The contents are as follows: Page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand (MS.3404);

Proofs, [1832, or before], of the first edition of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.3405);

Lady Louisa Stuart's ballad, [1805, or after], "Ugly Meg, or, The Robber's Wedding" ('Muckle-mouthed Meg'), in Sir Walter Scott's hand (MS.3531);

'Literary Information. Discovery of the remainder of the history of John Bull from the MSS. of his learned and celebrated Biographer, Sir Humphrey Polesworth', [1821, or before], in the hand of Sir Walter Scott, being a commentary on the rise and fall of Napoleon and contemporary British affairs (MS.3775).