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For the past three months, Stoddard has been waiting in San Francisco. His health is much improved as a result. Stoddard has not as yet any photograph of himself. The next time he gets a chance to have one taken, he will not forget Hudson. Stoddard expresses his gratitude to Hudson for the pictures of the nuns, Sisters Ignatius and Aloysius . Stoddard hopes to send some manuscripts to Hudson soon. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard thanks Hudson for the picture of St. Aloysius. He complains that he had to throw aside the work he was doing for Hudson in order to write a story for a local paper. Homesickness afflicts Stoddard. Daniel Paul 's story, "Life in an American College in Rome" fascinated Stoddard. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard notifies Hudson that he will leave the Hawaiian Islands on December 15. He will go to San Francisco where he will meet Hudson's agent and then proceed to Notre Dame to begin teaching. One of San Francisco's newspapers announced Stoddard's appointment to Notre Dame and remarked that he was a dreamer, lazy and spoiled by his European tour. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard likes the idea of coming to Notre Dame to live. If he had an independent income, he would travel and write about the countries he has visited. He likes the idea of holding the Chair of English Literature, but he wants to know the duties this entails and how many and how large are the classes he will be expected to teach. Stoddard wishes to know if he can write freely to his friends and receive letters which would not be open to inspection by the president. He says he has given...

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Stoddard submits an article. He inquires if a life of Louise Lateau has been published. Father John Pinasco, S.J., president of Santa Clara College writes that he thinks Stoddard's vocation is to write and he hopes Stoddard will not be forced to abandon it. Does Hudson hear from Daniel Paul :: X-2-j A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Their letters crossed each other and he did not answer Hudson at once because there can be little in his letters to interest Hudson. He thanks Hudson for the Sacred Heart card and the scapulars. He likes pious objects and the relics he brought with him from Rome are very precious to him. He has not read Lacordaire's "Inner Life" but it is doubtless the very book he wants. If Hudson has a spare copy he would be glad to receive it. He also asks Hudson to send the book about Louise Latean...

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Stoddard thanks Hudson for the copy of the Ave Maria. He has some notes on the missions in the Islands from which he will write an article for Hudson. Stoddard asks Hudson to forward the enclosed letter to Father Edmund Hill, C.P. He was delighted with Hudson's lecture on Henry W. Longfellow which appeared in the Scholastic. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard is disheartened over his inability to make a good living. He has many requests to write articles but none of them pay very well. Stoddard is working on his autobiography. He would like Hudson's help in getting him a job with a permanent income. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents He asks Hudson to send five copies of the Ave Maria containing his "Mission in Mid-Ocean" to Father Leonore in the Islands, who is anxious to send them to his friends in France. He thinks some religious houses there might like to subscribe to the Ave. Stoddard is on needles and pins but his mind is tranquil. He is grateful for the prayers of Hudson and Father J Pinasco, S.J. P.S. He has just reread Bishop John B. Brondel's account of his visit to Louise Latean. Is the cloth Hudson sent...

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Stoddard thanks Hudson for the book, "The Religious State". He wishes he could get a book about monastic life. Stoddard would like to make a history of his conversion to the Faith. :: X-2-l A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard visited some friends in New York, who promised him all kind of aid. He saw most of the sloop yachts in the race, Theodore Vail gave each guest a souvenir. The grand parade was reviewed by the President. Then they all boarded the yacht and joined the Regatta on Long Island Sound. When Vail returns they will start on a cruise around Cape Cod. :: X-3-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard has just returned from a cruise up the Thames River to Oxford. The Ave Maria is much better looking. The books Hudson is sending Stoddard are what he needs. He doesn't want a Browning introduction. Stoddard has seen a photograph of Father Joseph Damien De Veuster taken before he sailed for Hawaii and will attempt to get a copy for Hudson. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 4pp. 16mo.

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Hudson will miss JoeJoseph Lyons as will Stoddard. He likes to think of that drawer set apart for him. Stoddard requests Hudson send him photographs of Notre Dame and a copy of the Scholastic containing the account of the jubilee. He has visited Harry Darm, Lady Duffus Hardy and her daughter Liza, authors of many novels and Julian Thomas the "Vagabond" of Australia. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard thanks Hudson for the Christus, his picture as well as forwarding the photograph of Rene, Rennel Rudd sent him another picture, a duplicate of the one Stoddard sent Hudson. He made a delightful trip to Oberammergau with a German gentleman who speaks English fluently. After he has had time to think over his visit he will write an article about his Oberammergau trip. While there he met an interesting character, Frau Wilhelmina von Hillern, author of such powerful tales as "The...

