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1-2: Proceedings of conferences on the 'Abyssininian Situation' and its results, Jan. and Jul. 1936.

One letter dated 17 April 1896 and three undated.

The letters primarily contain his thoughts on aspects of various Shakespeare plays: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, All's Well That Ends Well, Henry IV Part II, and Henry V. In a letter of 28 Nov. 1863 he regrets he has not found more that was worth Clark's attention: "It is the fault of the old editors, who shamelessly adopt one's most original ideas, and publish them a century beforehand, as their own." His letter of 20 Jan. 1863 also explains why he doesn't want the Trinity chaplaincy.

Letters dated 17 Feb. 1903 - 15 June 1914.

Letters from Ollivant dated Jan. 1905 - Sept. 1906

Isaac Todhunter believed that the notebook (item 10) might contain notes of lectures for the Prince of Wales. Some notes dated 24 Oct. 1824.

Letters dated 4 May 1882, 14 Feb. 1900, 31 May 1903. Accompanied by an obituary notice from The Times dated 9 Dec. 1912.

2 The Residences, South Kensington Museum, S.W. - Information about the proper titles of three paintings in the National Gallery. A second letter dated five days later corrects information in the first.

For the Home, European and Overseas Services, given in English, German and Danish
D.9: Drafts for several talks in English, Danish translation of 'How the hydrogen bomb works', correspondence.
D.10: Press-cuttings and correspondence from general public arising from broadcast.

Downing Street -

Includes a list of suggested corrections by Crayden Edmunds. These notes may have been enclosed in a letter from Wright to Ginsburg in Feb. 1909 [see items 12-13].

Two letters from the brother of Charles Badham.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd. - Encloses a typewritten copy of the contents of 'Garnered Sheaves' left with him; is forwarding to Messrs. Clark the reviews from the 'Times Literary Supplement' so they may cast them off in the form of the original 'Golden Bough'; puts on record their agreement that they will publish 'The Golden Bough: A Supplement', but are still deciding on the supplement to 'Totemism and Exogamy'. Accompanied by Frazer's notes on addresses to the Ernest Renan Society. The list of 'Garnered Sheaves' has been corrected and added to in Frazer's hand.

Letters dated 8 Feb. 1895 and 1 Sept. 1906.

Synge visited Scandinavia in July-August 1950; he attended the International Physiological Congress, Copenhagen, 15-18 August at which he presented a paper on 'Degradation of proteins and amino-acids in the rumen' with K.A.S. el-Shazly, and went on to visit research institutes in Denmark and Norway.

G/9: Brief correspondence re arrangements; typescript and manuscript notes of planned visits; typescript 'Report to the Agricultural Research Council on visit to Sweden, Norway and Denmark, August 1950'
G/10: Softback pocket notebook used from the front and from the back for notes on the visit [Jul-Aug 1950].