Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hobday, Edmund Arthur Ponsonby.Letters, 1903, of Edmund Arthur Ponsonby Hobday to John Murray IV. Folios 1-7.Folio 4v. Draft, 1903, of a letter of John Murray IV to Edmund Arthur Ponsonby Hobday.Hobhouse, Margaret Heyworth.Letter, 1916, of Margaret Heyworth Hobhouse to John Murray IV. Folios 8-10.Folios 9-10. Copy of a letter,...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1893-1899 and uncertain dates, of John Cooke to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern works of Cooke’s published by the Murrays, including “Handbook for travellers in Ireland” and “Elementary geography for Irish schools”, and his contribution to the revision of Shaw’s “English literature”. He also advised on the subject of educational books for Ireland. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1893-1894: folios 1-15;...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1900-1928, of John Cooke to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern a further revision of Shaw’s “History of English literature”, also of the “Handbook for travellers in Ireland”, with mention of “Elementary geography for Irish schools”. There is discussion and advice on educational books for Ireland, and also Cooke’s views on the political situation in Ireland, including during the First World War. The letters are arranged in chronological...