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Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee. Dated Nov. 7 1918 - Tells him not to come; thinks Frazer & Green should be sold, but that it wouldn't sell well at the moment; hopes [Moncrieff?] will not cause any further problems.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Reports that his son John has been killed in action in a naval engagement. Accompanied by a cutting from the 'Dundee Courier' 5 June 1916 headed 'Dundee Officer lost in Naval Battle'.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Thanks him for his edition of Addison's Essays, but asks about the preface.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Thanks him for the books [the last of the third edition of the GB?]; refers to a difficulty caused by Sam [Samuel McCall Frazer] selling Ninian's silver cup [Ninian Bannatyne Frazer].

9 Park Place, Dundee - Recommends the acquaintance of Dr [Archibald?] Connel, who was an ally on the School Board and a good friend; thanks him for his own copy of the GB; discusses Sam [Samuel McCall Frazer?] where he should live after leaving Lewis and the allowance he should have.

Two letters, one a letter of recommendation.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Thanks him for the Frazer Lectures volume; describes a dinner at St Andrews in commemoration of fifty years tenure of his chair; [Herbert] Turnbull proposed his health, [George] Stout came, but Principal Galloway was unable to be there, and [Sir James] Irvine was away, assessing the 'comparative values of American honorary doctorates'

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Thanks her for her letters describing their time in Zurich, is impressed how well James handles his troubles; hopes to negotiate a good size dividend from Frazer & Green; is convener of a General Committee for the [University College, Dundee] Jubilee and is very busy.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee. Dated 4 May, 1930 - Thanks him for 'The Growth of Plato's Ideal Theory'; saw William Edwards who is well, and reports on his family; has been elected President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society for the third time.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee. Dated April 24, 1921- Congratulates the Frazers on their 25th wedding anniversary.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee. Dated November 7, 1918 - Tells him not to come; thinks Frazer & Green should be sold, but that it wouldn't sell well at the moment; hopes [Moncrieff?] will not cause any further problems.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee. Dated June 3, 1916 - Reports that his son John has been killed in action in a naval engagement.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee. Dated Feb. 6 1915 - Thanks him for his edition of Addison's Essays, but asks about the preface.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee. Dated December 12, 1913 - Thanks him for the books [the last of the third edition of the GB?]; refers to a difficulty caused by Sam [Samuel McCall Frazer] selling Ninian's silver cup [Ninian Bannatyne Frazer].

9 Park Place, Dundee. Dated December 21, 1900 - Recommends the acquaintance of Dr [Archibald?] Connel, who was an ally on the School Board and a good friend; thanks him for his own copy of the GB; discusses Sam [Samuel McCall Frazer?] where he should live after leaving Lewis and the allowance he should have.

From the Rector, Exeter College, Oxford - Is at St Andrews, completing the first series of Giffords lectures; is sorry to hear about J.G.'s eyes, is staying with Professor Stout whose eyes and ears are bad; Farnell owes his poor sight to a collision with a motor bicycle, but has finished his 3 vol. Pindar; saw Sir James Irvine about the honorary degree at St Andrews, and they could renew the offer, said it was suspended indefinitely because of J.G.'s brother-in-law's [John Steggall?] excessive delicacy.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Thanks him for offering to send the book written in Frazer's honour; has been reading Hartland's Ritual and Belief that he thinks Frazer would agree with; will retire, doesn't see much fruit from his 54 1/2 years of teaching; received a letter from Capstick who has been unwell; family members are well; comments on the varying qualities of portraits of Frazer; Ninian [Frazer] wants to sell Frazer & Green but no one wants to pay a good price.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Thanks him for the books [Ovid's 'Fasti'?]; describes his trip to South Africa; muses on the demands the Empire makes on those in the outposts; finds the Dutch untrustworthy, the natives dislike them, is sure that within 10-20 years Natal and Rhodesia will resist Cape Town's constant 'Batavianising'; salutes 54 years of friendship with Frazer.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Frazer's letter to 'The Times' [about the Kiev Beilis trial] reminds him of an 1878 concert in which they stood to respect the Russian national anthem amid a storm of hisses; says Sam [Frazer?] must be made bankrupt in order to avoid repetition of 'the old story'; is settling Frazer & Green affairs, and gives details on the percentages, dividends, and numbers of shares held.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Thanks him for 'The Growth of Plato's Ideal Theory'; saw William Edwards who is well, and reports on his family; has been elected President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society for the third time.

Woodend, Perth Road, Dundee - Congratulates the Frazers on their 25th wedding anniversary.