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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 would appreciate receiving a relic of the Cure d' Ars from Hudson. He is writing a sketch for Rossiter Johnson describing the photo of Father Damien. Hudson will find him a rare fellow. Stoddard plans to visit Chicago before going to Washington and inquires when he can meet Hudson andRene Papin there. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard will be unable to meet Hudson in Chicago, because of the expense and his heavy schedule of work. He is preparing lectures for the courses he will be teaching at the Catholic University. Hudson's package with the part of Father Damien's cassock arrived safely. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard works daily on notes for the courses he will teach and longs to be away to Washington. Only two men in this world have impressed him and to these only has he been able to bow down, Pope Pius IX and Pope Leo XIII, yet he could not ask these to pray for him. The sketch of De Veuster is admirable, he is forwarding it to Rossiter Johnson. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard asks Hudson to send him $50 of the money Hudson is holding for him. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.

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Stoddard received the draft and the article "Dion and the Crypts". It is a shocking piece of book making, he does not see how any publisher can be so tasteless. :: X-3-j A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard received the money but he is in need of more. Fraulein Marie Wendheim is a Catholic and her uncle was prince Bishop of Prague. She and her sisters have his miter and other souvenirs. Hudson may be thinking of Frau Wilhelmine von Hillern, her mother was from Birch-Pfeifer, whose plays still grace the German stage. Stoddard discusses the autobiography entitled "A Checkered Life". Rossiter Johnson should be grateful to Hudson not to Stoddard, for Stoddard did nothing in the...

Scope and Contents The attacks on Father Joseph DamienDe Veuster are fiendish, surely there is no bigotry like anti-Catholic bigotry. Stoddard thinks it best to ignore the attacks. Father Henry W. Cleary's article on his retreat into the Pyrenees is the most pleasing Stoddard has read in many a day. Stoddard had a letter from Bishop John Joseph Keane in which he asked Stoddard to join him in Washington about the 5th. Theodore Dwight writes inquiring when Stoddard arrives in Washington, for he wishes to be...

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Stoddard is in such a state of break up that he cannot stop to return the manuscript of "The Man Who Was Guilty", but will send it from Washington. He asks Hudson to send what money is due him. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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Stoddard hopes to be home the Monday following Easter Monday. Hudson's last letter frightened him. It sounded as though he was about to put off his fleshly robe. :: X-3-m A.L.S. 3pp. 16mo.

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Rossiter Johnson informs Stoddard that he would prefer the photograph of Father Joseph Damien De Veuster in 1875, which Stoddard brought with him from the settlement. Stoddard has been very busy and is looking forward to seeing Hudson. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard is glad Rene V. Papin is in another place. The photo of Hudson that Stoddard likes is- berretta low down on his forehead and his chin upon his breast; he sends a sketch of it. :: X-3-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Stoddard is well and happy. He arrived on the Salt Lake train and wishes Hudson were with him. :: X-2-o A. Postcard S. 1p. 32mo.

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Stoddard remembered Hudson before the unveiled picture of Our Lady of Good Council and Notre Dame is warm in his heart today. :: X-3-i A. Postcard. S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard received the book and the photo of St. Aloysius, both of which delight him. He was not baptized Charles Warren, but Charles, Joseph, Aloysius, Francisco, Antonio, Benedict, Dominic, Ignatius Sebastian. Has Hudson heard of the Arcadia Society in Rome? While in Rome, Stoddard's friend Bishop Francis Silas Chatard introduced him to members of the Society and he received a copy of Odes and Addresses which was issued from the Propaganda. Last evening Stoddard met Father Leonore,...

Scope and Contents The letters Stoddard likes most to receive are those of Hudson and Father John Pinasco, S.J., president of Santa Clara College. Stoddard thanks Hudson for the medal and picture. He plans to send Hudson some notes on Bishop Louis Maigret, who died recently. The notice of the book "The Religious: A Treatise on the Vows and Virtues of the Religious State" attracted Stoddard's attention and he wants it because he believes it contains the explanation he has been seeking concerning a...

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Stoddard has commenced writing a novel. The Redpath Lyceum Bureau promises to try Stoddard with a lecture on the Hawaiian Kingdom, when he returns to San Francisco. He received letters from Father Edmund Hill and from Eliza Allen Starr with copies of her "Patron Saints". :: X-2-l A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Stoddard's mail now comes in "lots" as he gets many letters. He feels out of the world with the quietness that reigns in the islands. It was very refreshing to receive Hudson's letter. Stoddard does not care to return to the world, but he is fearful for the future. Living is very expensive where he is now, far more than in the United States. Stoddard trys to be contended and thanks Hudson for his prayers. Father John Pinasco, S.J ., has sent Stoddard a statue of the Madonna. Could...

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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.

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 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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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.

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 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.

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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.

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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.