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'What we don't know about Asia' by Quaritch Wales in The Saturday Review of Literature, 29 July 1944, pp. 4-5, 20.

What would a generative grammar of Classical Chinese be like? by Angus Graham. Draft and additional handwritten pages possibly for a talk, undated.

Draft of a poem beginning "When hard indifference meets my [Eye]" Handwritten, 1 piece,1 side

Draft of a poem or just lines ending in rhyme beginning "(When I) I was the [ ] (opening) morn". On reverse is "Monsieur Manning, Homme du Lettre" . Also has mathematical sketches and "virgias Longas pope ballad is torber" Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Where the leaves fall from Hyde Park, draft of a poem by Angus Graham.

Review by Col. Hugh Toye, 'White Elephant with Alms Bowl' in The Times Literary Supplement.

Why Take Rights Serious? A Confucian Critique by Angus Graham. Article draft annotated with the heading "Penultimate draft", undated.

"Wild Life in Arabia: The Biblical Unicorn" - Letter to the Editor of The Times concerning the Oryx Beatrix. It notes that interest has been aroused in these animals by Bertram Thomas' travel through the "Empty Quarter". Written by Belhaven and Stenton

Letter from William IV to state that "the King has great pleasure in complying with the wish conveyed to him through Lord Marlborough by the Royal Asiatic Society that His Majesty should become their Patron." Handwritten letter, mounted on a wooden frame. This letter was removed from a picture frame. (The original letter was replaced with a facsimile).

Correspondence concerning organising a lecture at Winchester College. These are:

• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Headmaster, Winchester College to thank for his letter about timings of the lecture and to suggest a talk about the Persian national epic, dated 23 May 1972.
• Letter from The Headmaster, Winchester College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he will be in contact in the future concerning the date for the lecture, dated 2 June 1972.
• Letter from The Headmaster, Winchester College, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to suggest that the lecture is presented to the Archaeological Society in February or March of the following year, dated 11 October 1972.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Headmaster, Winchester College to state his agreement with the Headmaster regarding the talk and that he would wait to hear about a date, dated 17 October 1972.