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Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham - Encloses 11 pp. of notes on Indian dance he had promised to send. Says modern dance is confined to the 'Jungle tribes', and lists two varieties: in one, lines of women advance and retreat, and in the second, the dance is circular.

St Keyne's, Cambridge - Thanks him for the correction of an error in the third edition of 'The Golden Bough', part I, and explains how it came about.

Breadalbane Hotel, Kenmore, Perthshire - Thanks him for the new edition of [H. H.] Risley's 'People of India', notes that he has not seen it as he has been in Scotland since May; is looking forward to [R. V.] Russell's book, 'The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India'; knows Crooke must be concerned about his sons at the front.

Lanfine, Hills Road, Cambridge. Dated 27th January 1924 - Has been busy preparing his lectures; has not seen Haddon yet; are settling in to the house; does not know where the funding for a second expedition will come from, have not heard from Sir Peter Mackie for some time; [William] Crooke's death is a loss to anthropology and folklore; asks what he thinks of the country under a Labour government, who have sent the Ambassador [R. M. Hodgson] 'to make friends with the blood-stained bandits of Russia'; is sorry they are not closer.

2 Salisbury Villas, Cambridge. Dated December 30th (1900) - Thanks him for the second edition of the 'Golden Bough'; relays the Cambridge news: the new museum scheme is going forward, a collection of Malay MSS and books has been presented to the library by [Richard] Wilkinson, [A. C.] Haddon is back, the Newalls are going to Padang to view the eclipse, suggests Frazer use them as a source for research, he is teaching Mrs Newall Malay, an apt pupil; is helping [William] Crooke with the new edition of Yule's 'Hobson-Jobson'.

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, E.C. Dated 17 October 1918 - Is glad to hear there is a prospect of Oxford conferring an honorary doctorate on [William] Crooke, praises his work and his independence and judgment; is pleased he likes Loyson's book, a 'fine specimen of the true French spirit'; admires France's part in the war, and calls the Germans cowardly and infamous.

Dated November 18, 1918 - [William] Crooke has been elected to an honorary doctorate, it had to go through three consecutive Councils, not to mention a Standing Committee; has just received 'Folk-Lore of the Old Testament' and thinks it is up to the scientific standard of his best work, also enjoys the style and quiet humour.

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, London. Dated 22 November, 1918 - Thanks him for his efforts in getting [William] Crooke the honorary doctorate; thanks him for his kind words about 'Folk-Lore of the Old Testament', has not alluded to the astral theory which would resolve the Hebrew patriarchs into planets or stars, would like to know what he thinks of the origin of cross-cousin marriage and other speculations in the chapter on Jacob's marriage; 'what grand days we are living in!', particularly admires the French mind and character, they, 'at their best, are the finest flower of humanity', the Colonial Office has been applied to on [John] Roscoe's behalf, he is ready to set out on his expedition to Uganda.

West Leigh, Arterberry Road, Wimbledon. Dated 13th April 1898 - Is pleased to give him the information he asked for, relating to ethnological information in the Indian Settlement Reports, with a list on a separate page [transcribed]; has long thought of an Indian Bibliography but needs the cooperation of the Indian government; has been reading his 'Pausanias' and is delighted to find it so well done.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 5 August 1902 - Has been reading Frazer's 'Pausanias' and suggests a passage in Martin Hang [recte Haug], 'Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsees' about the two kinds of ashes for sacred fires.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 5 February 1904 - Mentions two items from [Rudolph von] Ihering's 'The Evolution of the Aryan': the Roman tradition of the key to a woman's womb, and his speculation on the origin of divination.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 12 September 1904 - Sends some notes [transcribed] on a variety of beliefs and practices from Sir J. G. Scott's new 'Gazetteer of Upper Burma'.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 1st September 1904 - Was pleased to meet him in person; sends a few notes for the second edition of the GB [not transcribed].

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 15 December 1904 - Sends the extract about the tiger wedding, from Rev. G. Richter, 'Manual of Coorg, a Gazetteer of the Natural Features of the Country and the Social and Political Condition of its Inhabitants'.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 15 January 1905 - Sends an extract concerning a Toda legend about sun catching from I. W. Brecks [recte J. W. Breeks], 'An Account of the Primitive Tribes and Monuments of the Nilagiris'.

Tregenna Castle Hotel, St. Ives, Cornwall. Dated 27 February 1905 - Offers additional stories of sympathetic magic, involving crocodile testicles in Nepal and images of dough and wax in [L. A.] Waddell's 'Tibetan Buddhism'.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 31 October 1905 - Thanks him for 'Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship'.

13 Alexandra Road, Gloucester - Thanks him for his kind words about Walter Map's 'De nugis curialium' which he edited for the Cymmrodorion Society; is happy to hear how Lady Frazer has been employing her time ['Leaves from the Golden Bough'?]; delighted to hear that [John] Roscoe is giving the Frazer lecture at Cambridge; his friend Dr [William] Crooke has died.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 1 November 1905 - In answer to Frazer's query about his opinion of Frazer's 'Fortnightly' articles ['The Beginnings of Religion and Totemism among the Australian Aborigines'] he agrees that [Andrew] Lang's theory of exogamy is wrong and offers another theory concerning touching the blood of a clansman.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 21 September 1906 - Thanks him for 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris'; is reading [Edgar] Thurston's 'Ethnographic Notes in Southern India' and is finding much that is new.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 26 September 1906 - Has been reading 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris' and suggests other stories and practices related to the cutting up of the body of Osiris.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 29 April 1907 - Encloses references for the Dāsīs, or South Indian dancing girls. A second note dated the same day and above the transcription of the reference list gives further references found later that day.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 1st Nov. 1907 - Sends information on totemism and taboo of the Khasis.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 14 November 1907 - Sends extracts and references relating to totemism in India.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 15 and 28 February 1908 - Sends a quotation about the Persian king Shah Abbas, and how he dealt with an omen of danger, an excerpt from [John] Malcolm's, 'History of Persia'; in the second letter he sends something similar [not transcribed] from [John] Stevens, a translation of [Pedro] Teixeira's [History of Persia].

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 29 August 1908 - Has been reading ['Statues of Three Kings of Dahomey' in 'Man' and sends an extract [transcribed] about 'Thalavetti-parothiam', or authority obtained by decapitation from T. K. Gopal Panikkar's 'Malabar and its Folk, a Systematic Description of the Social Customs and Institutions of Malabar'.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 26 June 1909 - Sends an extract from [William] Bartram's 'Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians', about a Seminole king threatening to command thunder and lightning.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 29 May 1911 - Congratulates him on completing 'The Golden Bough'.

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 8th February 1912 - Sends an extract [not transcribed or identified].

Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 20th April 1914 - Admires the latest edition of 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris'.