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Burpham, Guildford - Thanks him for 'The Worship of Nature' and admires it; has finally finished his own 'Ritual and Belief in Morocco'.

Albemarle Club, 37 Dover Street, London W.1 - Thanks him for his "generous" review of the Fasti in Nature, especially for noting its double relation to science and humanism; enjoyed his speech at the Edvard Westermarck dinner and says he is perfectly right in describing Frazer as a pupil of Westermarck, for whom he has great respect.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Thanks her for sending letters from Mlle. Rivet and Paul Geuthner; has begun to mark copy [of the Frazer Lectures volume] for the printer, is adding footnotes - Moret's lecture will take time; the size of the page is determined by Evans' illustrations; will need to rewrite Westermarck's MS, as it is full of corrections; the lectures are of unequal lengths, with Malinowski's the longest; asks for some information on the origin for the Introduction; Macmillan says they can publish in October only if it is sent at an early date; Macmillan will not pay him for the work.

(Dictated) Grosvenor Hotel, London, S.W. - Thanks him for his letter, is glad to have his approval for the ['Anthologica Anthropologica'] project; the warmest encouragement have come from Levy-Bruhl, Westermarck, and General Smuts.

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, London E.C.4. Dated 26 February 1922 - Thanks him for the two papers, is glad he thinks Miss [Jessie] Weston has found the true key of the Holy Grail, is suspicious when the priest of Nemi pops up in books, 'especially when he is unmasked by a lady'; asks for the authority of the priest-king of Elele in Nigeria; has seen [John] Roscoe, who saw [Robert] Macalister and both conclude the original home of Egyptian and European civilisation will be found in the region of the African lakes; has had his bust done by [Émile] Bourdelle, of which he approves; mentions the kpelle of Liberia; asks if he has read [Edvard] Westermarck's new edition of 'History of Human Marriage' and asks his opinion of his attacks on Frazer.

Typescript, corrected of Westermarck's Frazer Lecture. Accompanied by the envelope.

Kaskisgatan 4a, Åbo (Finland) - Is sending under separate cover a copy of his [Frazer] lecture [FRAZ 28/48]; was delighted with its reception in England. Accompanied by the envelope.

Tangier, Morocco - Is sorry to have missed their letter and invitation, but is in Morocco making some revisions to his book; is glad to hear that 'The Worship of Nature' will be published soon, as it will be an important work on a subject that has not had much attention since the days of [E. B.] Tylor.

Lappvik (Finland) - Thinks the plan to publish the anthropological notebooks a good one; mentions that whenever he has had cause to check a reference of Frazer's they have always been accurate.

Buckhold Hill, Pangbourne - Thanks him for his opinion of his book ['Mystic Rose']; asks if Frazer to let him know if he ever understands why one class of women is regarded as more dangerous than another [in marriage]; thought he would leave the study of promiscuity to Westermarck; extended the meaning of taboo; asks if the collection at the University Library is worth using; is thinking of researching savage political institutions.

c/o Dr John Lindroth, Kammionkatu 11a10, Helsinki, Finland - Thanks her for her kindness in London, will get in touch with Professor Westermark [recte Westermarck?] when he returns.

Tesdale House, Abingdon - Thanks him for the book, has an article on the origin of religion coming out; had heard of [Alfred] Haddon's travels among the Waganda; [Edvard] Westermarck has a high opinion of Crawley's book, 'Mystic Rose'.

Kaskisgaton [Kaskisgatan] 4a, Abo. Dated 4th November, 1930 - Thanks him for his letter about his book [unidentified] and admires his capacity for work; is at work on a book on 'Ethical Relativity'.

8 Rockley Road, West Kensington Park, London, W. Dated 17th May, 1913 - Thanks him for the book ['The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead']; expresses his indebtedness to him and where he disagrees 'you must not look upon it as a depreciation of my debt'; his book on Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco will be out in September; is impressed by Frazer's output and quality of work.

Fez. Dated March 8th, 1910 - Sends a correction about the date on which the custom of the mock Sultan of the scribes takes place and explains how the custom came about; has been in Morocco studying the Central Berbers.

8 Rockley Road, West Kensington Park, London, W. Dated January 23, 1907 - Thanks him for 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris', which he has only just seen on his return to London; regrets that his own work has led him 'to emphasize points as regards which I am at issue with you than to express my profound admiration for your researches as a whole', owes Frazer 'a larger debt than to any other anthropologist'.

8 Rockley Road, Shepherd's Bush, W. Dated February 21, 1904 - Provides more information on the Moorish mock-sultan custom [in Morocco], particularly the date the custom takes place.

