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If Hudson does not intend to print Mannix's verses he is requested to return them to her. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Mannix thanks Hudson for the book "Stories for Stormy Sundays". Correspondence with Eliza Allen Starr shows her to be a zealous woman. Mannix would like to write a short memoir of Father Charles Driscoll, S.J. :: X-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix has not been able to reply to Hudson because she has been helping her get things ready for the presentation of the creditor's case to the Supreme Court. The clergy attacks Mannix's husband for carrying matters too far against the Church, while the creditors accuse him of being under the thumb of clergy. Catholics of this diocese ought to make an effort to pay the debt. Many Protestants and Jews have expressed a willingness to help. In Mannix's opinion the fault lies almost with...

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Mannix was disappointed with Mrs. Madeleine Dahlgren's, "Washington Winter". She is pleased to hear that Hudson liked her notice of the book. Some of her verses have appeared in the "Catholic World". Mannix has received a copy of Hudson's "Glimpse of the Supernatural". :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix received this morning a printed notice of the "Glimpse of the Supernatural." Enclosed was the note that Mannix sent to Hudson, which she does not understand. Maybe it was returned for want of necessary postage. Mannix thinks that perhaps Hudson wants her to write a notice for the Ave Maria. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

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Mannix regrets that she has not been able to do the work that she promised on "Glimpses of the Supernatural", because of illness. She regards the book highly. Mannix thinks that some of the revelations are too human. She is displeased with Cincinnati; there are too many saloons and gambling houses and the city lacks schools where virtue and goodness are stressed. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.

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Mannix informs Hudson that she gave birth to her seventh child, which she named Ruth Dominica Mary Mannix . Miss Mary Melina, a friend of of Mannix's would like to write for the Ave Maria. Mannix says that she is not a good story writer, but many newspapers find her a good correspondent. :: X-2-n A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix encloses a translation of a French sonnet. She thinks the Ave Maria is improving all the time. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Mannix has completed the translation of a little French story. There has been a delay in sending it because the enclosure is not large enough to hold it. Mannix is grateful for the "Life of Haydn", which Hudson so generously sent to her. Prof. Joseph Lyons does some excellent publications. As for example, the "Scholastic", that was recently sent to her. Mannix wrote several little stories for the "Young Crusader". Now, she wants to have them put into book form. She has no pecuniary...

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Mannix returns the proofs with which she can find no fault. She has some verses in the "Pilot" last week. She sends them to Hudson. Mannix agrees with Hudson that Miss Eleanor Donnelly writes entirely too much. Mannix does not write that way. She writes under inspiration. The noise of the children running about the house does not confuse her. Mannix will send Hudson a translation in French shortly. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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She hoped to hear from Professor Joseph A. Lyons but has not. She sends the French translation and some verses. The Catholic Fireside has recently secured the services of Mary Meline, a niece of the late James F. Meline ; she went from here about two weeks ago. Mannix will be glad to see "Glimpses of the Supernatural". Cincinnati is in the midst of a great flood. :: X-2-m A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She has sent the manuscript of "Ash Wednesday" to John Boyle O'Reilly. She had been sending her children to a school taught by a Catholic lady but she has discontinued her school and Mannix must teach them herself. She will perhaps be obliged to send her boy who is 8 to St. Xavier's but she intends to teach the girls herself. She is waiting for Joseph A. Lyon 's letter. Hudson can have no idea of the misery caused by the flood. She is glad he is interested in the "Fireside." She will do...

Scope and Contents The second trial of her husband,John B. Mannix, is set for March 7th. His business is good and if the trial does not go against him and he is not disbarred they hope to be able to pay off some of their debts. She recently read that Charles Warren Stoddard was no longer at Notre Dame, the same articles referred to him as a word painter. Mannix does not like the story "Fairy Gold",because of its abrupt ending. She is waiting for Kathleen O'Meara's article on Monsignor de Segur. Because of...

Scope and Contents The trial of John B. Mannix, her husband, has ended favorably because of a disagreement among the jury. Because of this ordeal she has been unable to write for the Ave Maria. She was unaware until she read Eliza Allen Starr's article on Mother Angela Gillespie that she was instrumental in forming the Ave Maria. Mannix did not think Father Neal Gillespie had much force. She inquires if there is a chance that Father Damien might recover his health. "Fairy Gold" does not improve as it goes...

