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This is entitled "A Dictionary of the Pali and English Languages" and is a dictionary of Pali words/phrases with their English meanings written in Gogerly's hand. It is contained within a bound notebook 31.5 x 20.5cm, the binding of which is broken.

This "A Pali Dictionary" is of Pali words/phrases with their English meanings. The handwritten dictionary is written on the left-hand page with occasional additional notes on the right-hand page. It is contained within a red marbled hardbound notebook, 20.5 x 16 cm, of which the front board is detached. On its inner cover has been attached a letter from Donald Ferguson, who it seems donated this dictionary to the Royal Asiatic Society. He bought the volume at a sale of books of Reverend David de Silva, Wesleyan minister, on 29 June 1878. Ferguson surmises that this is the third of four volumes originally written by Gogerly.

This is an abstract of Pāli grammar, handwritten by Gogerly, Sri Lanka (Ceylon); date unknown. The booklet consists of 15 folded loose sheets. The first three sheets of the paper are white; the rest - blue; brown ink. The last 31 pages are left blank. The book includes notes in English and Sinhalese. Approx. 21cmX16cm.

There are six letters, written to and by the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop between 1907 and 1908. Bishop was the superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist Book Room at the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Colombo.

This is an index for Gogerly's translation of the Cariyā-piṭaka. The index is writen on a single A4 sheet with the list of verses given on the first page. Author, date and place unknown. The Cariyā-piṭaka is a Theravāda Buddhist scripture incorporated in the Sutta Piṭaka's Khuḍḍaka Nikāya, as the last of fifteen books. It is a short verse work including thirty-five accounts of the Buddha's former lives (similar to Jātaka tales).

The manuscript is a copy of Gogerly's translation of the Thūpavaṃsa, completed in the middle of the 19th century in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). The item contains 62 loose sheets; the text being written on one side. It seems that Gogerly's translation was transcribed by two people, as the cursive on pages 1-25 is different from the one on pages 25-63. Translated from Pāli or Sinhalese to English. The text is written in black ink and contains many corrections. The Thūpavaṃsa narrates the history of the relics of Śākyamuni Buddha, and contains a rich depiction of the institutionalisation of the Buddha-Śāsana in Ceylon during the reigns of kings Aśoka and Devanampiyatissa, as well as the construction of relic monuments by the later king Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. The central focus of this work concerns the variety of relics associated with the historical Buddha, particularly how the relics were acquired and the presumed benefits of venerating them. Translated from Pali or Sinhalese. Approx. 31.7cmX21.7cm.

The manuscript is a copy of Gogerly's translation of the Thūpavaṃsa, completed in the middle of the 19th century in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). It is the second part of the complete work (for part 1 see DJG/4/3). 33 single and 20 double loose sheets. Translated from Pāli or Sinhalese. The text is written one side in black ink and contains some corrections. The Thūpavaṃsa narrates the history of the relics of Śākyamuni Buddha, and contains a rich depiction of the institutionalisation of the Buddha-Śāsana in Ceylon during the reigns of kings Aśoka and Devanampiyatissa, as well as the construction of relic monuments by the later king Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. The central focus of this work concerns the variety of relics associated with the historical Buddha, particularly how the relics were acquired and the presumed benefits of venerating them. Approx. 31.7cmX21.7cm.

The series contains various letters mainly relating to Gogerly's research on Theravāda Buddhist texts and publication of his translations.

The manuscript is the text taken from the Dhammapada-datthakathā. Handwritten by Gogerly in the Sinhalese script, probably before November 6, 1847 in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). No English translation. The original text is the commentary on the Dhammapada, and is ascribed to jātaka-aṭṭhakathās - the traditional commentaries explaining the canonical Theravada Buddhist jātakas, the tales concerning the previous births of Gautama Buddha. It contains stories similar to those of the jātakas and explains the occasions on which the Dhammapada verses were uttered. It was written in the last centuries BCE. 65 blue pages; the text is written only on one side of a sheet. Slightly fragile. 21.1cmX17.3cm.

An empty envelope addressed to Stanley Bishop at Tangalle, Ceylon; handwritten by T.W.R. Davids. Has two postal stamps at the right corner. 9.5cmX12cm.