The University, Glasgow - Encloses the names of the Frazer Lecturers at the University of Glasgow. Enclosure not present, but note at bottom of page lists the names and dates of W. J. Perry, Westermarck and Keith's lectures.

Kaskisgatan 4a, Abo - Thanks him for his letter about his book [unidentified] and admires his capacity for work; is at work on a book on 'Ethical Relativity'.

8 Rockley Road, West Kensington Park, London, W. - Thanks him for the book ['The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead']; expresses his indebtedness to him and where he disagrees 'you must not look upon it as a depreciation of my debt'; his book on Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco will be out in September; is impressed by Frazer's output and quality of work.

Fez - Sends a correction about the date on which the custom of the mock Sultan of the scribes takes place and explains how the custom came about; has been in Morocco studying the Central Berbers.

8, Rockley Road, West Kensington Park, London, W. - Thanks him for 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris', which he has only just seen on his return to London; regrets that his own work has led him 'to emphasize points as regards which I am at issue with you than to express my profound admiration for your researches as a whole', owes Frazer 'a larger debt than to any other anthropologist'.

Bound volume in Frazer's hand, with bibliographies for Sky-gods, Earth Gods, Sun-gods, and the Worship of the Sun [for 'The Worship of Nature'?]. Turned upside down and starting from the back cover are 2 pp. of notes from E[dvard] Westermarck’s 'The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas', London, 1908.

8, Rockley Road, Shepherd's Bush, W. - Provides more information on the Moorish mock-sultan custom [in Morocco], particularly the date the custom takes place.

Hotel Lutetia, 45, Boulevard Raspail, Paris (6e). Dated 6 February 1923 - Is sorry to hear he has been ill; the 'Argonauts of the Western Pacific' has gotten a unanimous chorus of praise; values his opinion and thanks him for kinds words of the abridged GB; is in Paris, Lilly is making a French translation of the abridged GB and he is making an English translation of Ovid's Fasti for the Loeb Library, with glimpses of old Roman religion 'but most of the points in it have been threshed out already'; went to an interesting meeting of the Ecole d'Anthropologie, with [Louis] Capitan reading a paper of a cave discovered by Count Begouin [Begouen] in Southern France, and a communication about a tribe, the Habes, in the valley of the Niger, who have many taboos; [Alfred] Haddon doesn't have many anthropological students at Cambridge and speaks well of the new Curator of the Anthropological Museum, [L. C. G.] Clarke; [John] Roscoe's first volume should be out soon, it is interesting and valuable; is glad [Edvard] Westermarck is writing more on Morocco; hope to settle in a house being built for them in Cambridge in the autumn.

Oberbozen, Bolzano (Alto Adige), Italy. Dated 30.1.23 - Is writing a review of the abridged GB for 'Nature' and expresses his admiration; has been reading some of the Freudian stuff in the anthropological line: their psychology isn't nonsense 'but their Anthropology is vile'; is writing up the sexual chapters of his material; [Edvard] Westermarck says he is preparing new volumes about Morocco.

University of Glasgow - Had the pleasure of presiding at a lecture given by André Maurois; Westermarck's lecture was well attended and received, had the honour of conferring on him the honorary LL.D.

6 Oppidans Road, N.W.3. - Thanks him for the nice note about his review of Frazer's 'Fasti'; is glad he enjoyed the Westermarck dinner, is very fond of Westermarck.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London. E.C.4. Dated 1 September 1919 - Julius Tillyard is having difficulty getting passage to Johannesburg, so Frazer is thankful Roscoe left when he did; [Henry] Jackson is recovered; [Grafton] Elliot Smith is going to University College London; they think of wintering in Greece; [Edvard] Westermarck is bringing out a new edition of his book on marriage; both Cambridge and Oxford expect to be crammed with students next term.

Bella Vista, Carlow, Ireland - In the typed letter of 3 Aug., he writes that he is sending a note on the Njuwe tribe [not present], though it is light of information and they were hampered by the necessity of an interpreter. In the letter of 18 Aug., he thanks Frazer for the copy of Anthropological questions; found references to endogamous communities in 'Totemism and Exogamy' and in Westermarck, and will look up Briffault's book as Frazer suggests; is planning on studying anthropological subjects at Trinity College Dublin; allows him to send the Njuwe notes to 'Man'.

Accompanied by an envelope with a note in Frazer's hand, 'E. R. Shackleton 3d August 1930. Tharaka and Njuwe tribes, East Africa (Kenya)'.