The letters are to John Murray IV, Hallam Murray and C.E. Lawrence. They concern the publication of various educational books written or revised by Theophilus Hall. Among the works discussed are “A first introduction to the Greek Testament” (1893) and its revision, and the revision of “Principia Latina, Part I”.

The letters are arranged chronologically.

1895: folios 1-39;

1896-1899: folios 40-87;

1900: folios 88-113;

1901: folios 114-125;

1902-1905, 1908: folios 126-140.

Related papers.

Notes, ?1886-?1908, by John Murray, publishers, of financial accounts concerning, or of interest to, Theophilus Hall. Folios 141-144.

Printed items:

(i) proofs, marked by ?William Smith, of two pages from “Smith’s English Dictionary”, with a slip “Directions to the printer”, folios 145-148;

(ii) ?off-print from the “British Medical Journal”, 25 April 1885: “Charity Commissioners and cramming”, folio 149.