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49 Palace Mansions, W.14. - Asks permission to dedicate 'The Bridle of Pegasus' to him.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Did not know W. J. Perry had delivered a Frazer lecture, has never heard him say a word against Frazer, is sorry the lecture won't be included in the volume [of Frazer Lectures he is editing], will list it in the Introduction; is making Rivet's footnotes uniform, see that Rivet adopted the diffusion theory in his lecture; believes some controversy is good in a book as long as it is not personal as Marett's lecture was [about Elliot Smith]; does not think there is a need for galley proofs but could save money by going straight to page-form.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Will deliver the material [for the Frazer Lectures volume] to the printer on Tuesday; has a number of questions about Egyptian words in Rivet's essay and has written for clarification; encloses a draft of the Introduction and asks for changes or additions; has been working hard as he would like to see it published in October.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Had hoped to trouble her no further with correspondence [about the Frazer Lectures volume], but her letter and a letter he received from Marett [about dropping his lecture from the volume due to content about Elliot Smith] have changed that; will take no further steps until he hears from her; encloses the letter he received from Marett and his response [FRAZ/17/23].

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13., Private & Confidential - Has received a further letter from Marett, which he sends with a copy of his reply [FRAZ/17/24]; resigns the editorship of the volume [of Frazer Lectures] as otherwise his name would be associated with a volume with an attack on Elliot Smith while also omitting Perry's lecture; has kept a journal of the work done; encloses Marett's letter of 30 July [FRAZ/17/25], his reply, his journal of proceedings, and Marett's printed lecture [journal and lecture not present].

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Thanks her for the alterations to the Introduction [of the Frazer Lectures volume]; will make the changes and send it back to her for his successor [as editor] to use.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Has rewritten the Introduction [to the Frazer Lectures volume] and encloses it [not present].

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - A letter with 9 numbered points in response to a letter from her [about his role as editor of the Frazer Lectures volume]: offers congratulations for the Glasgow honour [University of Glasgow establishing the Sir James Frazer Lectureship]; praises Elliot Smith's position in his letter to Frazer of 3 Aug. 1932 [FRAZ/3/117 in which he states he is happy to have the Marett lecture included in the Lectures volume]; is pleased that Perry's lecture will be included; thanks her for the cheque, notes that the work is not done, but will spend the money on copies of Frazer's works he does not own; would like to have a Frazer portrait for the frontispiece; asks for the return of the letters from Marett; Rivet is happy to have his essay amended; returns Marett's letters.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Thanks her for her letter and parcel, with the Ovid [Fasti] and the Mensch ['Mensch, Gott und Unsterblichkeit'?], and portrait of Frazer [for the Frazer Lectures volume]; Perry is away and Elliot Smith has suggested that the substance of the lecture was in a book published soon after; will give everything else to Macmillan and add Perry's lecture later.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Has delivered the materials for the Frazer Lectures volume to Macmillan; expects Perry's MS at the end of the week.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Has received a photograph of Sir James from W. E. Lake [for the book of Frazer Lectures] and has sent it to Macmillan; has also received Perry's letter of the 8th; asks if she would like to see the specimen page when it arrives.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Thanks the Frazers for proposing his name as editor of the Frazer Lectures volume; he is very busy, in addition to professional duties by day, he is honorary librarian of Lloyd's, at work on three publications: letters and documents relating to the Napoleonic Wars, a catalogue of the manuscripts of the Medical Society of London, and a volume of essays; arranges to visit them, and will meet with Macmillan & Co. as well.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Will send her the specimen page [for the Frazer Lectures volume]; is pleased to hear Frazer's eyesight is improving; thanks her for the offer of a signed photograph of Frazer; has filed Malinowski's letter with the others; asks how to get the Pausanias and "Garnered Sheaves" at the discount she mentioned; still busy with the Napoleonic period volume, is also writing a biography of Charles Wycliffe Goodwin; encloses a rough draft of the title page for her approval.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Agrees to an 'armistice' in the writing of many letters; is glad she approves of the dedication [to the Frazer Lectures volume]; arranges to visit; will write a review of 'Garnered Sheaves'; has sent [William?] Routledge's letter to Macmillan.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Is glad the specimen page [of the Frazer Lectures volume] has been approved, printing will begin at once; the review of 'Garnered Sheaves' will appear shortly.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Thanks him for his letter of the 29th [concerning the Frazer Lectures volume]; as editor he is seeing the book through the press and contributing an Introduction in which all the lectures will be listed, including Marett's and another not being printed; permission has been obtained from all authors and publishers; is doing what Frazer cannot, due to his eyesight; has seen him personally; on account of his eyesight, all of Sir James' correspondence is carried out by Lady Frazer, and he regards 'all her letters as equivalent to letters from Sir James himself'.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Has received his letter of 30 July and awaits Frazer's instructions [concerning the Frazer Lectures volume].

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Expresses the hope that Frazer's eyesight has been restored.

