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Castle Hale, Painswick, Glos. [on mourning stationery] - Is pleased to hear that Sir James' operation was successful; also pleased to hear that she recalls their time in Rome, which they last visited two years before in November, with fewer tourists but more easily recognisable spies; Ponza, Lampedusa and Lipari are full of political victims of Mussolini; Boni faded out before things became so bad, two underground railways are being made in Rome; has told Signorina Tea her words in her letter to Mrs Plimmer, hope to see them soon; they have never wavered in friendship, but felt something of an 'occult misunderstanding' arose long ago.

20 pp. diary kept from 10 Dec. 1900 to 28 Feb. 1901 listing J. G. and Lilly Frazer's movements in Rome: places visited, and people seen, including [Giacomo] Boni, Wickham Steed and Madame [Clémence] Rose, Professor and Mrs [William] James, R. A. Neil, and A. E. Shipley. J. G. Frazer makes notes from a meeting on 16 Jan. with Miss Roma Lister, who gathered Italian folklore from peasants, and mentions her colleague C. G. Leland. On 19 Jan. he makes notes from a meeting with Dr [F. H.?] Burton-Brown, who lived amongst the Naga tribes in Assam. On 31 Jan. he describes an expedition to Nemi. On 27 Feb. he leaves Rome for Perugia. At the back of the volume are 2 1/2 pages of a bibliography of anthropological works, and two page list of 'Books Lent' from 1894-1905, to F. M Cornford, W. Ridgeway, A. B. Cook, W. H. D. Rouse, Miss [Aelfrida?] Tillyard, S. A. Cook, A. A. Bevan, and Prof. C. Bendall. This is followed by a short list of 'Ovid. Books to be Kept, Sept. 1928'.

Il Capo del Governo, Roma, 8 Nov. 1929 Anno VIII E. F. - Ambassador Bordonaro sent him the text of the dedication of the 'Fasti' to Giacomo Boni; thanks her for asking it be sent and thanks her for the copy of the book for the Accademia d'Italia. Letter signed. Accompanied by the envelope.

Bargeteheide [with photograph of a bust of Queen Nefertiti on the recto] - Has been visiting her niece Mrs Hasenclever, whose mother lost her fortune in the 'Inflation time'; makes a mention of some letters from [Giacomo Boni?] and receiving no answer from the person to whom she offered them.

Dedication in Frazer's hand.

Halford, Shipston on Stour -Thanks him for the book ['Man, God and Immortality'?], worries that it may injure the sale of the bigger books; can make nothing of 'tangor' in Ovid, suggests he try Housman, 'who is saturated with the usages of Latin poetry'; approves the dedication to Boni, who was kind in Rome in 1901; death of H. M. Taylor prompts him to remember the rhyme, 'Not Trotter nor Taylor nor Image Esquire is half such a man as little Joe Prior,' though he didn't agree with the sentiment, did not respect Prior; could not return to Cambridge with its ghosts; he did not expect to survive so many; writes of his failing health and that of his sister; will be losing their maid in the spring. Accompanied by the envelope.

Unfolds to two images of the Jupitersäule in the Mainz Museum. A short note indicates she has sent a copy to [Giacomo] Boni.

Palatino e Foro Romano - Thanks for the English translation of Sir John's [?] speech, and for the memorable day in Cambridge on Wednesday, June 11; thinks the Frazers should take a break from work and find different surroundings, hopes they may visit Rome next winter.

43 photographs, including images of statuary, coins, and men posing next to walls and physical remains. These images do not appear to have been used in the editions of the 'Fasti'. Accompanied by an envelope addressed to J. G. Frazer at Inch-ma-Home, Adams Road, Cambridge with postmark 'Jul 01'. The first image depicts a bust in profile accompanied by caption, 'Fotografie di oggetti asportati nel 188. Dagli scavi del tempio di Diana Nemorensis offerte in omaggio ali [recte agli] autori di Golden Bough da Giacomo Boni'.

Palatino (Rome). Dated 25.iii (1913) - Thanks him for the first volume on 'The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead'; it has made him think of the fear of death of the indigenous Siculi or Liguri who lived in the foothills of the Palatine, hopes to show him the mysterious [word missing] a new one just discovered under the oldest republican house under Domitian's Lararium; a doctor friend says he's seen a difference in the ways those in the north face death compared to those from the south; next May wants to go to Eton to examine some sketches, and will be doing a lecture in London, hopes to see them then.

Palatino e Foro Romano. Dated 1 x (1913) - Thanks him for the two books sent him at the same time, is extremely pleased, thinks 'The Scapegoat' is very good; is analysing the early Latin stratifications on top of the Palatine hill, under the Atrium or central part of Domitian's palace, and includes a sketch [not reproduced]; hopes they will now come visit, now that the books are done.