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Mixed grammar notes.

Mister Chaos - drafts for a story about Calloway which had several titles. One draft entitled "The Descent into Hell" has also "Vanity Beware Vanity" crossed out at head of type script, dated September 1952. Plus a further single page concerning Calloway, also dated September 1952. Plus further notes entitled "Descent into Hell", dated November 1952 and a draft entitled "Vanity Beware Vanity".

"Missions of Mongolia" by Thomas M. le Grand from the Annals of the Propagation of the Faith Vol. VIII, July 1847. Offprint from the Annals of the Propagation of the Faith, Vol. VIII, July 1847, pp. 205-275, comprising several letters from missionaries in Mongolia and Western Tonquin, the first of which (Letter of Rev. Huc) has been copiously annotated by Hodgson. Soft cover. Ms. note on the first page: "For Mr Hodgson, with Archbishop Carew's respectful compliments". 72 pages.

Lists of missing issues of the Journal from 1834-1945 within a bound volume. The lists seem to date from 1931 to 1953.

MISSING BOOKS REPLACED - a table of missing books replaced. This is an electronic document first created in 2013 and made into an archival document in 2018.

Correspondence concerned with missing and faulty offprints. These are:

• A letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Stephen Austin and Son Ltd. concerned that Dr Emmerick had only received 25 offprints of his article. The Secretary was also concerned that Mr. Hansman's offprints had been delayed in their posting despite the stressed urgency. Dated 5 December 1969.
• Letter from John Hansman to Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., concerning the quality of the binding of his offprints and finger markings on pages preceding his plates, alongside the delay in the provision of the offprints which caused him to lose some funding for an excavation. Dated 3 December 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to John Hansman to reply to his letter defending the company's production of the offprints and suggesting ameliorative measures, dated 9 January 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to Miss Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the letter the company had received from John Hansman and suggesting the Society might be called upon to arbitrate, dated 9 January 1970.
• Draft letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. concerning the offprints. She points out not only were they defective but also significantly delayed. She suggests an apology would be in order to Hansman and also points out the delay in receiving other offprints requested by the Society. Dated 19 January 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, in which he states he has received a further letter from John Hansman but doesn't know how to proceed other than a further apology. There may be a chance of a reprint if the type is still available. Dated 22 January 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose a letter to John Hansman and to inform of the action they are undertaking. He also apologise for not attending to Miss Crawford's other queries and assures her that the delayed copies will be sent that day. Dated 28 January 1970. The letter is enclosed in which he states that they will be able to reprint his offprints after they have printed the current edition of the Journal. Also dated 28 January 1970.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to thank for his letter and inform that she has received the delayed offprints, dated 30 January 1970.

"A song in honour of Roshan Darwesh the alleged ancestor of the Dafalis": Miśra maghi âge chalâ Roshan… With translation: Crossing Egypt Roshan proceeded onward… Signed Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube. Handwritten, 9 sides, undated. Attached to this song are further parts: "Song II of Roshan Darwesh. (His horse encourages him to go to battle)": Ai awâj hâl turbat sê king bacha sun lige… With translation: hear the words of King (Roshan's horse)… Unsigned but on Rámgharíb Chaubé's hand. Handwritten, 2 sides, undated. "Song III of Roshan Darwesh (Roshan in presence of his mother)": Niyat khair kâ parhâ phatihâ Roshan lewe king kâ pakar ke Tâlâ khulâ waqt merâ jâge main pâon Roshan aswâe… With translation: Roshan prayed to God for heavenly blessings… Unsigned but in Rámgharíb Chaubé's hand. Handwritten, 4 sides, undated. "Song IV, Roshan's reply": Ammâ sunô tum baten hamarô… With transaltion: O Mother for whose marriage party art thou making arrangements…. Unsigned but in Rámgharíb Chaubé's hand. Handwritten, 6 sides, undated.

58 Miscellaneous receipts for purchases made and work carried out between 11 May 1830 and 25 April 1838. Printed and handwritten

Miscellaneous notes on negatives in classical and modern Chinese by Lien-sheng Yang, reprinted from the Qinghua xuebao, New series 9.1-2 (1971), 160-191.

Miscellaneous notes on Being.