The letters have been arranged in chronological order.

Letters of Austen Henry Layard to Elizabeth Eastlake of:

1856: folios 1-7;

1857: folios 8-9;

1859: folios 10-13;

1860: folios 14-26;

1861: folios 27-44;

1862: folios 45-47;

1863: folios 48-63;

1864, with letters to Sir Charles Eastlake at folios 70 and 72: folios 64-72;

1865, with a letter to Sir Charles Eastlake at folios 94-95: folios 73-95;

1866: folios 96-126;

1867: 127-158;

1868: folios 159-190;

1869: folios 191-214.