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Stoddard can not write about Francesca Alexander? He had a letter from her and one from Paul Heyse? All of Hudson's letters have been received. The picture that Stoddard sent Hudson is twenty years old. Mr. and Mrs.Vail together with their son are visiting Paris. Munich at present is the scene of handsome royal and military displays, and every evening there are concerts. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

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Stoddard will write to Arthur J. Stace immediately. As soon as the Vails return he will leave for England. He asks Hudson to send him at London, a dozen or twenty copies of the Lepers of Molokai. Stoddard hopes to meet Stace in Paris. Theodore Dwight is enthusiastic over the prospects of Stoddard's going to Washington and the Catholic University. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents The gentle Francesca Alexander of Florence has sent him one of her pen and ink sketches. This one is of little Sandrina, the daughter of Edurigi's daughter, Cesira, at the age of seven. The child is mentioned in Christ's Folk. Francesca has written Stoddard a letter of condolence on the death of Father Joseph Damien DeVeuster . Brother Columbkille C.S.C., Thomas Carmody was a sweet soul. Stoddard hopes to see Hudson at the Catholic University in Washington. He inquires if James Farnham...

Scope and Contents Stoddard's latest letter was from Douglas Sladdin an Australian author now in New York, who is getting a collection of younger American poets in an anthology. Stoddard was astonished with the statement Sladin made regarding him:"As an Australian, he is of course familiar with Stoddard's name which is better known there than any younger American except Bret Harte". Stoddard used to write for the Australian and the Victorian Review. Stoddard plans to leave soon for Nuremburg, then to Bonn...

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Stoddard is glad Hudson has not forwarded the picture of Notre Dame and asks him to hold it. He is working on a series of Ave Maria letters now that he has settled down for the winter at Munich. Theodore Vail is visiting a friend at Bournemouth, England where Robert Louis Stevenson has his home. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard acknowledges receipt of the photo, medal and Agnus Dei. A woman who boards in the same house brings him the London Telegraph daily. Because she stays forever, she ruins Stoddard's day. Stoddard refused her invitation to take tea with her. Regarding the money of Stoddard's that Hudson holds, he should send it to Stoddard's sister. His only remaining brother is without moral responsiblitiy, and his father must depend on Stoddard's sister for support. Stoddard knows Charles Kent...

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Stoddard acknowledges receipt of the photograph of Notre Dame and the copy of the Scholastic. What is the news of Charles Porter? :: X-3-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard acknowledges receipt of the sonnets and the sketches of Joseph A. Lyons grave. Theodore Dwight wanted Stoddardto call on Aubrey de Vere when he was in London, but what would have Stoddard said: I don't like your poems Mr. De Vere. He wishes he had an autograph of Kathleen O'Meara. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard acknowledges receipt of the book "The Spirit of the Cure of Ars", which he finds refreshing. His heart bleeds for Rene Papin for Stoddard suffered in his youth under circumstances similar to Papin's. The dreadful woman who torments Stoddard has departed for the Riviera. His friend Arthur Mackey sent him a photo of himself. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard complains that the paper he has been writing has given him trouble. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

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Stoddard acknowledges receipt of Kathleen O'Meara's autograph. The Christmas number of the Ave Maria was good. Stoddard wonders if Hudson could issue a number with which he would be satisfied. He has heard of the "Overland" article and thinks it a rummy thing to do. Stoddard sends a Munich Kalendar together with a photo of St. Anthony. Hudson is requested to send all the money that is due him to his sister. He has had some letters from Robert Buchanan :: X-3-i A.L.S. 7pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard has forgotten that Hudson published "Summer Exodus". He wishes he had access to the boxes of manuscripts he has stored in a San Francisco warehouse, there he has numerous verses. Stoddard dreams of some day having a stone cottage to which he might retire for the remainder of his days. He submits a poem and describes his daily schedule. Arthur J. Stace's etters are like the letters of some wild wood child; in manner he his singularly fascinating. Within the last week, Stoddard...

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Stoddard has tried without success to write an article on Vienna for the Ave Maria. Recently he received a letter from Rennell Rudd, which he transcribes for Hudson. He will send Rudd a letter and a copy of the Ave Maria containing a notice of his writings. Within three days he and his party will start for Rome and the Carnival. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard is looking for Bishop John Joseph Keane to visit Munich within a week or two. Stoddard will write Mr. Vail that he may return to England for May and to the United States in June. Stoddard is anxious to know what Hudson will say about the proposition Bishop Keane made him with regards to teaching English Literature at the Catholic University. Poor Philip Brownson, Stoddard does not believe that he ever suffered a pang of love or remorse in his life, or could shed a tear though...

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Stoddard sends a picture of Padre Augustino from Rome. He requests a dozen copies of "Lepers of Molokai" and the monthly number of the Ave Maria, which contains the sketch of student life in Rome. Stoddard is looking for Bishop John Keane to arrive in Munich shortly. He submits an article entitled "Letter From Over the Sea". A copy of Danny Vail's Dairy should be sent to Father Denis O'Connell, Rector of the North American College in Rome. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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The Vails arrived in Munich and Stoddard will be able within a few days to tell Hudson his plans. Here is number nine of the Letters. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.