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Queen Anne’s Mansions, St. James Park, London – An account of a tea party at which [George Henry Lane Fox] Pitt-Rivers was present, and a party at which the French Ambassador Aimé Joseph de Fleuriau presented the Légion d'honneur to Dudley Buxton for his discovery of a missing cache of Descartes’ letters. Discusses the phrase 'cent sous' in response to Lewis’ query; mentions undertaking a translation of 'Christianisme et la Révolution française' by Aulard, and writing two articles.

First Avenue Hotel, London - J. G. and Lilly have both been ill; she has been busy translating four books, including 'The Twig,' her term for the abridged 'Golden Bough'; is pleased with the success of the English 'Twig,' for which she claims some credit.

Arranging to meet, describes her illness and ill-treatment at a hotel, and J. G.'s illness as well.

Cox's Hotel, Jermyn Street, St. James's - Asks to meet with him alone before an interview with J. G. about future plans.

Royal Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone – Would like to see [Francis Macdonald] Cornford for herself before a discussion with J. G. [about the proposed Frazer Fund]; her ill health and J. G.'s desire to return to Cambridge, where they were refused rooms by the Council, her sense that Cambridge does not appreciate J. G., her ideas as to possible positions for J. G., asks that Lewis advise, and not quote her to J. G.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E. C. - Describes the daily routine of quiet life at home.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E. C. - Mentions that the Frazers have received over one thousand letters after J. G. was knighted, including two 'horrid' letters from William Wyse, who objected to J. G.'s acceptance of the knighthood.

Hotel Kronenhof & Bellavista, Pontresina - Description of holiday with J. G. in Switzerland, expresses regret at leaving Liverpool and opinion that Cambridge does not value J. G. sufficiently. Mentions J. G.'s plans to edit 'The Golden Bough' in the next year.

24 Abercromby Square, Liverpool - Expresses intense regret that J. G. has chosen to leave Liverpool.

Hotel Lutetia, Paris – Lilly is working on the French translation of the abridged 'Golden Bough'; J. G. is preparing a translation of Ovid’s Fasti for the Loeb Library; they have decided to build a house in Cambridge; mentions hearing from Haddon who finds term work burdensome.

Hotel Lutetia, Paris - Refers to Lilly's recovery from illness; his distaste for [Godfrey Harold] Hardy, then leaving for Cambridge for Oxford; discusses Darwin's theories, having just read 'The Origin of Species'; has also read Einstein's explanation of his theories in an article and finds his arguments 'cloudy and confused'.

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, London, E. C. - Reacting to news of Lewis' accident in Switzerland, mentions seeing a thriving [Henry Cobden?] Haslam.

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, E. C. - Declining an invitation to visit.

1, Brick Court, Middle Temple, E. C. - Discusses preferring Cowper to Addison; expresses dismay at reports that Germans in England have been treated poorly.

St Keyne's - Asking if he may bring his friends Dr and Mrs [Sydney Richard?] Scott to Lewis's rooms when they arrive.

Trinity College - Acknowledges congratulations from Lewis. Refers to the role their mutual friend Mrs Browne had in hiring his wife Lilly Frazer to teach at the Girls’ High School in Liverpool, with the story of her first day there.

Trinity Coll. - Encloses a ticket to a lecture on the sacred and magical functions of kings in early society, and advises Lewis to stay away lest he be 'corrupted'.

Trinity College, Cambridge - Is pleased to hear the news; will be away until the 9th; Professor [James?] Ward was run down by a motor the other day but Lewis hopes he has received no serious injury.

1 Brick Court, Temple, London. E.C.4. Dated April 8th 1920 - At a meeting of the Committee of the Expedition [William] Mackie offered another £1000 for the fund, which had been invested in War Loans which had lost value; is planning on writing a fuller report on the expedition for 'Man'; have moved back into the Middle Temple flat, Lilly still has a racking cough; spent a day in Cambridge and saw various friends (W. J. Lewis, J. W. Capstick, and J. J. Thomson, but not Henry Jackson), and has been offered an honorary degree; has had a friendly letter from [William] Ridgeway; has a copy of 'Totemism and Taboo' by 'a German or Austrian psychologist [Sigmund Freud], who borrows most of his facts from me', 'he seems to have a great vogue with some people'.

Souldern Court, Banbury - Congratulates Frazer; remembers the kindness of the Frazers in the Cambridge days of 1918; at the time he had suggested a one volume edition of 'The Golden Bough' and was 'foolish enough to be a little flattered' when one appeared; had a letter at Christmas from Prof. [William James?] Lewis; his health is broken down, but he still hopes to pay them a call.

Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 5 Jan. 1920 - Made a short report out of his letters about the Bahima which was published in 'The Times'; encloses a letter from Sir Herbert Read to Hardy about travel arrangements [not transcribed]; describes Lilly Frazer's illness; Sir John Sandys has resigned the Public Oratorship, W. J. Lewis broke his leg badly in Switzerland.

Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 5 September, 1917 - Refers to an Egyptian papyrus, priests on duty at a temple, and reckoning by lunar months.

Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 5 February, 1917 - Discovered Frazer's 'Letters of Cowper' in the Museum, and thanks him for it; is sorry for the Germans in England, hears Waldstein [later Walston] was treated badly, hopes Miss Brent hasn't been treated badly; his sister is teaching French to soldiers going to the front; the companies of the Monmouthshire who occupied Whewell's Court left this morning; Cesare [Giuseppe Raimondo de Cesàro?] has been summoned back to Liège by the Germans.

Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 5 February, 1915 - Thanks him for the Addison 'Essays', and tells a story of having to translate Addison into Latin, finally simply handing in a blank piece of paper; the Professor of Mineralogy from Liège [Giuseppe Raimondo de Cesàro?] has taken refuge there from the war, 'a Neapolitan brigand - great in wives', 'somewhat exacting' and is giving Lewis much to do.

Treen, Frith Hill, Godalming - Describes her brother William James Lewis' last days while visiting her in Godalming; repeats a last conversation about Cambridge: that his house be left to the university, his feelings about resigning his professorship, how he wished Hutchinson to succeed; describes his health earlier in life, contracting tuberculosis at age 28, his cure of going to the Riviera every Lent term; thanks him for his letters in April after his death.