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Correspondence from Sir Henry Yule. Two letters from Yule to Brian Houghton Hodgson regarding the political situation in Tibet. Both date to July 1873.

Correspondence with Sir Jadunath Sarkar, Darjeeling. These are:

Letter from Co. Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Sir Jadunath Sarkar to ask, on behalf of the Council, whether he would represent the Society at the Tenth All-India Oriental Conference. Dated 16 March 1939.

Letter from Sir Jadunath Sarkar to Col. Hoysted to state that he will be unable to be a delegate as he has chosen to no longer attend conferences. He also writes concerning a review that he will send to the Society. Dated 14 April 1935.

The series consists of 38 letters from Joseph Dalton Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson. They have been organised mainly according to a previous listing made of the material, approximately by date.

Correspondence with Sir Louis Mallet (1823-1890) who was a British civil servant, an advocate of free trade and served on the Council of India. A set of 11 letters between Hodgson and Mallet concerning trade in India, dating to 1873.

Correspondence with Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff. A set of letters between Hodgson and Grant Duff concerning trade routes through Nepal and Tibet, dating to 1873.

Correspondence with Sir Rutherford Alcock, KCB (1809 - 1897) who was the first British diplomatic representative to live in Japan. This is a set of five letters between Hodgson and Alcock, dating to 1873.

Correspondence with Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth. Three items of correspondence between Hodgson and Forsyth regarding Central Asia. Dating from April - June 1877.

Correspondence with St James's Palace. These are:

• Letter from Professor Francis Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Lieutenant Commander Lavery, St. James's Palace, to request the presence of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales at the reception to mark the Royal Asiatic Society's 175th Anniversary, dated 25 November 1997.
• Letter from Lieutenant Commander Lavery, St. James's Palace, to Professor Francis Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform him that the Prince of Wales will be unable to attend the reception, dated 26 November 1997.

Stanislas Aignan Julien (13 April 1797 – 14 February 1873) was a French sinologist who served as the Chair of Chinese at the Collège de France for over 40 years and was one of the most academically respected sinologists in French history. This correspondence is mainly concerned with Thomas Manning trying to source Chinese books for Julien.

Correspondence with Stephen Field and reviews concerning the publication of his Tian Wen: A Chinese Book of Origins. These are: Letter from Stephen Field to Griselda Ohannessian, Vice President of New Directions Publishing Co., dated 28 May 1985. Letter from Griselda Ohannessian to Stephen Field, dated 6 June 1985. Letter from Burton Watson to Peter Glassgold (New Directions) with Watson's comments on Stephen Field's translations of the "Tian wen" 天問, dated 30 November 1985. Letter from Griselda Ohannessian to Stephen Field, dated 6 December 1986. Letter from Stephen Field to Angus Graham, dated 25 October 1989. Letters from Gary to Stephen Field, 2 letters on 1 photocopy page. Stephen Field's translation of the Tian wen, from the Journal of Literary Translation, Vol. XVII, 1986, photocopy. Book review: FIELD, STEPHEN, translation and introduction. Tian Wen. Photocopy of the book review in Asian Folklore Studies, vol. XLVI-2, 1987, original pages 301-302. San Francisco Review of Books, Winter 1987-88. Copy of Gary Gach's review of Field's translation of the Tian wen. Book Review of Tian Wen: A Chinese Book of Origins. Copy of pages of the review of Field's translation of the Tian wen. Original pages 127-129 from "Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews 9" (1987).

Also a copy of Eliot Weinberger's What Were the Questions from his Works on Paper, 1980-1986, pp.58-69.