sketch. A lady from San Francisco, Mrs. Dr. Lane sent...

Scope and Contents It will be nice to have "Student Life" in the monthly part. Stoddard is glad Hudson liked "Glimpses". Rene Papin is a jewel. Stoddard wishes the little clock might come to him. He prizes it the more because of his association with Hudson. What hours he lived through listening to it, his heart ready to break for fear he might hear a scream from the dormitory where Tom lay. Not for worlds would he undergo again the miserable anxiety of his last year at Notre Dame. Is Brother Benignus back...

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Stoddard thinks that "Adolphus Trollops Recollection" will do for him. He used to see him in Rome. Gratitude is expressed for the little souvenir of Father Louis Neyron. Stoddard would like to have a picture of him. The clock has become Stoddard's great joy. Stoddard was awakened out of sleep with a cold sweat, because he dreamed he was back in the old rooms under the old circumstances. Stoddard would like to purchase the little clock from Hudson lent him. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Affairs at the present are much disturbed. Stoddard has laid aside the work that he has been doing on Monte Cassino. Stoddard has looked through the back numbers of the Critic for the clippings that Hudson requested. The little clock is a comfort for Stoddard. One of the boys who was in St. Paul last year wrote him that Charles Porter was drinking and gambling freely. Porter's extremely nervous temperament will break down under it. Stoddard hopes that the "Royal Guardsman," will be on...

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Stoddard sends two pieces to select from. He was sorry to miss the last two paragraphs from "Student Life" because they were characteristic of that life and Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan always has been an infernal prig. Corrigan filled him with disgust when Stoddard met him in Rome. Stoddard believes that the son of the author of "Life In California" which both Hudson and he liked so well, is Stoddard's friend. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents What Hudson says about Charles Porter is what he feared and it saddens him. If he could be taken from his old associates and placed beyond the reach of temptation he would become lamb-like. Stoddard would not stake a pin on his redemption in this life, but his fate in the world to come does not worry him. Robert Louis Stevenson is the rage now. Eventually his too numerous books will be weeded out and that which remains will be a kind of classic, but Stevenson will never again be as...

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Stoddard understands Hudson's condition when under the influence of the East Wind. People unwittingly destroy Stoddard, their presence is blighting. His poems "At Anchor" and "Drifting" were written when he was happy and under the influence of Tennyson. Afterward came a Herbert old George period but it was less pronounced, but he was never original, so he quit. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard does not understand why Hudson does not hear from Kalawao. Even if FatherJoseph Damien DeVeuster were totally disabled, Ira B. Dutton should write. It may be that the Customs House retained the tabernacles to show their authority. He suggests Hudson write to Father Leanor or to the Bishop of Honolulu. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard returns Hudson's friend. He is like his old artist chum Frank Willet and he is sure he understands him. Bless Rene Papin for all he does, says and what he is. Ira Dutton and Stoddard could never affiliate; though Stoddard has respect for him, he has no admiration for Dutton. The Clearys have decided to defer their visit. He has completed half his article on "Monte Cassino". The San Francisco Monitor has asked him for a contribution for a volume of "California Catholic Parts" to...

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Stoddard submits his article on Monte Cassino. He plans to go to Old Point Comfort, then to Norfolk where he will board a steamer for Boston. Stoddard was glad to hear from Frank H., who has turned his back on the muses and is now a full fledged cowboy. He has not forgotten that he promised to send Hudson a transcription from the "Idyls" for Hudson's quotation department. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard thinks the proposed change of the title to "Memories of Monte Cassino" is better than the original. He hopes to leave late this week, spend a day at Old Point Comfort and take a steamer from Norfolk arriving in Boston a week from Friday, where he will stay with Theodore Vail. Hudson is thanked for the remittance; Stoddard is looking forward to the companion story of "Cuori". :: X-3-g A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard has just spent a couple of pleasant days at the Starr's on Walnut Hills. They have invited Stoddard to go with them to their summer home in Massachusetts. He plans to leave Covington for Boston next Monday. Did Hudson see Octavius B. Frothingham's life of Richard Henry Channing. In it there are letters addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Mercens Spring, grandparents of his Arthur. Poor Father Joseph Damien Deveuster, thirteen years of holy and sublime silence and these upstarts broadcast...