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The birth of a sixth child, a daughter, has prevented Mannix from writing to Hudson. She likes Kathleen O'Meara's life of Bishop de Segur. "Fairy Gold" does not interest her but Clara Mulholland's story is a pretty one. Mannix has given up working for the Working Girl's Advocate because Margaret McCabe thought her ideas on how the magazine should be conducted were too broad. :: X-3-e A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Miss Mannix is translating "Les Etapes D'une Conversion" by Paul Leval and she would like to publish it in the Ave Maria. She will sell the copyright and Hudson may have it published in book form. In the future she hopes to devote more time to literary work, but at present she is busy with other duties. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter of the 13th received. Mrs. Mannix is busy with the translation. When last writing to Hudson she had received only one volume of the book and found it incomplete, now she finds it consists of 3 volumes. It will make 175 pages in the Ave Maria. Because of the peculiarities of Leval's style it is difficult to translate. In a review in the "Catholic World" of two translations of "Jesuits" by Miss Sadlier and T. F. Galway, they find fault with both for trying to preserve...

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Mary Mannix has translating to do for the "Catholic World." She has the fragments of a story which she will alter for the Ave Maria. Part of it was published long ago. Hudson may keep the "Via Coneis" until next year if he wishes. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo

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Miss Mannix would like to translate "Petites Lectures" which appeared in the recent issues of the Ave Maria. She suggests having the translation published in the Ave Maria and then in book form. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

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She returns the "Via Crucis" as received with only two slight changes. She sends some lines on the legend of St. Philip. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix thanks Hudson for the package and the privilege of reviewing a book for the Ave Maria. She expected to review it for the Catholic World, but they usually send her the poetry. If Mr. T.F. Galwey saw Mannix's name among the list of poets, he would be certain to send it. Mannix does not consider the selection of poetry by John Boyle O'Reilly, Maurice Egan, Eleanor C. Donnelly, Katherine Conway, John B. Tabb and Elizabeth Carmel Hendry as their best works. To Mannix's mind, John...

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Mannix received Hudson's letter containing the proof of "Cure of Ars". She inquiries about the cost of Publishing a volume of verses by the Notre Dame Press, and thanks Hudson for the copy of "Household library of Catholic Poets". Mannix thinks it odd when she sees Nugent Robinson 's articles in the Ave Maria. She comments on a number of the articles that appeared in the Ave Maria. She believes John Acton gives promise of being a good Lyric poet. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix sends the first page of the poem Hudson either mislaid or she failed to send. She wonders if she will ever see Archbishop Thomas Croke 's of Cashel reply to the deputation from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mannix heard that Archbishop Edward McCabe of Dublin had been created Cardinal. Her story "The Assistant Editor" has been published by Lippincotts. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix found no errors in the proof. She also writes children's stories. Hudson is in error, since her stories do not appear in the Catholic World. They pay three dollars per printed page for stories and formerly paid Mannix five dollars for verses, but now they only pay Aubrey De Vere for poetry. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Mannix submits a story, the main part of which was translated from a story in a French Catholic magazine. She inquires if Hudson would care to republish a series of stories she wrote for Father William Byrne of the Young Crusader. Some verses are also enclosed. Mannix relates the story of her courtship with her husband, John B. Mannix, with whom her father would have nothing to do, until he was made assignee for the properties of Archbishop John Purcell and Father Edward Purcell in...

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Mannix is in favor of Hudson's proposal to write biographies, but asks him to suggest some names and whether or not to limit her material to Catholic sources. Are there any collected lives of Catholic printers? :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix submits an article. She requests Hudson suggest a subject for her biographical essay. Mannix wishes Hudson would find her something good to translate. She is interested "Soeur Rosalie". Critiques of two new books that Hudson sent her are forwarded together with a sonnet. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

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Mannix is certain she wrote the poem for the Catholic World. She received "Record of a Suffering Soul", for which she is obliged. Howe's fear, that one's friends will not pray for them once one has died, has often been Mannix's. She requests copies of the Ave Maria which contains the "Despoliation of the Coliseum". What does Hudson think of the sketch of Felicite de Lamennais, Jean Baptiste Lacordaire, and Comte Charles Montalambert :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She states a correction to be made in her poem "Corpus Christi." She is glad Hudson likes Lacordaire and "The Inner Life". She reads avidly anything relating to him. Does Hudson like Montalembert? She had a young enthusiasm for Pere Tlyacquthe, but this faded. She will send Hudson some extracts from "Hope of a Conversion." She likes French religious books. There is nothing like them in English. She is sending some secular verses for the Ave Maria if suitable. The verses of the late Dr....

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Mannix found few errors in the proof. The new baby has kept her from writing; she now has four children. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 16mo.