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9 rue Verniquet, Paris - Sends her brochures in which he has indicated Sir James' support; if Professor Mazon sends him the volumes, he hopes to send them the Bourdelle portraits; Docteur Couchoud has returned full of interest in Palestine.

Paris - Thanks her for describing the day Frazer received the Légion d'honneur; the "fondeur" is very busy with work on the Exhibition in Paris in April and has not made the bronze bust yet; the Couchouds send their greetings.

16, Albert Road, Whalley Range, Manchester - Is pleased with the Order of Merit conferred in the last two years: F. H. Bradley, Frazer, and Rutherford; has been ill; the 'Holborn Review' for July will carry his negative review of [Paul] Couchoud's book ['The Enigma of Jesus'], for which Frazer wrote the Introduction, discusses his own theory that the crucifixion is an argument in favour of the historicity of Jesus.

69 Boulevard de Montmorency (XVIe) - Wishes them a happy new year, thanks them for the two books, and congratulates Frazer; has read the third volume of 'The Belief in Immortality', would like to see a little book on immortality [that they have spoken of before?], and hopes some day he has the time and taste to write it; has received 'Le Folk-lore dans l'Ancien Testament' and will praise it in the 'Mercure de France'; an editor he knows would like to use some pages from the 'Rameau d'or' in a new book on mythology by Mario Meunier; his editor, Rieder, is looking to make an English collection along the lines of 'Christianisme' and is looking for a director and an editor; Madame Winifred Whale paid him a visit with requests; Lady Frazer's translation of Houtin's 'Courte Histoire du Christianisme' will appear soon.

16 Albert Road, Whalley Range, Manchester. Dated May 27th 1925 - Is pleased with the Order of Merit conferred in the last two years: F. H. Bradley, Frazer, and Rutherford; has been ill; the 'Holborn Review' for July will carry his negative review of [Paul] Couchoud's book ['The Enigma of Jesus'], for which Frazer wrote the Introduction, discusses his own theory that the crucifixion is an argument in favour of the historicity of Jesus.

71 Boulevard de Versailles, Saint-Cloud - Has spoken to Couchoud about the proposed 'Cahier' and agrees that 'The Scope of Social Anthropology' is much too short and that a translation of one of the sketches in Pausanias or from 'Immortality' should be added.

Paris - Thanks her for the volume ['Le Bouc Emissaire'?] and admires it; saw M. Houtin, who is much better but is still not able to walk and seems comfortably situated; while she was visiting M. Couchoud was visiting; her son-in-law [Robert Siohan] heard back from Sir Henry Wood, who has not been able to look at the music [sent him, "In Memoriam", dedicated to Ernest and Michel Psichari] yet, they hope he will do so; the piece has been played at the Concerts Pasdeloup.

69 Boulevard de Montmorency (XVIe) - Is pleased to hear Sir James is producing a new work; thanks her for the Houtin short story, and will try to get it published by R.P.A. [the Rationalist Press Association?]; Rieder is publishing a collection of contemporary artists published in both France and England with John Lane, and would like to do the same for 'Christianisme'; they hope to find an English editor for a series of volumes, asks her to recommend one; has written Charles A. Watts and Charles T. Gorham in advance of the meeting of the R.P.A.; has received 'Leaves from the Golden Bough'.

69 Boulevard de Montmorency (XVIe) - His publisher Rieder is looking for an English publisher for the 'Christianisme' collection as well as other collections he's published, and would like to have one or two names to pursue negotiations; they are giving the R.P.A. [Rationalist Press Association?] the rights to the volume that Houtin is writing, no other translation than hers will be authorized; thinks her great name will do much for the success of the translation; he saw [Émile Antoine?] Bourdelle, who has packed up the bust and it is ready to go; [Georges] Roth has given a notebook on Sir James for their collection; of course he is enthusiastic about a Frazeriana [?] society in France, whose goals seems entirely excellent.

69 Boulevard de Montmorency (XVIe) - They are envious of the trip to Greece; hopes the printer in Bruges has sent the first proofs of "Leaves"; La Librairie de France proposes the title 'Le trésor légendaire de l'humanité' and doesn't think a preface is needed; he is moving to 89 rue Notre Dame des Champs; the Bourdelles are in good health, Émile Antoine Bourdelle is finishing a statue of La France which will be placed at the entrance to l'Exposition des Arts décoratifs.

Miniature book, 9.8 x 7 cm. with floral fabric covers. Inscribed on recto of front flyleaf: 'A Sir James Frazer, le plus altique des savants j'envoie cette petite couronne de fleurettes grecques, Juin 1919, P. L. Couchoud'

16, rue St-Charles, Versailles - Admires 'The Gorgon's Head'; Bourdelle is happy his work is being displayed in front of an English audience; read the 'Adonis' to Nicolas Ségur; [Robert Henry?] Charles wrote a nice note about his 'L'Apocalypse'; he would be honoured to have a review in an English newspaper.

16 Avenue Victor Hugo, Boulogne-Sur-Seine - Thanks her for the amusing Sylvain Biscuit [?] letter and the beautiful verse; his wife thinks her lucky to have an appreciative consort; defends his previous letter's criticism of Walston, he has seen the Walstons more than once, but found nothing to praise in the 'Alcamenes', he will be restrained in his review, but 'there must be some pepper at the bottom to save my honour as a critic'; mentions a time Furtwaengler [Adolf Furtwängler?] behaved badly to [Walston, then Walstein]; is writing to 'your Buffon friend', is home on Sundays, ladies don't come before 3 1/2, the conversation is never about dresses, servants, or impending divorces; supposes the Slavonic Josephus will come up again at the Loisy Congress, Couchoud's and Goguel's articles are very superficial and he sides with Eisler, wishes Frazer would make up his mind about this.

Aldeburgh - Thanks him for 'Selected Passages from his Works'; reminisces about Frazer meeting [Sir Alfred] Lyall, Ray Lankester, [Sir Frederick] Pollock and [James Allanson] Picton in 1905 when they rowed to Oxford; and a visit the Frazers paid in 1910 in company with [Thomas] Hardy 'and his present wife' [Florence], [John Bagnell] Bury, and Sutherland Black, and when he was summoned to town on Holman Hunt's death; the 'Literary Review' has a review of Paul Couchoud's book ['L'Énigme de Jésus'?] by Thomas Whittaker; quotes the Einstein limerick starting, 'There was a young lady named Bright'.

Aldeburgh, Suffolk - Concerning the translation of Paul Couchoud's 'L'Énigme de Jésus': Mrs Whale has agreed to translate it and the Rationalist Press Association will publish it if Frazer will write the introduction.

Booklet printed for Claude Aveline and Jacques Lion as part of the Collection Blanche, on the occasion of the jubilee of Anatole France.

Aldeburgh - Thanks him for [Paul-Louis] Couchoud's pamphlet ['L'Énigme de Jésus']; has been reading 'The Melody of God' [by Desmond Chapman-Huston] containing an alternate life of Jesus, reflects that [J. M.] Robertson, [A.] Drews, and W. B. Smith leave him unconvinced about the historical Jesus, and quotes Salomon Reinach on the point; will talk over the Couchoud pamphlet and Flinders Petrie's 'Social Life in Ancient Egypt' with [George] Whale; have just returned from Italy; [A. C.] Haddon sails for Australia on 30 June.

5 loose cuttings and 11 complete issues of newspapers or magazines, all but one of the complete issues published in France or Switzerland. Accompanied by two pages of rubbings of writing in an unidentified alphabet (FRAZ/7/1/5).