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Letter from Sir Robert Cust to Mrs Hodgson apologising for failing to comply with her request to send a photo, which he now encloses. He writes that he has sent off his review of Hodgson's book to The Academy and that the book is a great accomplishment. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 10 February 1880.

Letter from Rajendralal Mitra to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes about his contemporary academic works and publications and promises to send his recent book. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 22 February 1882.

Letter from Edward Colborne Baber to Brian Houghton Hodgson to send him a copy of his Travels and Researches. On the reverse of the title page he has written a dedication in the form of a sonnet which he submits to Hodgson for his indulgent criticism. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 7 June 1883.

News cutting from The Athenaeum containing a Review of "Tibetan Tales derived from Indian Sources" by F. Anton von Schiefner, translated by W.R.S. Ralston which mentions Ralston's tribute to Hodgson for his liberality in providing manuscripts for study. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 22 September 1883.

Extract from Biographical Essays by Max Müller which mentions the manuscripts brought by Hodgson to England and presented to many European scholars. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 1884.

News cutting from The Academy concerning Dr. Rajendralal Mitra's work on the Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal which mentions the materials given by Hodgson. Printed material, 1 side dated 21 June 1883.

News cutting from [The Academy] containing reviews of three catalogues of Sanskrit and Chinese Buddhist manuscripts by Bunyiu Nanjio (Clarenden Press 1883), Cecil Bendall (Cambridge University Press 1883) and Rajendralal Mitra (Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta 1882). Includes reference to Buddhist texts preserved in Nepal and the translated versions of many of them in China. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 30 August 1884.

Letter from Sir Monier Monier Williams to Mrs. Susan Hodgson in which he acknowledges receipt of the copy of the pamphlet on Brian Hodgson's work. He writes of his appreciation of Hodgson's support for Monier Williams' project to found the Indian Institute at Oxford and for his ongoing interest in it. He refers to Brian Hodgson's name as a subscriber to papers published by the Institute and writes concerning a transcription (in Nagari and Latin) of the popular ancient Buddhist formula. Handwritten in English and Sanskrit, 2 sides, dated 16 January 1887.

Handwritten copy of the University of Oxford's Vice Chancellor's (Dr Bellamy) ovation on the occasion of Hodgson receiving his honorary degree. Handwritten in Latin, 2 sides, dated July 1889.

Letter from Madame Louise-Laure Delisle (daughter of E. Burnouf) to Mrs. Susan Hodgson to accompany a copy of the article on Hodgson by Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire published in the Journal des Savants of September 1891. She anticipates with pleasure meeting with Susan Hodgson and Brian Hodgson (her father's old friend) at St. James Hotel and praises Hodgson's work. This is accompanied by the extract of the article "Extrait d'un Article de M. By. Saint-Hilaire dans le N' de Septembre 1891 de Journal des Savants". Both handwritten in French, 4 sides, 3 sides. Letter, dated 6 October 1891. Article, dated September 1891.