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King's Head Hotel, Cirencester. Dated 24 April 1915 - Returns the proofs of the illustrations [for his book 'The Northern Bantu'] and gives advice on captions, on the table of contents, on the title; regrets that Roscoe's camera broke before getting pictures of the Bakene and Bagesu.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 13 April 1915 - Encloses the last proof sheets [for his book 'The Northern Bantu']; hopes he is making a full Index and warns that the preface will need to be revised; has plans to go to Cirencester and Strathpeffer for his wife's health.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 31st, March 1915 - Discusses printing the list of subscribers to the Fund [for his book 'The Northern Bantu']; will read through the proofs again.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple E.C. and Albemarle Club, 37 Dover Street, W. Dated 15, 19, 20 March 1915 - Three letters relating to the preface of Roscoe's 'The Northern Bantu'. In the first letter he writes that he is revising it; in the second he writes how he revised it: by adding the opinion that more and speedy work should be done, and contrasts the large sums attracted by archaeology vs anthropology; in the third letter he offers to sign his name to the added remarks, if Roscoe thinks they should come from him.

Albermarle [recte Albemarle] Club, 37 Dover Street, London W. Dated 11th March 1915 - Is glad to hear that he is optimistic about an anthropological expedition to Uganda during the war but doesn't think the Government will support it at present, and discusses other means, and suggests talking to [A. C.] Haddon and [William] Ridgeway; he'd be happy if the Frazer Fund could be used this way, but it cannot.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London E.C. Dated 7 March 1915 - Encloses a note from [C. G.] Seligmann and fears they will have to put off the proposed expedition [to Uganda] until after the war; Lilly is still far from strong.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London E.C. Dated 24 February 1915 - Returns proofs of ['The Northern Bantu']; is sorry he has had to leave home on account of influenza; is now working on his Huxley lecture on 'Legends of a Great Flood'.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, London E.C. Dated 20 February 1915 - Discusses the proofs of ['The Northern Bantu'], particularly the point that the Bateso clans are exogamous with descent in the male line; the fund for the book is complete, the largest given by Robert Mond and his mother Mrs Ludwig Mond; Lilly is better but not recovered her strength.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 12 Jan. 1915 - Returns his proofs; will prepare two lectures for the Royal Institution on 'The Belief in Immortality among the Polynesians'; is glad he is not going to resign his living at present.

10 King's Parade, Cambridge. Dated 5th January 1915 - Is glad to hear they have good news of Norman [Roscoe]; Lilly is better but not strong; he has been reading, mentions Donald Frazer's [recte Fraser's] 'Winning a Primitive People' and Sarah [recte Sarat] Chandra Roy's 'The Orāons of Chōtā Nāgpur'; asks what books he has on the religions of India so that he can advise; walked with A. B. Cooke [Cook]; is not convinced by Rendel Harris's paper on Apollo as an apple-god.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London, E.C. Dated 31st December 1914 - Apologises for not returning proofs earlier, was working on the Index to the G.B.; suggests changes, and instructs him to state everything fully, leave nothing to be assumed; thinks he should be cautious of resigning his living until he is assured of something better.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 14th November 1914 - Has been reading the proofs [of 'The Northern Bantu']; clarifies the difference between exogamous and endogamous, and points out several practices Roscoe gave him for his 'Totemism and Exogamy' that he has omitted; writes at length about using slip proofs, and mentions that Lilly had suggested page proofs as cheaper, but did not realise the extent of the changes to be made; [C. G.] Seligman is in favour of delaying the proposed expedition as there may be fighting in Uganda, and also to await [A. C.] Haddon's return in January.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 29 October 1914 - Is glad to hear from [A. R.?] Waller that 'The Northern Bantu' is being printed; returns the proofs and admires it; reminds him to get slip proofs and to have two proofs of everything.