Simpson House, Simpson, Bletchley - Is supporting Major Earl Pitt for a fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature; has moved to the country for his health; applauds Sir James for working on a new volume of 'The Golden Bough'.

La Haule Manor, Jersey - Has written to Sir James, not this time to Lady Frazer, that he would 'lose face' if the Frazer Lectures volume were published without his lecture; if the objection is Elliot Smith's language about Frazer, he could suppress those passages as long as it was clear that he did not withdraw from his position concerning them, and suggests some wording to that effect.

La Haule Manor, Jersey - Suggested omission of his lecture from the Frazer Lectures volume is inconsiderate; it would suggest that the lecture was unsuitable; cannot explain the situation so frankly to Lady Frazer, 'who hardly seems to realize its delicacy'; Frazer should take responsibility, not Macmillan, or the editor Dawson; no one ever hinted the lecture was inappropriate; if it were a matter of repeating Elliot Smith's statements about him, he could make some changes, so long as it is clear that he did not withdraw from his position; everything is very rushed, and if they insist on publishing, then he will enquire what legal right they have to republish the lectures under a title in which he might have a proprietary interest; is prepared to suffer for conscience's sake, but 'don't want to be publicly convicted of sin by the Macmillans' conscience or even by yours.'

The University, Glasgow - Thanks her for the book ['The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religion'?] which he will place in University Library; as for her suggestion about the 'Totemica', he will bring it to University Court but similar proposals have not been accepted; hasn't heard anything about a Frazer Lecturer for 1936, and doesn't think an invitation has been sent to Mr [Warren?] Dawson, and will keep in mind her suggestion of Professor Speiser; hope they are standing the heat, is writing from his cottage at Loch Tay, where it has been 80° in their bedroom at midnight.

La Haule Manor, Jersey - Will not make 'any more fuss' [about the proposed omission of his lecture from the Frazer Lectures volume], go ahead with publication as they like, though the omission of his lecture might make future lecturers disinclined to publish; has not liked how things were done behind his back, if there was a letter, it must have gone astray, and J. G. has not said a word; returns Elliot Smith's letter [which asks that the lecture be published, FRAZ/3/117], which is 'quite sporting'; would say it again, and [Thomas Athol?] Joyce bought many copies to distribute in America; they should tell Dawson to return to the job; offers congratulations on the Glasgow appointment.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Thanks the Frazers for the dinner invitation, but cannot come, will see them as originally planned.

Bound album of 72 cuttings and offprints, primarily reviews of 'The Fear of the Dead in Primitive Religion' and 'Aftermath'.

Reviews of 'The Fear of the Dead' include a presentation offprint of a review in 'Revue de Synthèse' signed by André Varagnac (possibly originally with his letter to Sir James and Lady Frazer dated 18 Sept. 1935, housed as FRAZ 33/433); other reviewers include Ruth Benedict ('New York Herald Tribune'), Warren Dawson ('Folklore'), E. Dhorme ('Revue de l'Histoire des Religions') and Paul Valéry ('Revue de France'). Reviews of 'Aftermath' include those by E. N. Fallaize ('Manchester Guardian'), R. R. Marett ('The Observer'), E. E. Kellett ('News Chronicle'), Sir Alexander G. Cardew ('Literary Guide'), E. H. Blakeney ('Record'), A. L. Morton ('Criterion'), and H. J. Rose ('Man'). There are also several miscellaneous cuttings, including the announcement of William Wyse's estate bequests, with a description of the bequest in support of social anthropology; and Frazer's poem 'Trumpet Call of Peace' printed in the 'Times' 17 Oct. 1935, and a manuscript translation of the poem into French in an unidentified hand.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Agrees that R. R. Marett's lecture should be omitted from the Frazer Lecture volume, as it could not be edited, being 'from beginning to end an attack upon Prof. Elliot Smith' would not like to revive a controversy now forgotten; asks her to write to Marett; encloses his copy of the lecture [not present].

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Is pleased they agree about dropping Marett's lecture from the Frazer Lecture volume [because of controversial content relating to Elliot Smith] ; has Roscoe's letter of authority and will take it to Macmillan.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Thanks her for sending letters from Mlle. Rivet and Paul Geuthner; has begun to mark copy [of the Frazer Lectures volume] for the printer, is adding footnotes - Moret's lecture will take time; the size of the page is determined by Evans' illustrations; will need to rewrite Westermarck's MS, as it is full of corrections; the lectures are of unequal lengths, with Malinowski's the longest; asks for some information on the origin for the Introduction; Macmillan says they can publish in October only if it is sent at an early date; Macmillan will not pay him for the work.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Has been very busy on two books and was unaware of the bibliography going forward, and would like to add his name to the list.

Cut page, the end of a letter about the Frazer lectures volume - would like to know the date of Rivet's lecture; is keeping notes for remuneration at the end of the project; sorry to write when she is surrounded by packing cases.