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This file contains a printed version of the MS which has been heavily annotated by hand by John Drew Bate.

John Drew Bate's first edition of his Hindi Dictionary was published in 1875, titled, A Dictionary of the Hindee Language. A second edition was published in 1918. This collection contains both handwritten manuscripts and annotated printed manuscripts either for production of the second edition or work towards a further unprinted edition.

The material also contains some correspondence to Miss E E Bate regarding the possibility of a third edition of the Dictionary post John Drew Bate's death.

"Himalayan Ethnology (in 3 parts of fasciciles and 270 pages) by B.H. Hodgson Esq. Late British Minister at the Court of Nepal". Bound book consisting of the first 111 pages of BHH/13/2. Annotated by Hodgson. Printed book with handwritten annotations, 4 October 1857.

High Noon: drafts of this story, one of which is labelled June 1952 and has extensive handwritten annotations, 4 further copies, 3 annotated with his name and address, each 7 pages.

Correspondence from the High Commission for Pakistan concerning their annual grant to the Society, 2 pieces, dated 18 January 2007 - 2 February 2007.

T.J. & J. Smith Pocket Diary for 1916, bound in red leather, containing Quartich Wales' diary notes as a student at Charterhouse boarding school.

Description: Red-white-blue patterned hardcover notebook with unruled pages, handwritten in ink.
Contents: Herodotus Book 1. l. 71 - 137; An account about the Persians by Pliny, also copied "Pliny Nat. Hist. b. 30. ch. 2."

Material concerning the Heritage of Oman Festival. The Ministry of National Heritage and Culture in Oman sponsored the Sindbad project. The festival was designed to celebrate the culture and heritage within the country.

Confucius: Ancient Sayings as Present Teaching, draft project proposal by Herbert Fingarette to be a guest at Bellagio study and Conference Centre in the Spring of 1988.

Herakles and the Old One - draft of a poem by Anne Stevenson.