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.
Zehlendorf - Has written to Mr Kohlhammer about the payment and thinks it has gotten caught up in 'red tape'; asks her to have the publisher send Sir James' latest publications so he can review them in his "Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Soziologie", of which Malinowski is co-editor.
19 Avenue du Progrès, Vanves (Seine) - Undated letter, probably written before Jan. 15, 1927, concerning the French translation of J. G. Frazer's works; in which he mentions hearing from Salomon Reinach and Bronisław Malinowski.
27 Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh - Apologises for being slow in sending the enclosed notes on Kiriwinian fire making [not present], everything is packed in order to leave on 6 Nov.; thanks Lady Frazer for the introduction to Dr [Richard] Caton, who will host them for two nights [in Liverpool] before they leave.
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.
Typescript draft, corrected in several hands, with a struck out note at top, 'J'ai une imbecile pour Secretaire!' [in Malinowski's hand?] and a later typescript draft. Both are in English; the later draft has a title in French.
Typescript draft in English (Item 31), a carbon copy of Item 30, with pencilled notes translating some words and phrases into French, with a note identifying it at top in Lady Frazer's hand; with a manuscript draft of the French translation in the hand of la marquise de Luppé, [corrected in the hand of Bronislaw Malinowski?, see FRAZ/2/144] (Item 32); and three copies of a corrected typescript draft.
Manuscript draft, corrected, in Frazer's hand. Accompanied by an envelope.
Translation into French of a review of the abridged 'Golden Bough', in an unidentified hand.
27, Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh - Has a fire myth, and will send either the verbatim account or a loose translation, as Frazer wishes; the myth is from the village of Moligilagi, concerning two women of the Lukwasisiga clan; cites C. G. Seligman's 'Melanesians'; is finding it difficult to book passage to the Canary Islands and will have to go to Liverpool to sort it out; wife and daughter are back from the nursing home and they are flourishing; the Polish situation is cleared up but there are other countries with troubles. Accompanied by the envelope.
27, Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh - Encloses a translation of the fire myth from the village of Moligilagi of two women of the Lukwasisiga clan mentioned in the letter of 1 September, and an account of the thunder (Pilapala) myth; is working on Social Psychology, problems connected with 'Phantom of the Collective Soul'; has been reading [William] McDougall's 'Group Mind', [Wilfred] Trotter's 'Herd Instinct' ['Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War'], and [Martin] Conway's 'Crowd' ['The Crowd in Peace and War'] and finds them full of interesting suggestions, sometimes sound, sometimes preposterous, 'all ignore the need of looking to facts for main inspiration'; the two most dangerous blind alleys at present are the 'Collective Soul' school and the branch of the 'Culture contact' school 'which denies all value and possibly psychological analysis'; may be in London soon to meet a French Jewish trader from the Trobriands interested in the native ignorance of procreation, who speaks the native language quite well.
Accompanied by the envelope.
Four manuscript lists given to Frazer by Salomon Reinach, Henri Hubert, and Lucien Herr. Accompanied by an envelope from the Hotel Lutetia with Frazer's list of contents, referring to a list from Houtin not found here.
Unsigned manuscript draft in Malinowski's hand.
Room 128 H.G.S., Yale University Department of Anthropology - Realises that his suggestion to prepare a new abridged version of 'The Golden Bough' would be ill-advised given the conditions and that Sir James made the first abridgement himself; it is good to hear from friends at this moment; when the letter reaches her, 'we shall know more about the catastrophic advance of the Nazis, which I still pray and hope may be stopped'.
The London School of Economics and Political Science - Cannot attend the meeting between Sir James and Marett on the 14th, asks to reschedule; would like to hear Ceccaldi; would like to receive a copy of the Ovid, and will write a review in 'Nature'. A postscript from E.R.M. [Elsie Rosaline Malinowski] thanks her for the splendid stories.
Soprabolzano (Prov. di Bolzano) N. Italy - Encloses a note to Sir James expressing his enthusiasm at publishing the notebooks [as 'Anthologia Anthropologica'], and reminds her that he has more than once consulted them himself.
Lund - Thanks them for their interest in his book 'La confession des péchés'; before he left Italy, Malinowski asked for a copy of his book, but since then he has no news of him; as for Macmillan's offer to publish an English edition of 'La confession' he would be happy for them to do this, will send the first volume when he returns to Italy; the Congrès [of the International Association for the History of Religions] has completed its work and has chosen Berlin as the host city for the next conference in 1933.
Accompanied by an envelope redirected from Trinity College to The Midland Grand Hotel Room 110, St Pancras, London, N.W.1.
28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Half sheet of paper of the beginning of a letter about the Frazer lectures volume: material is almost ready for the printer; Moret's lecture took a long time as he verified all the references; shall not abridge Malinowski's essay as it should be done by him and he is away; will add a note that some lectures are longer because they were worked up into book form.
28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Will send her the specimen page [for the Frazer Lectures volume]; is pleased to hear Frazer's eyesight is improving; thanks her for the offer of a signed photograph of Frazer; has filed Malinowski's letter with the others; asks how to get the Pausanias and "Garnered Sheaves" at the discount she mentioned; still busy with the Napoleonic period volume, is also writing a biography of Charles Wycliffe Goodwin; encloses a rough draft of the title page for her approval.
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.
6 Oppidans Road, N.W.3. - Is subscribing to the bibliography.
Soprabolzano, Prov. di Bolzano, N. Italy - All students will be grateful for his decision to publish his anthropological notebooks; he had suggested in the past that Frazer publish them.
63 cuttings announcing or reviewing 'Totemica', including two copies of Bernard Malinowski's review in the March 19, 1938 issue of 'Nature', and two of A. L. Morton's review in the April 1938 issue of 'Criterion'; there is also a review by E. N. Fallaize in the 'Manchester Guardian' and by Frederick J. Gould in 'The Literary Guide' of November, 1937. Two additional cuttings relate to 'Greece and Rome'.
Oberbozen - Congratulates Frazer, has no sooner written him one letter than he needs to write another with OM on the envelope; is pleased his fellow companion is Rutherford, is certain there are thousands of people in England who will rejoice with him, and knows Lady Frazer must be well pleased.
Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie und Soziologie - Is happy a German translation of 'The Golden Bough' has come out in time for Frazer's birthday, was happy to play a small part after Malinowski had drawn his attention to it.
The London School of Economics and Political Science - Invites the Frazers to tea.
6 Oppidans Rd., London, N.W.3. - Thanks Frazer for his kind words, has only notes for the discourse, hopes to write them up for publication and send it to Frazer, encloses the French text of the Preface to Vol. III of 'The Fear of the Dead' for review by Lady Frazer [now housed as FRAZ/26/32].
6 Oppidans Rd., London, N.W.3. - Thanks him for his letter, it was an honour to write the preface to the book [Vol. III of 'The Fear of the Dead'?], is glad to hear material from the 'Argonauts' will be useful to a further volume.
Random House Inc. - Have decided to publish a one-volume abridgement of 'The Golden Bough', could not come to an agreement with Macmillan, offers Malinowski the editorship, and $500 to Frazer for his authorization of the project.
Lecturers' Common Room, The London School of Economics and Political Science - Thanks them for the nice occasion, has the MS from Moret, is printing the Frazer lecture of Liverpool in booklet form, with the myth of sexual nature cut out, to be added to his "Sex & Repression" which will be published soon.