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The paper is watermarked 1851 but reference to the destruction of Point à Pître by an earthquake (folio 104) suggest that some of the journeys described took place in 1843.

The author, an Anglican clergyman, served on St Lucia (the scenery, fauna and religious beliefs of which he describes at some length) for 18 months before travelling with his wife to North Carolina and thence to New York.

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The papers consist of an account, 1896, (possibly a fair copy written up from notes or a diary) of a trip to Italy, travelling as far as Rome (folio 1), and reminiscences, ?1916, 1922-1925, undated, of Mary E Haldane’s early life and experiences (folio 15).

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With a letter, 1806, of Longman and Co declining to reprint the work.

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Gerda Krapp, one of the three friends, wrote this account of the tour.

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The account commences with the voyage from Falmouth to Corunna, and then to Cadiz and Gibraltar, and then proceeds to a more detailed version of Thomas Stewart Traill’s visits to Malaga, Granada, and Ronda as described in MS 19388. Before returning to Britain Traill visited Tangiers in Africa and Seville. (Folio 1.) With related papers including passports, Spanish romantic poetry, and two letters of 1814 of William Kirkpatrick, the American Resident in Malaga. (Folio 353.)

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Alexander Walker gives his own impressions of Bombay, Salsette Island, Tanna, Goa, Cochin and the Dutch East Indies.

Scope and Contents There is an index on folio 1; the songs begin on folio 5.The Scottish songs appear to come mainly from Allan Ramsay's ‘Tea table miscellany’ and David Herd's ‘Ancient and modern Scottish songs’ (1776), though some of the songs may have been picked up by ear, as they include a very debased version of Henry Carey's 'Sally in our alley' (folio 17 verso) and "My heart's in the Highlands" in an apparently unknown version different from that of Burns (folio 81 verso)....

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Two printout drafts of Robyn Marsack's translation of 'L'Usage du Monde' by Nicolas Bouvier (1963), published as 'The Way of the World' (1992). One draft is corrected and annotated by Patrick Leigh Fermor; with related letters and foreword drafts of Patrick Leigh Fermor.

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The typescript describes Colin Maclaren's return to Scotland in 1966 after spending 44 years in America.

Scope and Contents The expedition, which was intended to explore the possibilities of trade between China and the North-West coast of America and the setting up of a factory and military post in America, was privately sponsored in the first instance by 'some merchants at Bombay', and Walker was 'induced by curiosity' to join the expedition.The two vessels involved, the Captain Cook and the Experiment, proceeded by way of the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines to the North-West coast of America,...