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The voice comes back, draft of a poem by Angus Graham.

'The Vishnu Purána Translated by H.H. Wilson, London 1840' - a handwritten manuscript containing a preface and introduction to all the puranas, followed by descriptions of the Contents of the Vushnu Purána for the 22 chapters of Book One and the first seven chapters of Book 2. It is unclear whether this manuscript was created by H.H. Wilson or copied at a later date. The notebook is only partially filled.

Handwritten within an unlined notebook 20 x 16cm with marbled boards and quarter leather binding. It contains some of the material subsequently published in the Works by the Late Horace Hayman Wilson, M.A., F.R.S.,

Review from The New Journal, 'The village in the Vietnamese war' by Samuel Popkin.

Review from the N.Z. Listener, 'The Vietnam Story' by Nicholas Turner.

"The Value of Oriental Studies at the Present Time" with motto "Woodpecker". Prizewinning essay by J.L. Young. Handwritten, 19 sides.

The up and the down of a word, draft of a poem by Angus Graham.

The Turning Point, draft translation and notes concerning a poem about asagao (morning glory) in a haiku.

"The Turanians in the Aveste" - essay submitted by Peter Khoroche. Handwritten, 19 pages. With it is an identifying note countersigned by I.B. Broadbent, Tutor, King's College Cambridge, dated 24 July 1967.

The notebook includes the complete translation of the Jāliya sutta and the incomplete translation of the Kassapa sutta. The text is written in Gogerly's hand and covers 45 pages. One sheet is loose. Translated from Sinhalese to English. The Jāliya sutta addresses the question of whether body and soul are one and the same, whereas the Kassapa sutta contains the thoughts that came to Kassapa Buddha, before his Enlightenment, on the nature of becoming, of cessation, etc. 20.3cmX16.4cm.

Single copy of the article taken from its publishing magazine.