The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [1854, or before], of chapters ix-xxxvii of 'The quiet heart' by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4859);

Manuscripts, [1855, or before-1898 or before], of various works of Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4860);

Manuscript, [1897, or before], of part of ‘Annals of a publishing house: William Blackwood and his Sons’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, consisting of the first twelve chapters of text, corresponding roughly to the first volume of the printed version (MS.4939).