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Cheyne, Thomas Kelly (1841–1915) biblical scholar
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W. Aldis Wright: Bible Revision (correspondence)
W. Aldis Wright: Bible Revision (correspondence)
Add. MS b/66 · Item · c 1871-1912
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

Correspondence, notes, and printed material largely relating to W. Aldis Wright's work as Secretary of the Old Testament Revision Company. Includes correspondence from C. F. Clay, William F. Moulton, Bartholomew Price, T. H. Stokoe, Richard Wright, J. Troutbeck and others, along with several copies/drafts of letters by W. Aldis Wright. Notes by T. K. Cheyne, George Chawner, John Birrell, D. H. Weir and others. Includes material on use by others of the Revised Version, such as a request from [Charles Goldschmidt?] Montefiore, and on the disposition of surplus money given to the Old and New Testament Revision Companies [see also Add.MS.b.65].

 Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914), literary and biblical scholar
Copy letter from John S. Black to J. G. Frazer
Add. MS b/35/67 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

Adam and Charles Black Publishers, Number 4, Soho Square, London W. Dated 1st April 1901 - Thanks him for his note, which will be printed, is showing it to [Thomas] Cheyne first; [Andrew] Lang is 'clearly greatly exercised' about G.B.2; he is glad to hear about plans for a G.B.3; has a letter from [Paul Wilhelm] Schmiedel, who writes that it is the time of his condemnation and that the refusal of his reason will come later; is glad [William] Ridgeway's first volume ['The Early Age of Greece'?] is about to appear.
Letter from T. K. Cheyne to Sir James Frazer
FRAZ/16/72 · Item · 27 Nov. 1906
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

South Elms, The Parks, Oxford - Mentions their common friendship with J. S. Black; is interested in the traditions and beliefs of ancient Canaanites and Israelites, cites a passage from Jeremiah, and wonders how phrases from the Adonia came to be applied to the kings of Jerusalem; hopes Black is recovering, the news was alarming.

Accompanied by the envelope with a note in Frazer's hand, 'Adonis & Dôdah'.
Copy letter from John S. Black to J. G. Frazer
Add. MS b/35/76 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

6 Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh. Dated 11th Dec. 1912 - Thanks him for the honour regarding the Gifford Lectures [the dedication of 'The Belief in Immortality'] and expresses his delight at being asked to help work on 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament', and suggests Cheyne's 'Traditions and Beliefs of Ancient Israel' and 'The Two Religions of Israel'; sees 'charming vistas opening up'; a cheap popular re-issue of 'Biblica' is being talked of.