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GB 891 JDB-JDB/1-JDB/1/1-JDB/1/1/3
Title
Correspondence Concerning Hindi Dictionary
Date(s)
- 1922-1930 (Creation)
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1 folder
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(1836-1923)
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This file consists of correspondence to Miss Bate concerning her father's MS of the Hind Dictionary and possible republication. The letters include:
- Postcard from Luzac & Co, Foreign and Oriental Booksellers, to Miss E E Bate, dated 9th August, 1922 to inform that they can provide a copy of the 2nd edition of the Dictionary
- Letter from The Indian Press Ltd, Calcutta to Miss E E Bate, dated 15th May, 1929, suggesting that she sends her father's MS for their perusal for possible new edition of the book in 1932.
- Letter from J.W. Thomas to E.E. Bate, dated 16th October, 1929, to give Miss Bate advice about gaining Government approval for her father's dictionary.
- Letter from Atkinson and Stainer, Solicitors, to Miss E E Bate, dated 28th October, 1929, regarding the Assignment of copyright for the Dictionary.
- Further letter from Atkinson and Stainer, Solicitors, to Miss E E Bate, dated 30th October, 1929, to enclose a copy of the draft Assignment of copyright.
- Letter from the North India Christian Tract and Book Society to Miss E E Bate, dated 4th November, 1929, regarding reviewing the MS for potential publication.
- Letter from Civil Service Commission to Miss E E Bate, dated 14th November, 1929, regarding the mention of the Dictionary on the Indian Civil Service Examination Paper with attached paper.
- Letter from The Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights & Composers to Miss E E Bate, dated 24th December, 1929, to give advice regarding the possibility of buying back the rights to the Dictionary.
- Specimen Pages of the Suggested Enlargement of Bate's Hindi Dictionary from Miss E E Bate to The Indian Press, Allahabad, India, dated 31st December 1929.
- Letter from Luzac & Co, Foreign and Oriental Booksellers, to Miss E E Bate, dated 30th January, 1930, to say they would be unable to supply a copy of the Dictionary.
- Letter from The Indian Press Limited to Miss E E Bate, dated 21st January, 1930, to inform that they do not wish to purchase the rights to a revised issue.
- Letter from The Indian Press Limited to Miss E E Bate, dated 11th March, 1930, confirming they will not undertake to print an enlarged version.
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- English
- Hindi
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current
JDB/1/1/3