Press cuttings (in English and French) from European, North American and unidentified periodicals, 43 items, London, Washington D.C. and no place, 1860-1884 and undated. Some of the cuttings have been attached to backing sheets. The periodicals featured include 'The Times'; 'The Times Weekly Edition'; 'The Mail'; 'The Standard'; 'Morning Post'; 'Pall Mall Gazette'; 'Daily News'; 'Memorial Diplomatique'; and 'Evening Star'. The titles of the articles include 'The Civil War in China'; 'Deplorable Condition of England's Foreign Department'; 'English Agents in Japan'; 'Our Minister at Pekin'; 'France and China'; 'France and Tonquin'; 'France, China, and Tonquin'; 'French Policy in Tonquin'; 'The Russian Press'; 'The Russian Forces on the Chinese Frontier'; 'The Opium Trade'; 'Trade and Finance'; 'Paper Money'; 'Mr. Bourke's Financial Mission'; 'The Tripartite Treaty'; 'Our Past Relations with Burmah'; 'Nepaul and Thibet'; and 'The Religions of Japan'. The cuttings include letters to editors from Demetrius Boulger; George Campbell; Archibald Colquhoun; Thomas Holland; Edward House; and Friedrich Müller.