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Letter from Max Müller to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the photograph though it is not as he remembers Hodgson when he first saw him at Kew with Hooker and Burnouf. He hopes to visit next time he is in Cambridge. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 31 July 1884.

Extract from Biographical Essays by Max Müller which mentions the manuscripts brought by Hodgson to England and presented to many European scholars. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 1884.

News cutting from The Academy containing a T.W. Rhys Davies' review of Buddhist Birth Stories by Professor Kern of Leiden. The review mentions Hodgson generous donations of manuscripts to the learned societies of Europe. Printed material, 1 side, dated 30 August 1884.

Letter from Professor John Robert Seeley to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for sending his volume of papers on India. He writes in agreement with Hodgson's views on education and compares this with the problem of getting Cambridge to accept a Tripos in modern European languages. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 24 March 1884, with accompanying envelope.

News cutting from the Athenaeum containing a list of volumes which Brian Houghton Hodgson had sent to the Vatican having been given them by the Grand Lama of Tibet. They had been confiscated from former Catholic missionaries. Printed material, 1 side, dated 5 January 1884.

News cutting from The Academy concerning Dr. Rajendralal Mitra's work on the Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal which mentions the materials given by Hodgson. Printed material, 1 side dated 21 June 1883.

News cutting from the Athenaeum with a review of "The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal" by Rajendralal Mitra and mentioning the generosity of Hodgson. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 5 January 1884.

Extract from Du Journal des Savants concerning Csoma de Koros in which Hodgson is mentioned for his commitment to finding manuscripts for scholars. Printed material in French, 4 sides, dated March 1887.

News cutting from [The Academy] containing reviews of three catalogues of Sanskrit and Chinese Buddhist manuscripts by Bunyiu Nanjio (Clarenden Press 1883), Cecil Bendall (Cambridge University Press 1883) and Rajendralal Mitra (Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta 1882). Includes reference to Buddhist texts preserved in Nepal and the translated versions of many of them in China. Printed material, 2 sides, dated 30 August 1884.

Letter from Émile Senart to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he acknowledges Hodgson's letter informing him that Hodgson was going to send a pamphlet relating to his work which was not yet ready. Senart writes of his appreciation of Hodgson's contribution to scientific research and studies and of his eager anticipation of the arrival of the pamphlet. Handwritten in French, 3 sides, dated 7 November [1887]