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71 Belsize Park Gardens, N.W.3. Dated Sept. 20 [1921] - Has been reading 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' and suggests some related stories of beliefs and traditions in Albania and Italy.

c/o British bia Consulate, Scutari, Albania, Turkey in Europe. Dated March 13 - Has been reading his book on Taboo, sees he has quoted her notes on Albania, and sends more, including one told her by Holman Hunt of a reluctance to have portraits painted lest the portrait be admitted to heaven first on the Day of Judgment; thinks that unless Europe interferes it is likely the North Albanian Christian will disappear; Prenk Pasha is a man of 'no capacity' but looked on as sent by God; she is the centre of a myth, is supposed to have cured a man shot in the head, rather than the doctor who saved him.

Scutari, Albania, Turkey in Europe. Dated March 28, 1912 - Shares Albanian folklore and superstitions, saying her publishers are only interested in adventures or politics; thinks revolution will result as a consequence of Europe's determination to support Turkey, and the Shkypetais of North Albania run the risk of being exterminated.

116a King Henry's Road, London, N.W. Dated Oct. 16, 1909 - Shares a story of death by stoning as punishment for unchastity, taken from Vuk Vrčević's 'Naredne Pripovjetke i Presude' ['Narodne pripovijesti i presude iz života po Boki Kotorskoj, Hercegovini i Crnojgori'].