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54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio (Corse) - He writes that he has been at the Archives where he was working on a parochial register 1771-1773 which has tired his eyes; is not suprised by what she says of Condorcet, he is less interested in people than spirits; he will reread it carefully as it is necessary to find the right audience; is pleased to hear that the incident between [R. R.] Marett and [Elliott] Smith has had a happy ending; he wonders why she stays at Trinity so little; he will go to the Folklore conference with them, and to the Madame Renan fête; he does not know the 'Voyages' of Renan, wonders how that is.

Ajaccio, 54 Cours Napoléon - Refers to her story of reconciling with Marett [after the Frazer Lectures volume disagreement] and being on good terms with Elliot Smith as well; mentions an article by an admirer, Vincent de Peretti in the Corsican newspaper. Accompanied by the envelope.

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Thanks her for her letter and the two letters from Marett; still thinks they should not publish the Marett lecture [in the book of Frazer Lectures, due to content relating to Elliot Smith] as it is so different in tone from the other lectures; thinks his point about Jane Harrison [in the letter from Marett to Lady Frazer dated 25 July, FRAZ/17/27] is not a true parallel; returns the Marett letters.

Overseas Military Forces of Canada, Khaki College, Ripon, Yorks. - Claims a common acquaintance with R. R. Marett, and asks for advice on the open position of Professor of Greek at Liverpool, particularly concerning salary and likely competition for the post.

Speech at a gathering in Frazer's honour, in which he mentions [Alexander] Nairne, George Gilbert Ramsay, Lord Crawford, Sir William Boyd Dawkins, Sir Theodore Morison, Canon Farrer [Canon Farrar], [Robert Ranulph] Marett, and [Gustave] Rudler.

Album of 39 cuttings about or mentioning Frazer, including news items about his honorary doctorate from the University of Athens; with reviews of 'Aftermath', including one by R. R. Marett in the 'Observer', and two books for which he wrote introductions: 'Bantu Beliefs and Magic' by C. W. Hobley and 'The Native Tribes of Central Australia' by Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen; also, an obituary of George William Macfarlane and a news item about putting a plaque on Edward Clodd's house.

Oxford, 18 Bradmore Road - She has been unwell; saw the Maretts and would like to give a lunch or dinner in the Frazers' honour at All Souls when they visit; has received the Frazer lectures volume; cannot attend the Doumergue dinner but thinks he is a good representative of France; has read of the successful Frazer conferences; her husband is writing an article on English universities; the French Club at Oxford invited Yvonne Arnaud, but she did not appear and a Mrs [Lucie?] Zimmern spoke in her place, advising the female students to do petit point and her husband, who objects when she pays attention to fashion, thought it a good talk.

(Dictated) Grosvenor Hotel, London, S.W. - Thanks him for his letter, is glad to have his approval for the ['Anthologica Anthropologica'] project; the warmest encouragement have come from Levy-Bruhl, Westermarck, and General Smuts.

Exeter College, Oxford - Thanks him for the Frazer Lectures volume, and thanks him for the kind words in his copy, 'all the more handsome of you as, in my berserk fashion I was rather violent in forcing my company on the gallant band'.

Emmanuel College Lodge, Cambridge - He has been busy with the admission of undergraduates and it is plain the University is no longer able to cope with the numbers who wish to join; the dinner on Shrove Tuesday was a great success; it was a pity that Marett felt the need to attack Elliot Smith on such an occasion [his Frazer Lecture]; but Elliot Smith doesn't appear worried by it.

Woodside, Cove, Dumbartonshire - Has heard from Dr Marett that Frazer has sent a chapter from Lausanne [for 'Spencer's Scientific Correspondence with Sir J G Frazer and Others']; her father [Baldwin Spencer] would have been pleased; her husband bought the Baremman estate at Gare Loch a few months ago.

Institute of Anatomy, University College, London - Thanks Frazer for writing to him concerning the republication of Marett's Frazer Lecture; while he regrets that quotations taken out of context make him look disrespectful to Frazer, he believes in 'frank discussion of differences' and asks that the lecture be published.

Institute of Anatomy, University College, London - Thanks her for writing to him concerning the republication of Marett's Frazer Lecture; while Marett's phraseology suggests he was discourteous to Frazer; believes that strongly held opinions should never express personal resentment; admires Frazer; is glad to hear eye troubles are being overcome. With a note that he would be glad to alter this statement if she wishes.

