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Title continues: 'or Tit-bits of Information concerning the true inward meaning of two comets which have lately appeared over Rodney Street to the consternation & amazement of the inhabitants'; dated March 9th, 39 Rodney Street [Liverpool?]. Humorous verse written for a club meeting [?], mentioning comets lately appeared [the Daylight Comet and Halley's?], the general election, and referring to members by name: Keane, [Richard] Caton, [Harold Chaloner] Dowdall, F. E. Smith, MacCunn, Williams, [Frank Stanton?] Carey; mentioning Frazer first: 'Frazer, who has written about a vegetable god in so many books we can't quote 'em, And now he comes down with a fresh set of yarns all true about Totem.'

26 Grove Park, Lodge Lane, Liverpool - Describes a theatre performance of a play she wrote, was compared to Molière; her visit to the Careys [Frank and Jessie?] was spoiled by ill children; house she's now in is luxurious; Aimée is particularly nice, sees a lot of Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Nisbet says her sister fell in love with him; Lilly [Grove] and Mr V. G. acted well; arrangements at the College were difficult as nothing had been done; hairdresser took an hour and a half, but all went well; no letters; hopes to return home 7 Jan. Accompanied by an unaddressed envelope with note in J. G. Frazer's hand, 'L. 18 Dec. 1904. Molière lecture at Liverpool'.

France Lynch, Stroud, Gloucestershire - Congratulates Frazer; had been prepared by Lady Frazer to look for an announcement in 'The Times'; is looking forward to a visit to Cambridge; is very pleased with the peace of his village; found it was easy to leave Liverpool as so many friends had already left.

Ash Lea, Rock Park, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Dated Nov. 28, 1918 - Thanks him for 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament'; an old sea captain neighbour of theirs admires all his work immensely; is pleased at the dedication to Trinity; has been lucky to have his boys [Windham and Richard] spared in the war; Charles Bonnier was imprisioned by the Germans for espionage but is returned safely.

22 Rock Park, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Dated Dec. 8, 1916 - Thanks him for the Huxley memorial address; Chauncey Puzey and M. Bagin have died, Edgar Browne is much changed; is vexed with the pacifist strain at Trinity, does not understand Bertrand Russell and his friends; sad to hear that [J. P.] Postgate's son [Raymond] and Adam Sedgwick's son are in gaol for refusing to serve; both of his boys are in France: Dick's made a raid the other day and entered the German trench to find no one there; the University is limping along; W. Gasperi visited, has never doubted his sympathies; salutes the conservatives and labour government uniting under Lloyd George.

22 Rock Park, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Dated Feb. 6, 1915 - Thanks him for the Addison essays, and for Lady Frazer's letter and book at Christmas; gives news of his son [Windham], happy to be serving in the Royal Garrison Artillery, his second son [Richard] is not yet 18 but keen to serve, which he will do 'if this bloody business is not finished before the year is out'; knows that many of those going so happily will never return; he is drilling himself; refers to the traitor Kuno Meyer.

3 Cavendish Terrace, Princes Park, Liverpool. Dated Dec. 24, 1913 - Thanks him for the concluding volumes of 'The Golden Bough'; 1913 has been an appalling one of loss of many friends; [Jesse Alfred?] Twemlow is very ill; Mair is seriously ill, but Strong, [John] MacCunn, and the Edgar Brownes are well; hopes they will visit.

3 Cavendish Terrace, Princes Park, Liverpool. Dated Oct. 22, 1913 - Thanks him for 'The Scapegoat'; repeats a joke his son Dick made about planting his knife in 'The Golden Bough' to open its secrets; the Master [of Trinity] sent round some verses; saw J. S. Reid who spoke mainly of Robertson [Robinson?] Ellis; [J. P.] Postgate was visiting and Carey revealed to him his son's [Raymond Postgate's] violent socialist opinions, which were a shock; Edgar Browne is publishing a new book.

3 Cavendish Terrace, Liverpool. Dated March 29, 1913 - Thanks him for the book ['The Belief in Immortality']; had a visit from the Rouse Balls, both seemed a good deal older; Satterthwaite [Percival Hebblethwaite?] and [Eugenio] Londini have been away and unlikely to return to full duties, and Mrs [Eleanor?] Caroe died after a terrrible illness; [J. P.?] Postgate 'is reported by an irreverent son to be abroad, supplementing the information by saying Peace, perfect peace'.

3 Cavendish Terrace, Liverpool. Dated Nov. 13, 1912 - Reacts to news that the Frazers are thinking of moving to Edinburgh; changes are happening [at the University of Liverpool], [Charles] Bonnier is retiring, and the Registrar [Percival Hebblethwaite] is seriously ill; has not seen [Chauncey] Puzey for some time; Strong is well.

3 Cavendish Terrace, Liverpool. Dated July 17, 1912 - Thanks him for the books; wife is taking a rest-cure; recommends E.H.R.'s [George Henry Rendall's] Charterhouse Sermons as worth reading.

3 Cavendish Terrace, Princes Park, Liverpool. Dated June 22, 1912 - Thanks him for the 'Letters of William Cowper'; has had rheumatism; describes reading Carlyle with his wife.

3 Cavendish Terrace, Devonshire Road, Liverpool. Dated March 16, 1911 - Thanks him for 'The Magic Art'; tells a story suggested by the birthmark story in 'Totemism and Exogamy': his wife was hit by a ball in her eighth month of pregnancy and their son was born with a discoloured eyelid; son has been home a month from a football accident; he has been ill, which has coincided with squabbling over bringing a German in as Professor of Greek, [J. P.] Postgate is fighting hard; the Edgar Brownes are well; the Strongs are leaving; Chauncey Puzey is well.

52 Catherine Street, Liverpool. Dated Nov. 12, 1905 - Thanks him for ['Lectures on the Early History of Kingship']; were visited by the Rouse Balls for a few days.