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Trinity College, Cambridge - He wishes the news about Sir James was better; the recent sales numbers 'must have something like the effect of a mattress to lie on, keeping one from contact with the cold hard ground'; will not translate Renan, doesn't think he could do it well enough; is not very strong, his life should have ended two years before; recently travelled to Savoy and Dauphiné; suspects her of staying at Buckingham Palace; the Sedgwick elm in the roundabout was blown down in a storm.

Trinity College, Cambridge - Isn't well enough to see Professor Strauman; was in a nursing home in June for weakness of the heart, is in a low nervous condition.

[as from Trinity College, Cambridge] - Thanks her for her letter, wishes the news of Sir James was better; can not nor wishes to stop American anthologies from including poems from 'A Shropshire Lad' but will stop reprints in Europe; is glad to hear there is a Festschrift on the way.

On the verso of the last page, 'Mrs Jacques Huber, 12 Carmen Str.' is written in Lady Frazer's hand.

Trinity College, Cambridge - Many thanks for her effort 'on behalf of my proper feeding'; she looks benign in the picture, hopes the interior corresponds.

Trinity College - Congratulates Frazer, addressed as 'Optime Maxime', on his 'birthday present', and teases Lady Frazer: 'I think even she must be enjoying a brief moment of contentment'.

Trinity College, Cambridge - Thanks her, but doesn't deserve her thanks any more than the rest of the Council.

Genève, 4 rue Charles Bonnet [on mourning stationery] - Thanks her for 'Feuilles détachées du Rameau d'Or'; their two sons got married this year, the librarian in June, the pastor in August; the pastor's wife died shortly after of meningitis.

News Chronicle, 19/22 Bouverie Street, London - Accepts an invitation from Lady Frazer and Mr and Mrs Basil Worsfold for the 26th.

Librairie E. Nourry, 62 Rue des Ecoles, Paris 5e - Sends a royalty cheque for 'La crainte des morts'.

Mulberry House, Smith Square, S.W.1. - Is sorry to hear the news of Frazer's eyesight; only met him two or three times at his grandmother's house when he was young; apologises that he can only subscribe to 20 copies (Item 102); accepts her proposal in regard to the inscription; asks for one copy and the rest to distribute as she wishes (Item 103).

4, Buckingham Gate - Thanks for giving permission to use "Dream of Cambridge"; invites them to become members of the Association.

Oxford, 18 Bradmore Road - She has been unwell; saw the Maretts and would like to give a lunch or dinner in the Frazers' honour at All Souls when they visit; has received the Frazer lectures volume; cannot attend the Doumergue dinner but thinks he is a good representative of France; has read of the successful Frazer conferences; her husband is writing an article on English universities; the French Club at Oxford invited Yvonne Arnaud, but she did not appear and a Mrs [Lucie?] Zimmern spoke in her place, advising the female students to do petit point and her husband, who objects when she pays attention to fashion, thought it a good talk.

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'.

18 Park Lane W.1. - Wishes them a happy new year; spent Christmas at 'Oldlands' with Bernard, who then left for the Sudan for his work there; will go to Egypt on through Africa, meeting with Bernard halfway through.

Cavendish Corner, Cambridge - Thanks her for her good wishes, sends her own, expects Lilly will rejoice much more than does Sir James.

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse - Thanks her for the 'News'; has received a letter from [the photography company] Lafayette, and approves the portrait that will be the frontispiece [to "The Native Races of Africa and Madagascar"], believes those who see it will not know his age and infirmity.

Five original poems by Frazer and two translations of poems by Heine. There are three copies of "Dreams": a manuscript in Lady Frazer's hand, a fair copy, and a typescript copy. There is a fair copy, corrected of "And the reapers bind their sheaves", a fair copy, corrected, and typescript of "Whispers of the Nile"; a typescript, corrected with the date of 11 June 1921 of "To My Wife"; a typescript with date 1936 of "The Keys of Janus' Temple", accompanied by an envelope; and fair copies, corrected, and typescript of a translation of two poems from Heine, "Du bist wie eine Blume" and "Wo?"

Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution - In letter of 28 Oct. (Item 59), he corrects her statement that there are unanswered letters, every one he has received he has answered; is distressed to hear of J. G. Frazer's health and subscribes to a copy of the bibliography; on 2 Nov. (Item 60) he sends a cheque.

Uitgevers-Maatschappij 'Eigen Volk', Utrecht - Thanks him for 'Heures de Loisir'; is impressed that Lady Frazer is his French translator, encloses a copy of his folklore journal 'Eigen Volk'; notes in response to a comment in 'Heures de Loisir' that during the time the 'Spectator' was published, the Netherlands was busy publishing Bayle's 'Dictionnaire Historique et Critique' which would influence many, including Addison.

University College, London - Is sorry to hear of Frazer's eyesight troubles; is sure the University Library will subscribe to the bibliography; is pleased to read in the paper that the Drapers' Company is helping support Frazer's work.