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Catalogue of Welsh ballads,

An interleaved volume (385 pp.) belonging to J. H. Davies made up of pages from Y Traethodydd, 1886-92 ('Hen Gerddi y Cymry', a catalogue of Welsh ballads compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), with pages 346-50 from Revue Celtique, II (part of a supplement [by D. Silvan Evans] to Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry). There are numerous additions and annotations by J. H. Davies, including cross-references to his own Bibliography of Welsh ballads printed in the 18th century (London, 1911) and an index to the authors, etc. of the pre-1800 ballads in the 'Myrddin Fardd' catalogue. The numbers used in the index correspond to the numbers in the 'Myrddin Fardd' catalogue while the page references are to the pages in the present volume. Loose inside are a list of ballads, etc. by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Hugh Jones, Llangwm and Ellis Roberts, with number or page references as before, and a letter, 1908, from D. Rhys Phillips, Swansea to [J. H. Davies] (jottings on three Shrewsbury 'effusions').

Press cuttings,

A collection of fragments of Welsh periodicals, including Trysorfa, Lleuad yr Oes, Y Diwygiwr, Yr Haul, etc., compiled possibly by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd').

Press cuttings,

A collection of fragments of Welsh periodicals compiled possibly by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd').

Press cuttings,

A collection of fragments of Welsh periodicals compiled possibly by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd').

Press cuttings,

A collection of fragments of Welsh periodicals compiled possibly by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd').

Press cuttings,

A collection of fragments of Welsh periodicals, including Y Cylchgrawn, Y Geninen, etc., compiled possibly by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd').

Press cuttings,

A collection of fragments of Welsh periodicals compiled possibly by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd').

Seren Gomer, etc.,

A copy of a fragment of Seren Gomer, Aug. 10th 1814; sermon notes; autograph letter to Howell Harris.

Y Winllan Lenyddol,

Fragments of Welsh periodicals, including Y Greal and Seren Gomer, and a collection of press cuttings, 1822-1861, compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd').

Yr Odydd Cymreig ... [etc.],

A composite volume made up of copies of Yr Odydd Cymreig, Cyf. 1 (1842), Rhif 2, 3, 4, and articles on 'Llyfrgelloedd ' (Y Traethodydd, 1858-9), 'Y Bardd o'r Nant a'i Waith' (Y Traethodydd, 1875), 'Y Bardd o'r Nant a'r Cerddi Bedydd' (Y Traethodydd, 1876), and 'Sallwyr Cymraeg', a review of Twr Dafydd: sef Salmau Dafydd wedi eu cyfaddasu ar Gân ... gan y Parchedig William Rees, Liverpool (Dinbych: Thomas Gee, 1875), followed by some miscellaneous press-cuttings.