Scope and Contents From the Series: These are principally 19th century exchanges between authors and printers. Most letters are addressed to Charles John Clay, University Printer, and many also to the Vice-Chancellor. Many seem to be the predecessors to the 20th century ‘Book files’. The series includes proposals for publication, letter books of University Printers John Smith, Charles Felix Clay, James Bennet Peace, some from company representatives, letters of thanks for books received. Correspondence relating to Bible...

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Recommendation that an edition of all Newton's writings be undertaken.

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Letters concerning a second part to his 'Comicorum graecorum fragmenta' (Part I published 1840).
No part II was published.

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Correspondence and reports to the Vice Chancellor relating to 'Catalogue of manuscripts in the University Library', published 1856-67.
Various correspondents.

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Correspondence with the Vice Chancellor relating to Napier's 'Theological works of Isaac Barrow', published in nine volumes in 1859.

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Correspondence with the Vice Chancellor concerning Humphrey's edition of 'Theophilus, libri tres'.
Published in 1852.

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Letter concerning his edition of 'Minucius Felix'.
Published in 1853.

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Correspondence concerning several publications.

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Correspondence, mostly concerning his edition of 'Irenaeus, libri quinque adversus haereses'.
Published in two volumes in 1857.

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Correspondence concerning his edition of Chrysostom 'De sacerdote'.
This work was not published.

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Proposal that Archdeacon Welchmen's notes on the 39 articles be reprinted.
The proposal was rejected.

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Correspondence concerning his 'A full and exact collation of about twenty Greek manuscripts of the Holy Gospels'.
Published in 1853.

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Correspondence concerning an edition of Grotius 'De iure belli et pacis'.
The edition was apparently not undertaken. Prof. W.E. Butler suggests (2 Aug. 2011) that 'The letters of 1854 relate to a reprinting and new edition of Whewell's Elements of Morality and not to his Grotius, which was issued a year earlier.'

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Letter concerning an edition of Sophocles.
This was not published.

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Letter concerning an edition of Horace.
This was not published.

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Letter concerning the society's Transactions.

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List of works and editors.

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Printing bill for Challis's 'Astronomical observations made at the Observatory at Cambridge'.

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Printing bill for Robert Ellis's 'Treatise on Hannibal's passage of the Alps' by the Rev. R. Ellis.
Published in 1853.

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Correspondence concerning his edition of Tertullian.
Published in 1854.

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Correspondence concerning his edition of Cicero 'De officiis'.
Published in 1854.

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Correspondence concerning his edition of Theophylactus, 'In evangelium S. Matthaei commentarius'.
Published in 1854.

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Correspondence concerning a proposed edition of the Septuagint, including a review of the Oxford Septuagint from The Gentleman's Magazine for May 1854, and a decision by Syndics not to publish.
An edition by H.B. Sweet was published 1887-94.

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Letter concerning his 'Parameswara-jnyana-gosthi: a dialogue in which are compared the claims of Christianity and Hinduism'.
This was a dissertation for the Muir Prize. It was published in 1856.

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Correspondence concerning the 3rd edition of his 'Elements of morality'.
Published in 1854.