Four letters to:

• W. Barnard Faraday, 24 Jan. 1921. Regrets he cannot actively promote his candidature, as he knows nothing of economics.
• John Roscoe: 15 Jan 1925 Thanks him for his congratulations; 16 Dec 1925 Has signed the portrait, thanks him for his congratulations as to the Insitut, is sorry they meet so seldom now, was happy to have a visit from Miss Clergue
• C. G. Seligman, 14 Dec 1927. Returns his copy of his monograph on the divine kings of the Shilluk; the Shilluk are one of his ‘trump cards’; hopes he is keeping all right again

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 15th October 1914 - Thanks him for his photograph; is glad to hear that Norman is in the China Diplomatic Service; is glad his lectures were successful; the sum required for 'The Northern Bantu' is almost all raised; is nearly finished correcting Addison, has finished the proofs of the Index of the G.B.; the war looks rather dark just now but they must hope for the best.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 8th October, 1914 - Is delighted with [C. G.] Seligmann's idea of using the Research Fund to send him to Uganda, and promises to do what he can to support it; when [W. H. R.] Rivers and [A. C.] Haddon return they will also be helpful; suggests he estimate the total cost and be liberal about it.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 15th September 1914 - Encloses copies of his printed anthropological questions for his Quaker students; returns a paper and says he doesn't find anything to make of it other than that the writer admired blond hair; he saw the [Solomon] Schechters who were looking well; is ashamed of his previous letter in which he said he thought there would be very little of the British Empire left at the end of the war, did not think the end would be so speedy and decisive as it now promises to be; has raised much of the money required for the publication of Roscoe's book ['The Northern Bantu'].

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated September 3rd, 1914 - Is glad to hear he is lecturing missionaries on anthropology, and offers more copies of his printed anthropological questions; the [Solomon] Schechters are in London, having come there from Holland.

59 Croham Road, South Croydon - Thanks Frazer for his obituary notice of his father [John Roscoe] in 'Nature'; his father valued Frazer's opinion above all others.

Ovington Rectory, Thetford - Dr Haddon and Ernest [Haddon?] have been to see him about some writing of Ernest's on East Africa; has been unwell, is having problems with his eyes, is sorry to hear about Frazer's trouble with his own; Norman [Roscoe] returned last week, is settling his children at school and will soon go back to Japan.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 27th August 1914 - Encloses a copy of a circular letter from C. S. Myers and himself [not transcribed] encouraging subscription for 'The Northern Bantus'; mentions his new quarters, and his work on the index to the GB and checking proofs of Addison.

Nairobi. Dated Nov: 12 '09 - Discusses the Taveta, the only other tribe that has totemism but not exogamy like the Nandi; has just returned from Uganda and heard a great deal about [John] Roscoe; hopes Frazer will like [Kenneth] Dundas.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 25th August, 1914 - He gives suggestions for books on the religion of South India, Ceylon, and China; and says that if the war goes on as it has begun 'there may not be much of the British Empire left at the end of it'.

80 Chesterton Road - Encloses notes on the Bituma or mounds, entitled 'The Uganda Custom of Balongo and Nakimu'; ['The Sacrificial places of the kings of Uganda' is also present]; will write the Katikiro again, and returns his copy of [W. H. R.?] Rivers' book.

Accompanied by the envelope with a note in Frazer's hand, 'Mr Roscoe's notes on reincarnation &c.'

1 Brick Court, Temple. Dated 30 July 1914 - Agrees that Roscoe cannot guarantee £75 for a book ['The Northern Bantus'?], but thinks they can raise it from anthropologists who know the value of his work; comments on the war: 'This prospect of European war is terrible. The men who are responsible for it should be shot.'

Is sending two more copies of the signed Memorial [for a proposed expedition.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London, E.C. Dated 5 July, 1914 - Reports Sir F. Jackson will be in London, is hopeful he might help with [L. V.] Harcourt, whom [A. E.] Shipley writes discouragingly about.

80 Chesterton Road - Encloses a copy of his notes on the Uganda custom of prolonging the life of the king, The Feast of the Bakerekere; apologises it is so meagre, will write the Katikiro for a fuller account; has written to Bishop Tucker to get his approval for undertaking Anthropology for the Board, if that works, it should disarm the C.M.S. committee; hopes the play is not causing undue anxiety; thanks him for sight of Mr [Hinde?]'s article. Accompanied by the envelope.

Nairobi. Dated Sept. 26 '09 - Is glad his notes and that of [Kenneth] Dundas have been useful; has seen [C. W.]Hobley's chapter on social organization and points out their difference of opinion about intermarriage, which also different from [Moritz] Merker's; is sorry he missed [John] Roscoe, Hobley saw him for a minute on his way to the coast.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 3rd July, 1914 - Reports that he cannot throw light on the idols of West Africa; sends on copies of the memorial; says he has been busy answering congratulatory letters; asks about deluge legends in Africa, is working on his Huxley lecture.