The notebook contains cuttings of many reviews of Bell’s publications, including ‘Obeah : witchcraft in the West Indies’ (London, 1889) and ‘A witch's legacy’ (London, 1893) which appeared in British, African and West Indian periodicals, along with copies of:

‘The Fetish-mountain of Krobo’, ‘Macmillan’s Magazine’, July 1893, 210-19

‘His Highness Prince Kwakoo’, ‘The Idler Magazine’, Dec. 1896, 685-96

‘History, trade, resources, and present condition of the Gold Coast Settlement' (Liverpool, 1893)

‘Native rule in British West Africa’, ‘Macmillan’s Magazine’, Mar. 1899, 379-89

‘Notes on a spider’, ‘Nature’, 13 Apr. 1893

‘On Her Majesty’s Service: a story of West Africa’, ‘The Idler Magazine’, Dec. 1897, 644-54

‘The tale of a tail girl’, ‘The Idler Magazine’, Nov. 1896, 451-63

‘The yam custom’, ‘Macmillan’s Magazine’, Dec. 1895, 115-121

The notebook also includes press notices of Bell’s official appointments, travel, social engagements, and public events. There are a few items of correspondence including a letter announcing his election as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. There are two photographs of Bell as a guest of Joseph Chamberlain at Highbury, Birmingham, and material relating to Bell’s drawings which appeared in the press. Copies of Frederick Lugard’s ‘Liquor traffic in Africa’, ‘The Nineteenth Century’, Nov. 1897, 766-784, and ‘Bahamas Annual Report for 1897’ have also been bound into the volume (circa 150 sheets).