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An 'Essay on the several notices of Britain in ancient authors, containing extracts from the originals, with English translations, and a commentary thereon', [?by William Jenkins Rees, Cascob]; with a letter from James Davies to W. J. Rees.

Papers by John Ballinger:- 'Public Libraries in 1882'; 'Hopes and fears for libraries in Great Britain'; 'Notes on a library catalogue'; and 'Books for very young children'.

Papers, [early 19 cent.]-1927, of Sir John Ballinger, which include articles, reviews, reports and addresses by Ballinger, some of which relate to libraries in Britain, including a report on the University College of North Wales, Bangor library and reports and other papers, 1903-1910, relating to the Library Association; articles, addresses and notes by Ballinger relating to literary matters and (mainly Welsh) historical events and figures; and papers and correspondence, 1903-1906, relating to the Bible in Wales.

Papers and correspondence relating to the exhibition of Welsh Bibles arranged in the Cardiff Reference Library in 1904 and to the publication of The Bible in Wales, 1906; an annotated draft list of Welsh Bibles, 1903; press cuttings of reviews; and letters by Alfred George Edwards, bishop of St. Asaph, William E. A. Axon, H. Arnold Bemrose, Derby; Joseph Bradney, F. J. Burgoyne, Lambeth Library; J. Glyn Davies, Aberystwyth; W. H. Davey, dean of Llandaff; Charles Morgan Davies, Merthyr Tydfil; D. S. Davies, Denbigh; J. H. Davies, Aberystwyth; John Davies, Pandy; E. S. Dodgson; D. A. Evans, Barry; Griffith Ellis, Bootle; Richard Ellis, Oxford; J. Gwenogvryn Evans; S. J. Evans, Llangefni; John Fisher, Cefn; Mrs. Alan Gough, Gelliwig; C. A. H. Green, Aberdare; Edward Griffith, Dolgelley; Alan Stepney-Gulston; William Haines, Penpergwm; Meredith J. Hughes, Colwyn Bay; Ivor James, Chester; D. E. Jenkins, Denbigh; Lewis D. Jones ('Llew Tegid'); R. J. Jones, Aberdare; R. Saunders Jones, Garston; T. W. Lyster, Dublin; Horace F. Moule, London; Thomas Powel, Penarth; R. A. Roberts, Public Record Office; R. Roberts, Sheffield; R. Gwylfa Roberts; Sidney Robinson, M. P.; Smith Brothers, London; D. R. Thomas, St. Asaph; Edmund Verney, Winslow; and G. J. Williams, Bangor.

Minutes and papers relating to the work of committees of the Library Association, 1903-1908.

Circulars and notices of meetings of the Library Association, with some correspondence between officials and John Ballinger, 1903-1910.

Reports by John Ballinger on the Library Association Conferences at Leeds, 1903, and Brighton, 1908; a draft letter to the Editor of the Saturday Review on free libraries and fiction, 1908; and a review of James Duff Brown: Manual of Library Economy, 1903.

A series of articles written by John Ballinger on 'A municipal library and its public'; and a letter by R. W. Atkinson, Penarth, 1908.

A photostat facsimile of an account and pedigrees of the Simonites of Blaenchwefri and Blaendulas (Wooding MS., Cardiff MS 1.117).

A photostat facsimile of further pedigrees of the Simonites, Williams of Castell, and Powell of Marchnant (Cardiff MS 1.115) and of the title page of A Circumstantial Account of the Evidence produced on the trial of Lewis Lewis the younger for the murder of Thomas Price ... of Lanafan Fawr, 1789; and letters from Herbert Lloyd-Johnes, Dolaucothy, 1927-8.

Papers and notes by John Ballinger on the history of the Trevecka Press, with letters by J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr, John Young Evans, D. G. Goodwin, Evan Davies Jones, M. H. Jones, Sir John Williams, and others.

Transcripts made for John Ballinger of an order by Sir Walter Raleigh taking over for Queen Elizabeth the empire of Madock ap Owen Gwyneth, 1595, a letter by Edward Thowrlowe, commanding officer at Fort St. Michael, 1568, and a letter by 'Siluris', for publication in the Public Advertiser concerning Cardiff Castle, 1777.

Press cuttings of a series of articles published in the South Wales Daily News, 1910, by John Ballinger on 'Turner in Wales'.

Two addresses by John Ballinger: 'Sir Thomas Herbert and his travels' and 'A great Lady [Mary Granville] and her scrap book'.

A paper by John Ballinger on 'Some Welsh Literary curiosities'.

Notes by John Ballinger on Pont-y-pridd bridge and its builder, William Edwards, with letters, 1908-1916, on the same subject by E. Ernest Batchelor, Llandaff, W. T. Edwards, Cardiff, David Thomas Edwards, Taff's Well; J. P. Griffiths, Pont-y-pridd; M. H. Jones, Trevecca College; T. J. Jones, Gelli-gaer; and C. Tawelfryn Thomas, Pont-y-pridd.