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Stoddard has been kept so busy that he has been unable to keep up with his correspondence. He sends Hudson a clipping from a newspaper which Hudson might mount. Stoddard has met friends he knew in Rome, Venice, Munich, San Francisco, and Honolulu. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard requests that Hudson have his baggage forwarded to his new address. There are but two in all the mob at Notre Dame, in whom Stollard places trust; Hudson and Professor William Hoynes . Stoddard has lost respect for Father Walsh. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard will send the "S S" papers but they need revising. He sends a clipping concerning Molokai. Hudson can see how that letter was manufactured, Stoddard requests copies of "Lepers of Molokai" be sent to the people on the list that he encloses. He has been under treatment while at Covington attempting to get the malaria out of his system. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard thinks Schicky unreliable and he asks Hudson to pay the bill and charge it to his account. The boys spoke about the settlement, but thanks to the bullheadedness of Father Thomas Walsh, C.S.C., it turned out as it did. This is one of the memories for which Stoddard has to thank him. His health has been thoroughly shaken. Stoddard is glad he went to Notre Dame but what he learned there of the hypocrisy of priests and blackguardism of brothers has done him lasting injury. :: X-3-c...

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Stoddard thanks Hudson and Brothers Polycarp James White and Benjamin Richard Barron for their efforts to get his luggage to Covington. Tomorrow Stoddard plans to begin a cruise that will last several days; when he returns he will try to get Hudson started on the "S and S" copy. He recommends that Hudson read the book "Whom God Hath Joined". :: X-3-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard thanks Hudson for the card from Lourdes. He hopes to have all the copy of the Staff and Scrip papers in Hudson's hands within a month. He comments on a number of these stories. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard submits his promised article "Under the Crescent". Ira B. Dutton should thank his stars that he has been permitted to become the servant of Father Joseph Damien DeVeuster . His mother and sister returned safely to San Francisco from Honolulu on the same ship that brought Father John A. Zahm, C.S.C. back from the Hawaiian Islands. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard thanks Hudson for the article from the South Bend newspaper. He tells Hudson about an article in the Chicago Herald on the "Lepers of Molokai", stating that Father Joseph Damien DeVeuster had contracted leprosy within six months. Stoddard sends a pamphlet on the cure of leprosy. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard has been ill. He fears the Italian sketches are a burden to Hudson. A little money would be acceptable. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

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Now that the Exposition is on, Stoddard could use some money. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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The similarity between the hero of the story "Sealed Orders" and Ira Dutton aroused Stoddard's interest. He comments on points where the story and the life of Dutton disagree. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard returns the Father Joseph Damien DeVeuster documents. It is an ingenious account of the Corpus Christi feast at Kalamoa. A single line from Damien's letter would make fine advertising for the sketch about the lepers. He suggests the members of Notre Dame band send some of their instruments to Molokai. Stoddard likes Hudson's division of the Staff and Scrip papers. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Hudson's letter and proofs came. As for Staff and Scrip, there is material enough for a long series of papers. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard has not received the proof of his verses and inquires where Hudson sent them. He plans to write a new series of articles entitled "Staff and Scrip" and gives a list of proposed titles. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard made the alteration in the article and inquires if Hudson received the proofs. He sent Hudson some lines from the Cistercian volume which he thinks may be of use for the Ave Maria. A copy of the index to volumes XVIII and XIX of the Scholastic is requested. He sends a new poem. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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The title Stoddard likes for his latest series of articles is "Under Italian Skys". He lists the titles of each article in the series with comments on some of them. Hudson will never be completely well until he finds a retreat. Stoddard would not be surprised if Hudson went to Molokai. Ira B Dutton can do good work at Molokai but Stoddard fears Hudson would wither among those fiery furnaces of physical and moral corruption. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard is finishing the "Corpus Christi" sketch. He hopes some generous firm or society will send a set of brass instruments to the lepers at Molokai. Stoddard submits excerpts from the "Lives and Legends" and asks Hudson not to be discouraged at the light tone of "Crossing the Rubicon". He discusses other articles of the new series he is writing for the Ave Maria. :: X-3-c A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.