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; (1)

1896: folios 16-30;

1897: folios 31-111; (2)

1898: folios 112-157; (3)

1899: folios 158-197;

uncertain dates, ?pre-1900: folios 198-203.

1. Includes letter, 28 September 1894, of John Cooke to Raymond Maude: folios 14-15.

2. Includes letter, 8 May 1897, of John Cooke to Raymond Maude: folios 47-48;

letter, 5 September 1897, of Edward Dowden to John Cooke: folios 85-86.

3. Includes letter, 30 January 1898, of S. Milligan to John Cooke: folios 119-120;

letter, 23 June 1898, of an employee of “The Irish Tourist” to John Cooke: folios 146-147.