The contents are as follows.

(i) Manuscript of an article, 'Storms', first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", April and May 1819, in the series "The shepherd's calendar". (Folio 1.)

(ii) Manuscript of part of an article, 'The mysterious bride', first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", December 1830. (Folio 20.)

(iii) Manuscript of a poem, "The King's anthem", published in "Blackwood's Magazine", January 1831, as part of 'Noctes liii'. (Folio 22 verso.)

(iv) Manuscript of an article, 'Good Queen Bess', first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", April 1831. (Folio 23.)

(v) Uncorrected proofs, undated, of 'Correspondence between Mr James Hogg and Lord Byron', consisting of two letters, apparently unpublished. (Folio 32.).