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Musée Guimet - Apologises for the lateness of the subscription to the bibliography; reacts to her proposal [?] about a possible new edition of 'Adonis'[?]; explains that the conferences at the museum recently were not hosted by the museum, but by the Association des Amis d'Orient and were for their members.

Musée Guimet - Congratulates Frazer on the award of the Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur; is pleased the Musée Guimet has contributed to making his works known to the French public.

Encloses the subtitles to a film written by Mr and Mrs Henri Saint of Buenos Aires, about the Araucans; her husband [Alexandre Moret] judges it a valuable document, as they recorded what they saw; she has had troubles with the cinema, and the public did not have Part I when it was screened; there is a section with a priest that is not in the manuscript, as her husband found a copy in [Tomás] Guevara's work on Araucano folklore and has already sent it to Sir James; Mr and Mrs Lapie cannot come to lunch, but Mlle de Coubertin, [Joseph] Hackin, de Guimet, l'Abbé Drioton and [Maurice] Brillant will be there. Accompanied by a carbon copy typescript of the subtitles, entitled "Voyage de Mr et Mme Henri Saint, de Buenos-Aires, dans l'Amérique australe, en [added in ink:] 1923?" and three more pages of subtitles [?] entitled "Chez les Araucans du lac Lacar, péninsule de Quila-Quina, territoire argentin".

Paris - In reply to her query about needing a new contract, he says that a new contract may need to be agreed upon with Geuthner, as the Annals du Musée Guimet are under the direction of [Joseph] Hackin; his role as treasurer of funds is ending as well and he will give her the remaining 2500 francs immediately; believes it would be desirable if 'Atys et Osiris' were published in the Annals as he could look at the translations before printing; for the rest of the work, he thinks Hackin would be disposed to continue printing it in the Annals; the death of their common friends the Sembats [Marcel Sembat and Georgette Agutte] does not change his feelings towards them; arranges to meet.

Musée Guimet - Was away when her letter arrived, and hopes it is not too late to subscribe to the bibliography.