Letter from August Schleicher to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the linguistic and ethnological works which Hodgson had sent. Schleicher is preparing a comparative grammar of the "Indogeman languages". Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 1 July 1860.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his insights on the Himalayan class of the Juramian languages. Rost discusses different language groups. He states that he will write to Professor Schiefner soon and will be happy to convey any message from Hodgson. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 26 March 1861.

Letter from Robert Caldwell to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his articles on the Himalayan languages though he has not yet had leisure to study them as they deserve. Hodgson's note puts Caldwell as the author of the Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian languages and Honorary Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 8 December 1862. With accompanying envelope on which Hodgson notes that Caldwell thinks the analyses were good.

"A Grammar of the Tibetan Language in English, prepared under the Patronage of the Government, and the Auspices of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Alexander Csoma de Kőrös, Siculo-Hungarian of Transylvania". Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta, 1834. Soft cover, printed material with handwritten annotations and a pencil sketch map. dated 1834,

Letter from Wilhelm Schott to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his gift of Hodgson's 2 volume work on Himalayan languages. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 1 May 1860. With accompanying envelope.

Letter from Professor August Friedrich Pott to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the gift of papers on Himalayan languages and for his annotations of the printed copy. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 17 April 1860.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he discusses Himalayan languages to clarify and expand on some points Hodgson had made in his letter to Rost. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 7 April 1861.

This series contains published material written, by Brian Houghton Hodgson and others pertaining to his interest in Languages and Ethnography, which were present within his Papers. Many contain extensive annotations in Hodgson's hand.

"Hodgson's Himalayan Ethnography in 3 fascicles - presented to the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society by the author." "Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of the broken Tribes of Népal". The book covers many of the dialects of the region. The book begins with a letter from Hodgson explaining that he is sending four series of Vocabularies of Himalayan tongues divided into 2 parts. This copy is annotated by Hodgson and also contains a loose leaf of manuscript. The book is 270 pages and is dated 4 October, 1857. Printed bound book with handwritten annotations. (Some of the items in BHH/6 correspond to this printed material).

"Himalayan Ethnology (in 3 parts of fasciciles and 270 pages) by B.H. Hodgson Esq. Late British Minister at the Court of Nepal". Bound book consisting of the first 111 pages of BHH/13/2. Annotated by Hodgson. Printed book with handwritten annotations, 4 October 1857.