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7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Is pleased he accepted the Manchester invitation [to receive an honorary degree from the University] and offers to make arrangements for his entertainment. Two copies: one sent to Trinity College and the other to Hotel Belle Vue, Montier Mornex, Haute Savoie, France. Accompanied by the envelopes.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Is looking forward to 10 November when Frazer and others receive honorary degrees on the occasion of his installation as Chancellor of the University of Manchester; invites him to stay that weekend, with a postscript assuring Lady Frazer of a warm welcome from his wife. Accompanied by the envelope.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Thanks him for his letter and lists the other University of Manchester honorary degree recipients who will be at Haigh: Mr Cameron, George Adami, Sir Herbert Warren, the Archbishop of York, and Mrs Strong. Accompanied by the envelope.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Everyone was pleased with his visit to Manchester; hopes their journey to Paris went well; warns him against Paris taxi-cabs; hopes to see him in Cambridge on 18 June.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Thanks him for 'The Gorgon's Head'. Accompanied by the envelope.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Writes to make arrangements for the ceremony conferring the honorary degree from the University of Manchester, and discusses Naville's letter about primitive wheat, which he returns [not present].

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Thanks Frazer for sending 'Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies', and comments in particular on the essay on Frazer's parents and Scottish ancestors; is interested in tales of old Scotland and is intrigued to hear that they might be cousins.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Thanks Frazer for his kind note, and Lady Frazer for her postscript.

9 letters from various people making suggestions of portrait artists to be used in making portraits of Trinity Fellows under of the scheme funded by the Memorials Committee. The letters are from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., W. R. M. Lamb, Henry M. Hake, A. M. Hind, C. J. Holmes, Henry Tonks, Edward Maufe, David, the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and W. J. W. B. Artists discussed include G. L. Brockhurst, Francis Dodd, Paul Drury, Eric Gill, R. Gleadowe, Eric Kennington, Winifrede Knight, Henry Lamb, W. Rothenstein, F. E. Jackson, A. K. Lawrence, T. W. Monnington, Randolph Schwabe, and Leon Underwood. Accompanied by two sheets of notes.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Thanks her for the French 'Golden Bough', praises the translation.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Concerning a petition to the government, Sir James' name appears in a supplementary list with Lloyd George and Rutherford; Mr Baldwin was to have made a statement on the question of Thames bridges but is ill; unlucky that the General Strike prevented the dinner of the Royal Literary Fund; Viscount Rothermere sent a cheque for £2000, a great consolation and a surprise.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] Private - Concerning her idea of writing a biography of Frazer, he believes that it would necessarily be devoid of complete detachment of judgement; suggests she might use the Albert Houtin document with something with her own, which would last until a future Life and Letters volume; is sorry to hear they are thinking of giving up the visit to Manchester.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Is interested to hear of her genealogical researches and that Sir James is a clansman; knows little about George, 14th Earl of Crawford or his daughter Helen.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Has written to Marshall to see if her French friend may attend the dinner on the 16th, but it is likely to be full; as for the French decoration, Sir James should wear it, as in all probability the Prince of Wales will wear his.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Was greatly amused by her story.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Had a nice visit from the 'Delarochefoucaulds'; is sorry to hear about her accident; think a visit to the Riviera is a good idea; they must go to the public gambling-rooms of Monte Carlo, as all the human types are there, men with saurian or batrachian countenances: the horse, the pig, the fox, as well as the vulture and the mollusc man, 'each vying with his neighbour in perfection of unattractiveness'.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Thanks her for the brochure containing the curious address to the Brazilians; read as much as was uncut and unopened, but can scarcely bring himself to go further; these private issues are always interesting.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Is delighted to hear the Glasgow ceremony went well and to have a copy of Frazer's speech; thinks he should write something longer about Glasgow 60 years ago; suggests offering the casket to the Kelvin Art Gallery at Glasgow.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - A thank you note for the present of their books for Christmas.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Is ordering the new book ['Anthologia Anthropologica' Vol. I].

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Thanks them for the subscription towards the festival occasion of the Royal Literary Fund; would like Sir James to attend, but does not think there is a lift down to the dining room; is writing Mr Marshall.

7 Audley Square, W.1., Private - Is interested to hear about the bust of Frazer by Bourdelle, reminds her that the National Portrait Gallery does not exhibit portraits of living people; offers to approach the Tate Gallery; thinks Bourdelle is underrepresented in England.

7 Audley Square, W.1. - The National Portrait Gallery cannot accept a portrait of any living person; the portrait of Thomas Hardy is on private display in the Director's room and the acquisition has not been announced; a replica of Bourdelle's bust of Frazer could be accepted the same way; as to painted portraits he doesn't believe László would be able to paint a strong portrait, nor would the new President of the Royal Academy [Frank Dicksee], is not clear on De Glehn's work; could get a pencil drawing by Rothenstein, less tiring for the sitter to have a drawing done, and cheaper as well.

Haigh Hall, Wigan - Thanks her for approaching Bourdelle so promptly about the bust; is delighted with the news of the Order of Merit, hopes to tell them 'some amusing episodes in connexion with this event'; the announcement will appear in the New Years Honours list.

7 Audley Square, W.1. - The Bourdelle bust [of Frazer] arrived at the National Portrait Gallery; Mr Caw, of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery was there and was sorry not to have it for his gallery.

7 Audley Square, W.1. - The Board of the National Portrait Gallery thanks them for the gift of the Bourdelle bust of Frazer; Charles Aitken, the Director of the Tate, is interested in the original clay [i.e. plaster] model.

Balcarres, Colinsburgh, Fife. - Thought Gow's book on Housman 'quite brilliant'.

7 Audley Square, W.1. - Regrets he cannot meet Moret, congratulates Frazer on the new recognition [the Légion d'honneur]; is delighted with the woodcut, suggests sending one to Campbell Dodgson in the Prints & Drawings Department at the British Museum and one to the National Portrait Gallery.

Paris - Antoine Bourdelle is unable to give a set date for sending the bronze bust to Glasgow Art Gallery; they have asked the founder to work as quickly as possible; the price is 100 pounds; 100,000 francs was never in question, that is for millionaires whose busts would not be in museums or libraries; her husband admires Sir James, as he does Anatole France, and is a whole other affair; the five bronze busts are 100 pounds each; she has not received a letter from Lord Crawford.

7 Audley Square, W.1. [on mourning stationery] - Invites Frazer to accept an honorary degree on the occasion of his installation as Chancellor of the University of Manchester.