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c/o la Baronne de Watteville, 22 Avenue Victor Hugo, Boulogne S. Seine - His visit is nearly at an end, and he thanks her for making introductions to Madame de Pange, la Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld - through whom he met Paul Valéry, Madame Renan, Mr and Mrs Jules Toutain, la Directrice du British Institute, Mr Lévy-Bruhl, and Mr Varagnac.

Paris, 7 Rue Lincoln VIIIe [on mourning stationery] - Is sorry to hear Frazer is unwell, but is cheered that she is there to support him; admires 'Aftermath'; is increasingly concerned about fanatics and armaments of Germany and hopes that when the catastrophe is unleashed that England will be strong and ready; if not there is much to fear next spring.

Villa Minitrie, Paramé, Ille-et-Vilaine - Is in Bretagne on holiday, so has not taken part in the Folklore Congress or seen Sir James' secretary who will represent him; he has sent her letter on to Varagnac, who is the soul of the Société de folklore; is glad to hear that 'Anthologia Anthropologica' will appear soon, knows it will be useful.

7 Rue Lincoln VIIIe - Is pleased to hear of the success in Oxford, and that 'Anthologia Anthropologica' is selling well; discusses the displeasing article by van Gennep, reassures her he couldn't affect the reputation of Sir James, and the 'Mercure' is not the first authority in anthropology.

Paris, 7 Rue Lincoln VIIIe [on mourning paper] - Thanks him for his touching letter; he misses the Frazers very much; is pleased to hear that he is working on the third volume of 'The Fear of the Dead'; Lady Frazer has done much to enable him to work; he has returned to work as well.

Reviews of Pierre Sayn's translation, 'Esprits des blés et des bois', one of them by Paul Durandin in 'La Géographie'; another review of 'Esprits' combined with a review of Sayn's translation of 'Balder le Magnifique' by B. Helfenbein in 'Revue d'Afrique'; two copies of a cutting from 'Revue des Sciences Religieuses' in which several French translations by Sayn, Lévy-Bruhl, and Comtesse Jean de Pange [Pauline Broglie] of Frazer's books are mentioned; and three other cuttings in which Frazer or his books are mentioned in French papers and journals.

'Revue Philosophique', 108 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris and 7 Rue Lincoln VIII, Paris - It would have been an honour and a pleasure to write the preface to the French translation of the 12th volume of the 'Golden Bough' but he is leaving for New York and does not have time; in the card three days later he writes that as they are happy to wait, he will write it on his return.

Exeter College, Oxford. Dated May 13, 1911 - Will certainly try to get [John] Roscoe to lecture at Oxford, and asks if the lecture series is being paid for by the Church Missionary Society, as he would otherwise have to set about raising money at once; replies to Frazer's letter about his lecture ['The Birth of Humility'] and his interpretation of Robertson Smith's views of the order in which ritual and dogma appear, reviewing what Robertson Smith believed about dogma, that it was theory or reasoned belief, and disagrees with Frazer's statement that 'savage ritual ... [bears] the imprint of reflexion and purpose ... as clearly as any actions of civilised men' in that both types of religion are not equally reflexive, and that the 'savage ritual' is unreflective; states that he is vigorous in his counter-argument because he is up against 'a giant'; he, [William] McDougall, and [Lucien] Lévy-Bruhl have been trying to emphasise the mobbish character of primitive religion and religious life; closes by saying he thinks the field has a crying need for criticism.

Album of calling cards, letters, and postcards dated June-July 1932, thanking the Frazers for their copy of 'Heures de Loisir'. The six letters are from la Bibliothèque Méjanes, le Comité du Folk-lore champenois, Gustave Glotz, L. Lévy-Bruhl, Eugène Sol, and J. Varagnac. In a postscript Lévy-Bruhl writes that the death of Alphandéry gives him much pain, as it must for them. The five postcards and two cards include two from [Lucie?] Landry and Félix Regnault; the 23 calling cards include those from le Duc de Broglie, Jacques Cavalier, Docteur de Cazeneuve, Edouard Drouot, René Maunier for la Société du folklore français, Pierre Maxime Schuhl, Eugène Sol, and Joseph Vezian.

Hotel Palais d'Orsay, Paris. Dated 4 April, 1932 - Thanks him for [Sir Walter] Spencer's 'Correspondence', his 'Faith, Hope and Charity in Primitive Religion' and for offering to dedicate the second volume to him; notes that Spencer's criticism of Frazer's theory of circumcision and subincision is persuasive and should he ever publish a new edition, would warn readers of this fact; thanks him for putting in a good word at St. Andrew's [re: the honorary doctorate?]; has enjoyed meeting their French friends in Paris: [Lucien] Lévy-Bruhl, [Marcel] Mauss, [Paul] Painlevé; [Paul] Rivet is due to return from Indo-China. With a typescript footnote identifying the volume dedicated to Frazer, and quoting the dedication.