Letter from C.A. Storey to W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to rearrange a meeting at the boathouse.

Letter from W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to C.A. Storey to inform Storey of missing parts for some of the volumes. They will send a van to the boathouse on Tuesday morning.

Letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes to inform that he has no objection to the request from Princetown University Press for the reproduction of Sir Charles Lyall's translation of a poem. The other translation by Margoliouth is not from their publication and suggests it is Luzac to whom they should apply for permission. He also is in favour of sending Mr Ivanov the volumes he requests. He also writes that Heffer has informed him that some volumes are now stitched and wish to know whether they should be stored at the boathouse or in their own premises. Heffer has still failed to find some pages. Storey has supplied some further parcels which may contain some of the missing sheets.

Publications correspondence covering the time period 1944-1941.

Letter from E.M. Hanscombe, Raynes' Office, to C.A. Storey to send a letter from the Librarian, Trinity College. As Mr Raynes is on holiday Hanscombe asks if he may instruct Luzac to despatch the required book.

Letter from C.A. Storey to University Press, Cambridge, to ask them to submit an estimate for the cost of printing Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt. Storey sends details of the volume and how he would undertake to ensure the spelling could be read in the handwriting. If they are willing to undertake the task he asks for them to print the specimen page he has sent for inspection.

Letter from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to express their willingness to provide an estimate for Kitāb al-Tashbīhāt and asks for a complete manuscript in order to provide the estimate. They are setting a specimen which will be in Monotype cast.

Two cards from University Press, Cambridge, to C.A. Storey to acknowledge receipt of folios.

Correspondence concerned with the finance and organisation of the 23rd Congress. These are:

• Letter from Ralph Turner to Richard Winstedt to state that at the Istanbul Congress the invitation was made for the next Congress to be held in Great Britain. It has been suggested by Harold Bailey that the Congress might be hosted in Cambridge. He asks for Winstedt's help as President of the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 5 October 1951.
• Statement of assent for the next Congress to be held in Cambridge. Sent out by Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, and assented by C.R. Boxer. Typed, dated 14 December 1951.
• Letter from Richard Winstedt, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor Sir Lionel Whitby, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge to enquire whether the university would be willing to sponsor the next Congress. Typed, dated 1 January 1952.
• Letter from W.W. Grave, The University Registry, to Richard Winstedt to express the University's concern regarding organising the Congress but suggesting a collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 5 March 1952.
• Letter from Harold Bailey to Richard Winstedt to offer himself as Chairman of the Organising Committee and to suggest a budget needed to the organisation. Typed, dated 16 March 1952.
• Letter from Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Secretary, School of Oriental and African Studies, to ask whether £100 from the Fund of the late James Forlong may be advanced for use of the organizers of the Congress. Typed, dated 18 April 1952.
• Letter from J.R. Bracken, Assistant Secretary, School of Oriental and African Studies, to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform her that the Academic Board have agreed to forward the money. Typed, dated 2 May 1952.
• Letter from Denis Sinor, Honorary Secretary, 23rd International Congress, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that a Lloyd's Bank Account has been opened by the Organising Committee and would the Royal Asiatic Society deposit its promised money into this account. Typed, dated 16 May 1952.
• Letter from Denis Sinor, Honorary Secretary, 23rd International Congress, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to acknowledge receipt of the money. Typed, dated 26 May 1952.
• Letter to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose letters concerning the possibility of re-establishing the International Committee of the Lidzbarski Foundation in order to decide whether to offer a prize at the forthcoming Congress. Typed, dated 24 August 1952.
• Letter from Denis Sinor, Honorary Secretary, 23rd International Congress, to Sir Richard Winstedt, to return the sum advanced by the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, dated 23 September 1954.

Printed copy of speech given by the Public Orator in presenting Dr Mark Aurel Stein for the Degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa . The Speech is given in Latin and bears reference to Hiuen-Tsiang, Chinese pilgrim A.D. 649, whom Stein claimed as his "guide and patron saint". Two identical copies of this speech each with handwritten annotation correcting the title of Stein's book from Sand-buried Cities of Khotan to Sand-buried Ruins...