Item 206 - Copy letter from J. G. Frazer to R. R. Marett

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, London. Dated 22 November, 1918 - Thanks him for his efforts in getting [William] Crooke the honorary doctorate; thanks him for his kind words about 'Folk-Lore of the Old Testament', has not alluded to the astral theory which would resolve the Hebrew patriarchs into planets or stars, would like to know what he thinks of the origin of cross-cousin marriage and other speculations in the chapter on Jacob's marriage; 'what grand days we are living in!', particularly admires the French mind and character, they, 'at their best, are the finest flower of humanity', the Colonial Office has been applied to on [John] Roscoe's behalf, he is ready to set out on his expedition to Uganda.