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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.

Acland House, 40 Broad Street, Oxford - Is sending his book 'A Hundred Years of Anthropology'; he treasured his time working as an assistant when Sir James had trouble with his eyes.

Acland House, 40 Broad Street, Oxford, until Jan. 18, at Delvid Farm, Llangennith, Gower - Is pleased that Frazer used part of his book in a prospectus; is seeking the place of Reader in Social Anthropology at Oxford and asks if he may use a testimonial Frazer previously wrote for him for a teaching post or if Frazer would write another.

Department of Human Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford - Asks Frazer to send him the proof of his contribution to the Press ['Spencer's Scientific Correspondence with Sir J.G. Frazer and Others'?] when he has it; is appreciative of his tribute to Spencer at a meeting the previous Thursday.

Reproduced typescript of extracts mentioning Frazer [in his 'A Hundred Years of Anthropology'?], used for a prospectus for one of Frazer's books[?]; with four duplicates.

From the Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford - Thanks her for the Downie biography; is very pleased to be quoted in the book alongside such eminent men and institutions.

Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford - Thanks them for their congratulations, has a deep sense of debt to Frazer.

Acland House, 40 Broad Street, Oxford - Thanks her for the book, is 'athletic enough to use the 2 volume edition, as I punch a ball every morning'; is glad to hear vol. 3 of 'The Fear of the Dead' is completed; asks if they have thought of Wickham Steed's suggestion of 'The Masked Lizard' as a title for 'Totemism & Exogamy'.

University Museum, Oxford - She has all that has been indexed; he will do more indexing free of charge; thinks 1000 printed pages would be fair; doesn't think the printer could have done the indexing as he has indexed foreign languages into English.

40 cuttings, most of them relating to 'The Fear of the Dead', both before publication, with headlines such as 'New Book a Mystery' and 'Writer on Savages But Has Never Seen One', and reviews of the book, including one illustrated article from the 'Illustrated London News' of 25 Apr. 1936 and a review by R. R. Marett in 'The Quarterly Review' July 1936. There are also cuttings about Frazer dated 1936 unrelated to the book, a review by Wickham Steed of 'Totemism & Exogamy' in 'The Observer' of 16 Feb. 1936, and a typed page of extracts from T. K. Penniman's 'A Hundred Years of Anthropology'.