The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern, among other subjects, the publication of various essays by Ernest Gambier Parry, including “The Combat with suffering” (1891) and “Day-dreams” (1895). On a personal level they refer to Parry’s acquaintanceship with John Murray IV from their time at Eton.

The letters are arranged chronologically.

1889: folios 1-4;

1891-1897, 1899: folios 5-101 [Note 1];

1901-1903, 1907: folios 102-112;

1910 -1911, 1916, 1918: folios 113-138 [Notes 2-3].

Notes.

[Note 1] Folios 15-16. Specimen typesetting, 1891, by R. and R. Clark, of the first two pages from part two, “The struggle for health”, of “Combat with suffering”, by Ernest Gambier Parry.

[Note 2] Folios 133-134. Wet-press copy of a letter, 28 November 1916, of John Murray IV to Ernest Gambier Parry.

[Note 3] Folio 137. Carbon copy of a typescript letter, 23 July 1918, of John Murray IV to Ernest Gambier Parry.