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Letter from Isabel Burton to Mr Cotton to send him an advance copy of Arabian Nights. Handwritten from 23 Dorset Street, Portman Square, London, dated 4 November 1886. The letter is addressed to "The Academy".

Letter from Isabel Burton to Mr Cotton concerning editorial notes. Handwritten, dated 18 February 1886.

Letter from Isabel Burton to T.W. Rhys Davids, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for his letter acknowledging the gift of a bronze medallion of Sir Richard Burton presented by F.F. Arbuthnot and herself. Typed, 2 sides, dated 27 January 1896.

Letter from Irene Bloom, Columbia University, to Angus Graham to inform him that she had been teaching from his The Book of Lieh-tzu and due to a lack of copies she had contacted the University press which would be willing to print a paperback edition. She asks whether Graham would be willing for such an edition.

Letter from Irene Bloom, Columbia University, to Angus Graham to thank him for sending the last section of Reason and Spontaneity. She asks whether he wants the material forwarded to Arthur Danto.

Letter from the Iranian Minister to Professor D.S. Margoliouth, President of of Royal Asiatic Society, to write that it would be an honour to present the Medal to Denison Ross. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 29 March 1935.

Letter from International Union of Orientalists to Royal Asiatic Society to state that they have sent an official invitation to the next International Congress of Orientalists and to comment that the Royal Asiatic Society hasn't replied to letters or paid its fees in recent years despite the auspicious initial connections between the Society and the Union via Hamilton Gibb.

Letter from Rodin I. Jardine, International Student Service, to Mr Sze to thank on behalf of Mr Parkes for the pamphlet on Chinese students in England. He asks for a further copy for Mr Pobereszki. He also suggests that Mt Sze might like to join the International Student Service and inquires regarding any pamphlets which the Union of Chinese Students may have published.

Letter from Institut de France to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the two parcels which had arrived at the L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-lettres, and concerning a catalogue. Handwritten in French with printed letterhead, 2 sides, dated 26 October 1858.

Letter from Institut de France to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his archives of the Government of Bengal concerning the colonisation, commerce, and physical geography. Printed letter with handwritten insertions in French, 1 side, dated 18 March 1858.