The contents are as follows. (i) Letters, 1878-1924, of William Archer, the critic and dramatist. Many of the letters reflect his interest in the theatre, and concern his reviews and his translations of Ibsen's plays. He criticises various plays and suggests (folio 53) a dramatization of ‘Little Dorrit’ for Sir John Martin-Harvey. There is also (folio 50) the outline of an article, 1919, in reply to Walther Rathenau. (Folio 1.) (ii) Letters, 1906-1944, of D S MacColl, the painter and art critic, chiefly to the painter Ronald Gray. They concern the work and activities of both artists, MacColl's biography of Philip Wilson Steer (London, 1945), and the design of a Steer Memorial Medal. (Folio 57.) (iii) Draft of an article by MacColl, 'Why banish facts from criticism?', replying to Alexander J Finberg, which was published in ‘The connisseur’, volume xlviii (1917), pages 123-125; and two drafts of a letter on the subject which appeared in the same volume, page 224. (Folio 109).