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34A Via Porta Pinciana, The Times, Roma - Apologises for not writing, Madame Rose has not had time; have been driven by [E. B.?] work, shan't be in England before August 15, leave them out of household calculations, they shall 'bohemianize' when they come.

IV Schwindgasse 9, Vienna - Sends a cheque Madame Rose received from her editor Fabian Ware; has had the enclosed letter from Sir Edward Goschen for a year; asked their Peking correspondent Dr [George Ernest] Morrison about Chinese substitutions; was told about a goat sacrifice in the Ardèche; shown examples of sympathetic magic in the cathedral at Lyons, points out a printer's error; no holiday because the situation in Russia and there is too uncertain. The enclosed letter, from Sir Edward Goschen to Wickham Steed dated Sept. 1, 1905 states that Steed has mixed up his stories, that he never heard Steed's story before, but has one of his own of a Chinese man committing suicide in revenge against someone, an example of their contempt for death; can't believe what is happening re: the Japanese and Saghalien [Sakhalin Island], given the sacrifices the Japanese made.

IV Schwindgasse 9, Vienna. Dated 20 July 1906 and Sept. 1 1905 - Sends a cheque Madame Rose received from her editor Fabian Ware; has had the enclosed letter from Sir Edward Goschen for a year; asked their Peking correspondent Dr [George Ernest] Morrison about Chinese substitutions; was told about a goat sacrifice in the Ardèche; shown examples of sympathetic magic in the cathedral at Lyons, points out a printer's error; no holiday because the situation in Russia and there is too uncertain. The enclosed letter, from Sir Edward Goschen to Wickham Steed and dated Sept. 1, 1905 states that Steed has mixed up his stories, that he never heard Steed's story before, but has one of his own of a Chinese man committing suicide in revenge against someone, an example of their contempt for death; can't believe what is happening re: the Japanese and Saghalien [Sakhalin Island], given the sacrifices the Japanese made.

Lansdowne House 7, Holland Park - Thanks him for the sympathy letter on the death of Madame Rose.

Lansdowne House, Holland Park, W.11 - Congratulates Frazer; likes the O.M. far better than the knighthood as he could 'have a chance of giving distinction to your new order - a thing you couldn't possibly do to the old gang'; asks him to tell 'Froggy' she is on his conscience, 'and she's still too heavy to make that comfortable', returned home to find Madame Rose in bed with flu.

20 pp. diary kept from 10 Dec. 1900 to 28 Feb. 1901 listing J. G. and Lilly Frazer's movements in Rome: places visited, and people seen, including [Giacomo] Boni, Wickham Steed and Madame [Clémence] Rose, Professor and Mrs [William] James, R. A. Neil, and A. E. Shipley. J. G. Frazer makes notes from a meeting on 16 Jan. with Miss Roma Lister, who gathered Italian folklore from peasants, and mentions her colleague C. G. Leland. On 19 Jan. he makes notes from a meeting with Dr [F. H.?] Burton-Brown, who lived amongst the Naga tribes in Assam. On 31 Jan. he describes an expedition to Nemi. On 27 Feb. he leaves Rome for Perugia. At the back of the volume are 2 1/2 pages of a bibliography of anthropological works, and two page list of 'Books Lent' from 1894-1905, to F. M Cornford, W. Ridgeway, A. B. Cook, W. H. D. Rouse, Miss [Aelfrida?] Tillyard, S. A. Cook, A. A. Bevan, and Prof. C. Bendall. This is followed by a short list of 'Ovid. Books to be Kept, Sept. 1928'.

The Times, Vienna - Has been busy with work, referencing Vienna, the Italian Ambassador, and the Bulgarian emissaries who have come to plead 'for approval of bomb throwing'; has not found a settlement with P.H.S. [Printing House Square?]; has seen Meredith of Constable's and agreed a contract [for 'The Hapsburg Monarchy'?], has written 33,000 words so far; was 'too scared to reply' to the letter suggesting he review 'The Golden Bough', suggests J. G. write the review himself, after which Lilly should remove the 'over-modesty' and he would 'Steedify' it. Thanks Lilly for sending on Sir J. C. Browne's letter; is yearning for a catastrophe to relieve the pressure of current politics, thinks it may happen before the year is out; suggests they should all write a play together: he'll supply the material, Lilly the 'esprit, not to say wickedness', J. G. the artistic unity, and Madame Rose the dramatic technique.