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Uncorrected final proof of the 1938 Frazer Lecture, with a Clarendon Press, Oxford proof stamp on the front cover.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London, E.C.4. Dated 23 June 1922 - Saw [William] Hardy who says he has asked Sir Peter Mackie for permission to use the expedition fund for publishing the reports; discusses a meeting he had with [Alfred?] Waller of the [Cambridge University] Press, thinks there might be better terms from Oxford University Press, with help from [R. R.] Marett; is happy with the room Trinity has given him for his library; asks if he has J. H. Hutton's book, 'The Sema Nagas', which seems first-rate.

La Haule Manor, Jersey - Has just arrived at his house on Jersey, has been digging at his prehistoric cave; thinks Sidney Owen is apt to fuss over trifles, not that he is lazy, will 'give him a poke' when he sees him again; wishes Oxford had taken Hutton as well, it was not his decision.

La Haule Manor, Jersey - Is happy to support the publication of the 'Anthologia Anthropologica'; Meek is an old pupil of his, who lives in Jersey to escape income tax on his African pension, is reviewing his book, which is 'masterly in its way'; Hutton seems overwhlemed by the responsibility of the Frazer lecture, Marett thinks he should speak on the last of the Dolmen builders.

Old Hall, Dolau, R.S.O., Radnorshire - Thanks him for the congratulations on being appointed Frazer Lecturer at Oxford, wishes he had anything 'adequate' to say, has thought possibly of addressing what souls are made of; will call on him when he is town; asks if he has seen Stanley Rice's 'Hindu Customs and Their Origins' with a chapter about totemism in India; supports the publication of his anthropological notebooks.

Announcements of the publication of the book, and reviews, by Sir John Squire in 'The Daily Telegraph', Bronisław Malinowski in 'Nature', A. C. Haddon in 'Antiquity', Ernst [later Ernest] Manheim in 'Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung' and J. H. H. [John Henry Hutton?] in 'Man'. With 2 duplicate cuttings.

Langley Lodge, Pullens Lane, Headington Hill, Oxford - In the letter of 9 Jan. he thanks her for the Frazer Lectures volume, and describes giving his lecture in Liverpool; his thoughts of publication; thinks the lecture administration is unorganised and hopes that Hutton will have more information; is surprised people ask her if they can be appointed to the lectureship; was interested in her account of the Torres Strait Expedition luncheon and references by others to Frazer as Master, a phrase from his own lecture; is happy for her to quote him in the prospectus [for 'Anthologia Anthropologica'?]; is impressed Frazer carries on despite blindness.
In the letter of 12 Jan. he thanks her for her letter, hopes she will be successful reorganising the Frazer lectures in Cambridge; he will hold up his MS until Cambridge decides what to do; was not at all worried about not being put up by the Vice Chancellor when he gave his lecture, as the Vice Chancellor was very friendly; will try to get in a word with Hutton; will miss the lecture as he has to be at a meeting of the R.G.S.; hopes to subscribe to 'Africa" ['Anthologia Anthropologica. The Native Races of Africa and Madagascar'], but has had to economise due to surgical, nursing, and R.G.S. expenses.

2 Wordsworth Grove, Cambridge - Will tell Radcliffe-Brown that he really owes his nomination to give the Frazer Lecture to Sir James; does not see any way of arranging for publication; defends Hutton, who has been going through a busy and anxious time; asks that she not 'hark back again to the Roscoe lecture', doesn't believe Ridgeway arranged it.

2 Wordsworth Grove, Cambridge - Thanks her for the Frazer Lectures volume; thought he didn't have a copy but finds he does, will give it to the Faculty Library as a gift from her; understands that Balfour's lecture was printed and that Hutton's will be soon.

Kohima, Naga Hills, Assam - Encloses typescript 'Treatment of the Dead at Karawi' for his volume on the belief in immortality, as it is different from that of most Nagas; also encloses articles of his which appeared in 'Man in India' [not present]; is back from a tour across country never before visited or only by Woodthorpe, is passing his photographs to Balfour and hopes for publication; in a postscript, he passes along a reference to the Karen version of the fall of man in MacMahon's 'The Karens of the Golden Chersonese'. Accompanied by two photographs: one identified as Furniture of the Dead from [Karasira?], the other a Pangkhul grave with soul house behind.

Accompanied by the envelope.

Old Hall, Dalau, R.S.O., Radnorshire - Supplies printed references to group marriage, the Karen people of Burma, and Madagascar, and says that Chase Salmon Osborn, author of 'Madagascar, Land of the Man-Eating Tree' is not without bias, but has an interesting chapter on infanticide.

Kohima, Naga Hills, Assam - Says he will not write on trans-frontier tribes as he is too far from the frontier, and doesn't have time, but is hoping to get some information in a memoir of the A.S.B. [Asiatic Society of Bengal?] this summer, but won't include much on their religion; has seen proofs of 'The Lakkers' by N. E. Parry; wishes he could get Government to look at things the way Pitt-Rivers sees them, but the missions mean too much to them.

Kohima, Naga Hills, Assam - Says there is not a matrilineal system now in Manipur, but is confident that there was one once; is sorry to hear that his sight does not allow him to write; doesn't have time to write another tribal monograph, that Mills has one on the Rengmas if he can convince the Governor of Assam to publish it, which isn't likely, with the poor economy and recent floods.

1 Jowett Walk, Oxford - Points out that four Frazer Lectures have been printed by different presses, Professor Balfour is waiting for further instructions before printing his 1937 lecture, and Professor Hutton has mentioned the plan to deliver the 1938 lecture; wonders if they have plans to print the lectures, and with the Cambridge Press.

Includes a review by J. H. Hutton in an unidentified journal.

Kohima, Naga Hills, Assam - Is sorry to hear the sad news of Sir James' eyesight; will get the government library to order a copy of the 'Fasti'.