222, Rue du Fauboug St Honoré, Paris, VIII - He is delighted with her letter, and told Rudler of her suggestion of Saurat; gives his opinion on the French and English church and Catholicism, hopes to have an independent forum in which to speak some truths; thanks Frazer for giving his life to the cult of truth; has received Sir James' 'Greece and Rome', is writing Rudler, and may write Marett as well.

c/o Sir James Donaldson, Scores Park, St. Andrews N.B. [letter of 6 November 1912] and St. Keyne's, Cambridge. Dated 6 November 1912 and 15 January, 19, 27 March 1913 - Four letters relating to an application to the Carnegie Trust in America for funding of an expedition to Central Africa. In the first letter Frazer describes meeting Sir William McCormick at Dr Sutherland Black's house, and his idea of the application to the Carnegie Trust who 'have a difficulty in finding worth objects on which to expend the large sums at their disposal'; gives advice on how to write the application; is staying with Sir James Donaldson; mentions he has heard from M. W. H. Beech who wants to study the Swahili. The letter from January reports he is sending the application to McCormick. The letter of 19 March reports McCormick had forgotten his promise to send it to the Institution via the head of the Scottish Universities Trust Dr [John] Ross; is disappointed in [Henri] Junod's second volume; is glad the missionaries of the Society of Friends are to take up anthropology, and will send him more of his [printed] anthropological questions. The letter of 27 March reports that the application has failed; regrets their short-sightedness, hopes he will not be disappointed, wonders if [R. R.] Marett or [William] Ridgeway could do something; and sends the second volume of Junod's book.

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.

Trinity College, Cambridge - Thanks him for the review of his book in the 'Quarterly Review'.

3 Cromwell Gardens, London - Thanks him for publishing Dr Marett's review of his book; arranges to meet.

Fairlawn, Bearsden, Dumbartonshire - Has just moved in to her house and is very busy; asked if [R. R. ]Marett could come but he has to return to Oxford quickly; will be meeting with Jean Hamilton and will sort out letters and identify photos if Sir James still wishes to move ahead with the book [of Baldwin Spencer's writings] he had proposed when she saw them.

Accompanied by the envelope.

Woodside, Cove, Dumbartonshire - Appreciated Sir James' obituary of her father [Baldwin Spencer] in 'The Times'; would be pleased to visit them; [Jean] Hamilton's boat hasn't yet arrived; feels confident her mother [Mary Elizabeth Spencer] would agree with her to put the notes in the hands of Sir James; thanks her for the enclosures, was glad to see Dr [R. R.] Marett's particularly; she saw much of her father the last two years and encloses a photograph of him [now housed at FRAZ/17/133?].

Accompanied by the envelope.

13 Maple Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester - Thanks her for her letter, received a nice letter from Forrest Dodd; thinks he detects R. R. Marett's hand in the review in the 'Times Literary Supplement'.

Hans Crescent Hotel, Knightsbridge, London S.W.1. - Is sorry to hear 'Native Races of Australasia' will not be published on 17 April, asks when in April it will be published, asks to be notified when a review copy can be sent to Marett.

Letters dated 26 Jan. 1943. Accompanied by an obituary notice of Marett from The Times.

Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey - Thanks her for the books; was very interested to read the letters she sent him, 'especially that of the Rector of Exeter [R. R. Marett] who claimed to have been once a "tiger" but now a "rabbit"'.

Manor Field, Grantchester, Cambridge - Make arrangements to meet in advance of a reading[?] by Thomson; is glad to hear that [Downie] Downey is well and that matters are progressing for the Materia Anthropologica; recommends the Lucien Monod works at the Burlington Galleries; congratulates them on Baba [published as 'Pasha the Pom'], which will make a nice Christmas gift; returns the kind letters from Marett.

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].

Woodside, Cove, Dumbartonshire. Dated May 10th 1930 - Has heard from Dr Marett that Frazer has sent a chapter from Lausanne [for 'Spencer's Scientific Correspondence with Sir J G Frazer and Others']; her father [Baldwin Spencer] would have been pleased; her husband bought the Baremman estate at Gare Loch a few months ago.

Exeter College, Oxford - Welcomes the news that the anthropological notebooks are to be published; a genuine science of man is only to be achieved through careful observations, and will result in a better understanding between nations.

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.