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A history of Cardiff

'The History of the Town and Castle of Cardiff', written for the Cardiff eisteddfod, 1851; press cuttings; and maps of the railways and docks at Cardiff.

An Irish grammar

A transcript of an Irish grammar by James Lynch, with additional notes and extracts in Irish, Gaelic and Manx.

Barddoniaeth Cynddelw

Transcripts, [c. 1850] (watermark 1848), of poems by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, printed in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, I (London, 1801).

Breton ballads

Transcripts of Breton poems published by Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué in Barzaz-Breiz, Chants Populaires de la Bretagne ..., with notes and translations into French.

Breton verses

Breton verses, in the form of a dialogue between Breton people and Welsh people, sung at a meeting of the Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Society by Count Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué [1815-1895], with a Welsh translation by Stephens.

'Cyflwr y Cymry'

'Traethawd ar Gyflwr moesol a llenyddol Cenedl y Cymry yn y Deheubarth, ynghyd a sylwadau ar y cyfnewidiadau a gymerasant le yn y ganrif ddiweddaf', awarded a prize at the Cardiff temperance eisteddfod, 1858.

Detholiadau amrywiol

Extracts, mainly by Stephens, from printed sources, such as The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales and works by John David Rhys, Humphrey Lhuyd and Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin'); transcripts from Welsh pedigrees in British Museum Harleian MS 3859; and material relating to the alleged existence of the Welsh or White Indians - 'Y Madogwys'.

Eisteddfod material

Miscellaneous material relating to eisteddfodau, including an 'englyn' to 'Carnhuanawc' (Thomas Price), a prize poem by 'Talhaiarn' (John Jones) entitled 'Sali Smith', extracts from speeches at Carmarthen eisteddfod, 1823, and Cardiff eisteddfod, 1834, and adjudications by Stephens on essays submitted at eisteddfodau held at Aberafan and Aberdare.

Enwogion Cymru ...

A copy, with marginal notes by Stephens, of Robert Williams: Enwogion Cymru, A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (Llandovery, 1852); manuscript notes; press cuttings; a copy of Daniel Williams: Memoirs and Sketches of one hundred and eleven Eminent Men, Natives of the County of Cardigan ..., 1874.

Essay on Caerphilly Castle

'An Essay on the Etymology and Early History of Caerphilly Castle', awarded a prize at the Abergavenny eisteddfod of 1848, with additional notes, press cuttings and extracts from printed works by G. T. Clark, G. G. Francis, etc.

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