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Two poems written by Major George Francis Gamble. The first, "By The Holy Fly", was dedicated to The Anglers' club of Ireland with their permission. The second, "Algology", was an encore verse dedicated to his algological professor.
Poem recited by Justin McCarthy at the Royal Eyr Hospital London, in 1899, later written down by John Stroud Hosford. On the reverse is the recipe for the "Hosford Punch of over 100 years ago" passed down four generations to John Stroud Hosford.
Sheet of paper to which is attached: A letter from Dalkeith Holmes Plunkett-Johnston; golden anniversary announcement of David Charles Bell and Ellen Adine Bell from 13 October 1890; Invitation to Lizzie Fuller; postcard addressed to Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston; two address cards of Charles Bolton Johnston at Tudor Lodge; envelope addressed to Charlotte Johnston at Tudor Lodge; and a poem written by Alice Maude Peppard Cooke for Charles Bolton Johnston and Charlotte Johnston after the death of their daughter Agnes Johnston.