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Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which he thanks for his stay with Allen and writes of his recent diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. He is slowly progressing with his index and writes of recently reading Margaret Drabble's "A Summer Birdcage". Dated: 9 February 1972.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which he asks to be kept informed regarding Allen's health. He writes that he dined with the Blakistons and comments on the book that she had written. He sends a reminder of the money he is owed. Dated: 7 August 1973.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen to ask if he could visit in November. Higgens encloses some letters to the Time Literary Supplement (these are with the letter) and writes that he was sorry to hear of the death of Holroyd-Smith. Dated: 6 October 1969.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which he writes further of the pain in his arms. He writes concerning Sir Nathaniel Wraxall. Higgens asks to be remembered to Sir Hugh Boustead. dated 5 April 1972.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which Higgens thanks Allen for paying him. He proposes to bring 'Gamsakhundia' for Allen to read in June and asks if he has read Mile Bradford's 'The Great Betrayal: Constantionople 1204'. He recommends Terence de Vere White's 'Lucifer Falling' and comments on recent events in Czechoslovakia, asking if Allen ever met Masaryk. Dated: 5 April 1968.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which he asks Allen whether he would prefer that Higgens came to stay in October or at Christmas. Higgens asks to be reminded of the American couple who had written about mushrooms. He writes of other publications and includes a German rhyme "Der Werwolf". Dated: 4 July 1968.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which Higgens encloses information on Sheila-na-gig from a book by Margaret Murray and expresses his own puzzlement concerning her. Dated: 30 March 1967.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which he thanks for Allen's kindness and hospitality. His return journey had been smooth in which he had met and conversed with a Russian. With the letter is a note on etymology. Dated: 30 June 1968.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which Higgens says he looks forward to studying the Muratoff drafts and collaborating with Allen on them. He reports that he has finished correcting the translation of Herzen's memoirs for Chatto and is now working on the index. He encloses a copy of Nabokov on Gogol and Ian Grey on Ivan III, which Allen had asked to borrow, as well as the Penguin 'Atlas of Medieval History', which he likes for its information on the Khazans and the Ghuzz. He promises to send a note about Sheila-na-gig, but expresses hesitation about meeting a Russian called Yevtushenko, since he fears his spoken Russian is no longer good enough. He hopes Allen and Roger Machell can dine with him at some point. Attached to the letter are notes on the meaning of the word 'incony', used in 'Love's Labour's Lost', 'gubbins', and 'Mangyt'. Dated: 29 March 1967.

Letter from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen in which Higgens thanks Allen for his hospitality and promises to return two books he borrowed. He encloses 'The Night Before Larry was Stretched' from 'The Oxford Book of Light Verse'. He offers to send notes on the Hakluyt Society's 'Guide'. He asks if Allen is interested in buying a dictionary by Dahl from the Russian wife of a British diplomat, recently returned from Moscow. Dated: 29 February 1968.