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Newnham College, Cambridge - Is sending the two reprints [not present], Mr Bosanquet's and her own; admires [F. M.] Cornford's grasp of mythology and ritual; asks if there is a parallel to the cannibal feast of Tantalus in initiation rites; thinks his lecture clears up the dispute between Cook and Cornford and Ridgeway; discusses mythical ancestors vs Ridgeway's insistence on historical persons; hopes he is coming to Ridgeway's lecture on Monday at which 'he proposes to demolish both Mr Cornford & me!'.

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'.

19 Cranmer Road, Cambridge - Thanks him for his congratulatory note [on becoming the first holder of the Laurence Chair of Classical Archaeology], which means a drop in income but more leisure for research; suffered acute rheumatism with temporary facial paralysis in the summer, had to work less last term but is recovered; has made progress on 'Zeus'; mentioned to Housman Frazer's praise of "Manilius", which pleased him; praises Frazer's gift of combining minute attention to detail with a sense of breadth and grandeur'; praises the 'Fasti'. Accompanied by the envelope.

Queens' College, Cambridge - Thanks him for his lecture before the Queens' Classical Society, and for the copy of 'The Worship of Nature', which will be of great use to his study of the sky-god.

19 Cranmer Road, Cambridge - Notes Frazer was the one who first encouraged him to write a book on Zeus, and now sends him the third volume; feels scholarship is 'one of the few remaining bonds which still unite all civilised nations'; apologises for being an unsociable hermit while finishing the book, knows Frazer understands. Accompanied by the envelope.

19 Cranmer Road, Cambridge - Introduces.Robinson and Mattingly of the British Museum's Department of Coins and Medals, whose discoveries concern the cults of various divinities, including Diana Nemorensis.

19 Cranmer Road, Cambridge - Congratulates Frazer on his 80th birthday: expresses his deepest regard for him, explains that retrenchment means he cannot contribute to the projected bibliography; the third volume of Zeus will be published soon; sympathises with his physical disabilities, and mentions his friend Rendel Harris, who has lost one eye.

19 Cranmer Road, Cambridge - Thanks him for the book [S. G. Owen's 'Greece and Rome: a selection from the works of Sir James George Frazer'?], thanks Lady Frazer for her kind words on the fly-leaf. Has finished writing Zeus volume 3, will now start on the index.

Chetwynd House, Selly Oak, Nr. Birmingham. Dated Nov. 21/03 - Has been reading articles by A. B. Cook and thinks Frazer has nearly converted him; [Hector] Chadwick sends a quotation about twins from Bede; mentions a belief about the Angel Gabriel and a fountain in the Asia Minor village of Habusu and finds a similarity with a Burmese New Year.

Card [incomplete?] dated 9 November thanks Frazer for his 'Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship' and is giving a lecture on the Ogam alphabet at [J. B.] Bury's suggestion. In the letter of 11 November, he writes about the Celtic festival on the 13th August, a date discussed in the book as it is Diana of Nemi's festival. The letter of 15th August he has read the book further and apologises that some of his remarks in the previous letter were 'worse than useless'; does not see how etymologically 'Rivos' could be connected with 'Virbius'; is sorry not to be at the Folklore Society meeting, would be happy to read [A.B.] Cook's MS; revisits the Coligny calendar and whether the calendar god Rivos can be connected with Diana Egeria.

Queens' College, Cambridge - Is delighted he will give a paper to their Classical Society March 1; makes arrangements.

Chetwynd House, Selly Oak, nr. Birmingham. Dated March 9/14 - Has been reading 'Balder' ['the Beautiful'] and was struck by the chapter on the bull-roarer: 'you have proved the unity of the human race, a point on which I have had many doubts'; is pleased to hear how many signed the [petition for John Roscoe]; is glad to see A. B. Cook quoted in recent volumes of GB.

Llanishen, Near Cardiff. Dated January 9, 1903 - Answers Frazer's questions concerning [A. B.] Cook's etymological notes, on 'Virbius' and 'quercus'.

4 Parkside, Cambridge. Dated 19 January, 1903 - Relays a variety of [A. B.] Cook's etymological questions, such as 'Can "Egeria" be for "Aegeria" and that mean oak-goddess?'; Cook is supporting his etymologies with arguments drawn from mythology and archaeology, and is to write a paper for a classical periodical; he is in contact with Giles as well.

Llanishen, near Cardiff. Dated January 26, 1903 - Responds to Frazer's numbered questions [from his letter of 19 January 1903, Add.Ms.b.35.215]; recommends [A. B.] Cook use Brugmann's 'Grundriss' [der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen].

From Professor Rhys, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford - Thanks him for 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris'; has read A. B. [Cook]'s article in 'Folklore' and is 'much exercised' that his Sky God and Frazer's deity of increase and fertility overlap.

19 Cranmer Road, Cambridge. Dated 16.x.1902 - Thanks him for his kindness and fairness in meeting his criticism of 'GB'.

54 Bateman Street, Cambridge. Dated 2.i.03 - Objects to equating 'Virbius' and 'uirg-o'; refers to an enclosure [not transcribed] as modified by W. G. R. [Walter George Headlam?]; notes the University Press has printed u's in their Terence: 'Have at them, infidel!'.

4 Parkside. Dated Wed. 28 Jan. - Forwards [R. S.] Conway's letter and his own [likely Add.Ms.b.35.215 and 218] and doubts, given the objection of [James Hope] Moulton and Conway, whether he should use Cook's suggestions.

Recluse Lodge, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. Dated 14.vii.1903 - A six page letter, touching on oaks and Zeus, mentions Svoronos' article in 'Revue Belge de Numismatique' 1894; thanks him for sending Reinach's letters, will be able to write a paragraph for 'L'Anthropologie'.

41 Huskisson Street. Dated 3/5/08 - Has been reading [Arthur Bernard] Cook's article on the [European] Sky-God, which he deplores, asks particularly why he does not learn the language with which he has to deal, as otherwise it leads to major problems.

Embossed stamp of Coll. Jesu Oxford - Has had influenza for 3 weeks; 'Baum des reinen Golds' is hopeless, as there is nothing in the original to identify it with mistletoe, and recommends he leave it out of the new edition; his daughter Olwen is visiting; the elder daughter [Myfanwy] has been visiting Mrs Ritchie in Devon; hopes to come to the International Congress on April 3.

Recluse Lodge, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. Dated 22.vii.1903 - A seven page letter, touching on oaks, sacred trees, and Zeus.

Queens' College, Cambridge. Dated 8.xi.1905 - Thanks him for the kind letter, declines an invitation.

Queens' College, Cambridge. Dated 4.xi.1905 - Thanks Frazer for the book ['Lectures on the Early History of Kingship'], for the mention in the preface; 'May the book have a worthy sale, and Andrew Lang starve in a garret!'

19 Cranmer Road, Cambridge. Dated 26.xi.1906 - Thanks him for the book ['Adonis, Attis, Osiris']; sends an excerpt from Probus about Adonis in Virgil.

Queens' College, Cambridge. Dated 16.xi.1907 - Thanks him for his congratulatory note on becoming reader [in classical archaeology at Cambridge]; congratulates him on his appointment to Liverpool.

Queens' College, Cambridge. Dated 3.iii.1908 - Thanks him for [William Roger?] Paton's letter, is grateful for his permission to use parts of it.