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A collection consisting mainly of essays and literary extracts by Stephens. Some of the works were submitted as competitive pieces at eisteddfodau.

Three essays written in 1840 entitled 'Y buddioldeb i ddyn o arferiad ei reswm ...', 'The history of human civilisation', and 'Hanes gwareiddiad dynolryw'.

'An essay on the Anguinium Ovum - the Oak Mistletoe &c. with a History of the Druids, their customs, &c., and an account of the Druidic Alphabet'.

Notes, mainly relating to the Welsh language, its relation to other European languages, and its grammar and orthography, together with a printed letter by [Robert John Pryse] ('Gweirydd ap Rhys') and Stephens 'Att y Llenorion appwyntiedig yn Llangollen i drefnu Orgraph y Gymraeg', etc.

An essay entitled 'Traethawd ar y Sefyllfa yr hon a berchenoga y Iaith Gymraeg yn mhlith y Ieithoedd o'r hanniad Celtaidd ...'

'An Essay on the Origin and History of the Bardic Alphabet', with letters, press cuttings and printed material relating to the same subject. See Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1872, pp. 181-210.

Notes on Taliesin by Stephens, with proof sheets of his essay entitled The Poems of Taliesin, 1851.

'An Essay on the Scientific Value of the Chemical Theories and Discoveries of Baron Liebig'.

A draft essay on druids and druidic literature, together with notes on Taliesin, Aneirin and Llywarch Hen.

A draft essay on 'The Neo-Bardic Theosophy', with notes, correspondence and press cuttings.

Essays and notes on King Arthur, etc.

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.

Some one hundred and seventy-three autograph letters, 1845-1874, to Stephens from a large number of individuals prominent in the life of Wales, including Max Muller, Richard Parry (Gwalchmai), Sir Thomas Phillipps of Middle Hill, Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), William Rees, Llandovery, Samuel Roberts (S. R.), Albert Schulz, Connop Thirlwall, S. Prideaux Tregelles, Theodore Hersart de la Villemarque, John Williams (Ab Ithel), Morris Williams (Nicander), Robert Williams, Rhydycroesau, and Rowland Williams (items 201-373). Also included in the volume are miscellaneous further letters, together with other papers including notes, draft articles, visas, eisteddfod adjudications and poetry, 1840-1862 (items 374-400).

Biographical notes and press cuttings relating to Stephens and papers collected by him, including broadsides relating to eisteddfodau, prospectuses and prefaces of printed works, articles for the press, poems and letters.

'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.

'An Essay on the Origin of the English Nation', submitted for competition at the Chester national eisteddfod, 1866, together with a copy of a Report of the National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Chester, September, 1866.

A draft essay entitled 'Wales, its aspects and prospects'.

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

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'.

Notes on [Johann Kaspar] Zeuss: Grammatica Celtica (Leipzig, 1853).