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4 Carlton Gardens, Pall Mall, S.W.1. - Thanks him for the promised present of 'The Gorgon's Head'. Accompanied by the envelope.

British Legation, Berne - Had thought of calling on them, but thought Sir James' health would not allow this, hopes to meet her presently, and will go see the exhibition of Sir James' work.

Homefield, Send, Surrey - In her letter of 28 Oct. she shares that her son [Arnold Paice?], one of the first white settlers in Kenya, states that the Kikuyu do not keep pigs or sacrifice them, as mentioned in 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament', and wonders if the reference from C. W. Hobley is correct; she thanks him for his reply on 10 November.

Second letter accompanied by the envelope.

The Manor House, West Coker, Yeovil - Was distressed to hear about Frazer's eyes, hopes the Parisian oculist will help; is surprised the African Society is not helping but they may after the next meeting; sends his subscription.

7 Rue Lincoln VIIIe - Has lost her address, so is sending to her Cambridge address in hopes it will reach her; is happy to learn Sir James' book has appeared; is very unhappy about the menace of war; has been unwell for two months.

University Museum of Archaeology and of Ethnology, Downing Street, Cambridge - Gives details of two books on the Bantu previously mentioned to Frazer by Alice Werner and W. C. Willoughby.

Bourbon l'Archambault, Villa des Fleurs - Has read his article on the French debt in 'Le Temps' (originally in the 'Morning Post') and thanks him for it; left Cambridge to found an Institute of Ethnology, which will soon be created at the University of Paris.

Woodside, Cove, Dumbartonshire - Baldwin Spencer's daughter writes that she has had a letter from her father's secretary Miss Hamilton, who was with him when he died, and who was then shipwrecked so that she could not contact the family; relates Hamilton's notes of the final days with Spencer, and that she is bringing back all his papers, which Young would like Frazer to look at.

Accompanied by the envelope.

Gallichoille, by Lochgilphead - Is delighted that all has worked out for the lectureship; what he wanted twenty years ago was the conversion of the Gifford Lectureship into a Chair of Comparative Religion with Sir James as the first occupant.

Flendyshe, Fen Ditton, Cambridge - Congratulates the Frazers.

Daily Record, Evening News, Sunday Mail, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow, C.2. - Did not introduce himself as they were surrounded; cannot meet them on the dates she has specified; is sending specimen copies of the papers and a cheque.

Langley Lodge, Pullens Lane, Headington Hill, Oxford - Apologises for the long delay in responding, he has had a series of operations; believes the 'Anthologia Anthopologica' will be valuable; agrees with her that Frazer's work should be recognised by the Royal Geographical Society but that the awards are made for field-work, not academic work, would be delighted if there was a way to bring it about. Accompanied by the envelope.

7 Falkland House, London, W.8. - Asks if there is any up-to-date information on the date of the Sacaea festival in the time of Berosus.

The Times - Received no official notification of the Freedom of Glasgow, or they would have made more of it; has made note of the engagement at St Andrews on June 28; is pleased to hear of the improvement in Sir James' health, asks if they may publish a paragraph about it.

Admiralty Registry, Royal Courts of Justice, London, W.C.2. - Congratulates the Frazers.

Garden Court, Swanage - Thanks him for the 'memorable' tribute to Albert Houtin ["Old Faith and New Thought" in "The Times", 4 Aug. 1926]. Accompanied by the envelope.

Austrian Hospice, Jerusalem - Has been reading 'Folklore in the Old Testament' while in Jerusalem and finds it not only extremely informative but well written, and 'as one who knows how hard it is to be learned and yet interesting, though I am not learned, I offer you my heart-felt congratulations'.

Accompanied by an envelope redirected from 'c/o MacMillan & Co. Ltd., Publishers, St. Martin's Street, London, England' to 'Flat 478 Queen Annes Mansions, St. James's Park, S.W.1'.

Woodside, Cove, Dumbartonshire - Thinks Elsie Malinowski could give some interesting notes about her father Baldwin Spencer's time in Darwin; thanks the Frazers for their time and for helping with the project to publish the letters, would be happy to come to an arrangement with Macmillans.

Accompanied by the envelope.

Pages 2-5 of an introduction in Lévy-Bruhl's hand. With note on verso of last page, 'Titre de l'ouvraz La Crainte des Morts 2me Série dans l' ... ' and another note in a different hand, 'En anglais George ([Sam?] S.)'

The University, Glasgow, Department of Zoology - Is sorry to hear there has been trouble with the date of Frazer's lecture; thanks her for the Frazer lectures volume; his son has just taken his LL.B. degree and his Cambridge MA and has just found work, and his wife is about to have an operation.

Department of Philosophy, Yenching University, Peking, China - Sends Frazer the Chinese translation of 'The Golden Bough', and a pamphlet he has written popularising Frazer's theory; is about to publish his translation of Malinowski's 'Sex and Repression In Savage Society'.

Larchfield School, Helensburgh N.B. - Sends a subscription from 52 small boys; the school had gone down in numbers under his predecessor but they are now going up; has forwarded her letter to the Larchfield Club.

Field Ambulance, 4th London Mted Brigade - Draws Frazer's attention, as a member of the General Committee, to changes in the administration of the French Relief Fund.

19 Avenue du Progrès, Vanves (Seine) - Thanks him for 'The Worship of Nature' and admires it; accepts Frazer's proposal to translate the book into French.

Chetham's Library, Hunt's Bank, Manchester - Sends a subscription to the bibliography.

Laregan, France Lynch, Stroud, Glos. - Has seen his poem in the 'Times' and wishes, as an old friend, to congratulate him.

Landhaus, "Hochried", Murnau/Staffelsee - Received the 'Apollodorus', and expresses his admiration, saying it will be the star of the Loeb Classical Library; they have not been in touch recently, he had a nervous breakdown lasting four years and has recently married Mrs. Hambuechen.

Perse School House, Glebe Road, Cambridge - Congratulates Frazer

Orchard Lawn, Winchester - Thanks him for his note; in reading 'Taboo and the Perils of the Soul' he has other examples of sympathetic magic: a lost nail from a cow's foot that needed to be found and stuck into some bacon as related by Cecil Torr in 'Small Talk at Wreyland'; a child born with a rupture healed by being passed through a split ash tree; and horseshoes that must be hung heels uppermost.

Accompanied by the envelope redirected from the Albemarle Club to the Midland Grand Hotel, London NW1.