The miscellaneous correspondence includes the following.

(i) Letter dated, 24th December 1836, of W Daunay.

(ii) Letter dated, 13th December 1839, of R Chambers, to Robert Irving on his attempt to enter in to a literary career and Irving's reply.

(iii) Letter dated, 16th February 1831, to James Maidment.

(iv) Letter dated, 1st May 1865, of J A Froude.

(v) Letter dated, 9th April 1869, of Dean Ramsay.

(vi) Letter dated, 7th October 1880, anent the removal of the body of D C Macpherson lately chief assistant in the Library.

(vii) Letter dated, 27th September 1882, of W F Poole regarding an index to periodical literature.

(viii) Letter dated, 27th September 1885, of G Birkeck Hill regarding Samuel Boswell's 'Johnson'.

(ix) Letter dated, 6th July 1887, of F Liebermann, Berlin.

(x) Letter dated, 3rd July 1888, of G Birkbeck Hill concerning David Hall.

(xi) Letter dated, 10th December 1888, of Edward Arber.

(xii) Letter dated, 1st October 1892, of James Gairdner concerning the Balcarres manuscript.

(xiii) Letter dated, 27th October 1894, of Harold Boulton concerning the Straloch manuscript.

(xiv) Letter dated, 20th May 1896, signed by Lord Roseberry concerning the Burns Ehibition.

(xv) Letters dated, May 1896, of Osmond Airy.

(xvi) Letter of David Laing concerning the Bannatyne Garlands.