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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.

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.

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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

The list gives the name of each recipient, and a brief note of what they were sent of Cayley's papers by Rouse Ball. The copies of letters sent to recipients are in most case form letters, explaining that on the death of Cayley's widow his papers were put into Rouse Ball's hands with a request that he should destroy or dispose of them as he saw fit; 'all involving matter which might be published was dealt with years ago, and what was preserved has no interest beyond the fact that it is a specimen of his work'. Longer letters were sent to G. T. Bennett, also asking whether he would like to see the models of Archimedean and other solids made by W. W. Taylor, and to D. E. Smith, also taking the opportunity to send a paper on Euler which might be of interest to the American Mathematical Monthly. A long second letter to E. H. Neville gives details of the nature of Cayley's papers, and the principles by which Rouse Ball decided what should be destroyed: 'As for letters to him, of which many hundreds were put in my hands, I laid down the rule that in general such letters should be destroyed or sent back to the writers if they were alive'; lists the few exceptions; the letter also suggests that Neville take a look at Monge's Card-Shuffling Problem.

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.

Laregan, France Lynch, Glos. - Thanks Rouse Ball for thinking of him in the distribution of Cayley's papers; will put the MS in the Collected Works and 'treasure it for its giver's sake as well as its writer's'. Has now retired from 'active service at Liverpool' and moved down to Gloucestershire with his wife and daughters; describes the neighbourhood. Asks for news of the Frazers. Would like to subscribe to the fund for the Master's portrait, but does not want a print; 'the reason is not that I do not admire J. J's great scientific achievements, but that I have a smaller house now'.

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'.

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.'