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21 Tenison Avenue, Cambridge - Is sorry she did not hear Dr Richards' lecture; is glad to have the [Anthropological?] Questions.

10, Wood Lane, Highgate, London, N.6. - On Christmas Day received a number of letters from Cambridge field workers, detailing disintegration of ancient social order in Nepal, hope of contact with the Lawa in Siam, and the importance of the divine king in Africa; has received the Frazer lectures volume and admires it: he says that caustic commentators declared the anthropologists did not understand Rivet's French but thought it beautiful, and the French students understood his French and thought his anthropology wonderful, whereas he enjoyed both.

21 Tenison Avenue, Cambridge - Will look in tomorrow, not sure of any success in regard to the lectureship.

10, Wood Lane, Highgate, London, N.6. - He may give a course of lectures to the Asiatic Society on Linguistic Classifications and Social Linguistics, and lists the nine languages he will examine; will also lecture in Cambridge on popular religion and beliefs in India.

21 Tenison Avenue, Cambridge - Encloses his timetable to show how busy he is, and how he has not been able to come to Trinity, but will be at the lecture.

21 Tenison Avenue, Cambridge - Thanks him for the lecture, hopes that there will be more of them.

University Museum of Archaeology and of Ethnology, Downing Street, Cambridge - Is deeply appreciative of being named the first William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology; 'The school has been set on a fine basis - may it prosper - It shall have my best service.'

10 Wood Lane, Highgate, London, N.6. Dated 23rd. May 1930. Confidential - Describes the department at Cambridge, what it was in 1926 and how it evolved and what courses are now given, what the students are like, mentioning [H. M] Chadwick, [M. C.] Burkitt, Navano [J. M. de Navarro?], [R. U.] Sayce, [E. H.] Minns.

10 Wood Lane, Highgate, London, N.6. Dated 12th. March 1921 - Apologises for troubling him on the telephone with his request and asks for the lists on the terms of relationship used among the tribes in Assam, as given him by Colonel Gurdon.

Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Great Russell Street, London, W.C. Dated 21st. February 1913 - Invites him to deliver the Huxley Memorial Lecture in November 1914.

The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, The Scottish Central Library for Students, Abbot Street, Dunfermline - Congratulates Frazer.

10 Wood Lane, Highgate, London, N.6. - Is pleased to hear of the honour conferred on him by St Andrews, a place that is associated with the memory of Andrew Lang; passes on an account of a 'bad' clan among the Wazinza, the Musingo or Basingo, who are not allowed to mix with the others, are the ones who are chosen for sacrifices, due to an old story about a Musingo woman preventing a dead woman from returning to life. They have a number of PhD students abroad, including Monica Hunter who will return to write up notes on the Pondo and Xosa women's position, Reo Fortune at work in Tikopia; have lost two excellent field workers John Charlesworth and Austin Kennett.

Accompanied by the envelope redirected from Trinity College to the Albemarle Club.

Ranchi (India) - Thanks him for his suggestion that he get his book 'The Orāons' published by an English firm and his suggestion to approach the Folklore Society; through Mr Hodson he is a corresponding member of the Royal Anthropological Institute, wonders if there is such a membership for the Folklore Society.

Ovington Rectory, Thetford - Thanks him for his letter; shares his recollections of the customs of the Uganda tribes regarding the year: they followed lunar months, but those in agriculture thought about the year; the new year started when the first thunder of the rainy season was heard; rainmakers tried to give reasons for variances and blamed the people for the neglect of duty; is working on lectures for Cambridge, which [Thomas Callan] Hodson asked him to give, but isn't pleased with a change in terms regarding the fee. Accompanied by an envelope.

Lower Lawn House, Tisbury, Wilts. - Supports the proposal to publish his anthropological notebooks.

St. Catharine's College, Cambridge - Is sorry to hear of Frazer's eyesight troubles; sends Sarat Chandra Roy's address; thanks to their visit and Frazer's lectures, they have a welcome increase in students, and the museum is also doing well, amassing gifts and treasures.

10 Wood Lane, Highgate, London, N.6. - Thanks her for the printed copy of Sir James' acceptance of the Freedom of Glasgow; wonders what would have happened had Sir James gone to Balliol, 'faced the High Church flood, and engaged in the raging controversies of philosophy'; finds himself in their University [having been named William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology]; rejoices Frazer has paid tribute to Tylor, whom he knew, and to Robertson Smith, a great scholar whose work he admires greatly.