FRAZ/12 consists of three boxes containing material relating primarily to the Macmillan edition of the 'Fasti' of Ovid, spanning the dates 1926-1931. These are primarily galley proofs for the Commentary in the Macmillan edition, most of them stamped 'First Proof' and carrying date stamps and corrections in Frazer's hand. Many are accompanied by the envelopes they were originally sent in. Proofs for Book III are missing. Proofs for Book V include notes for a lecture on the Argei given at Queens' College, Cambridge 1 Mar., 1926.
Proof starting with part of note 347 and continuing to the end. Stamped 'First Proof' and carrying R. & R. Clark Ltd. date stamps from 16 May to 12 Sept., 1927, with corrections in Frazer's hand.
Full first page proof of Book II. Stamped 'First Proof' and carrying R. & R. Clark Ltd. date stamps from 12 Sept. to 3 Nov. 1927, with corrections in Frazer's hand. With the manuscript draft in J. G. Frazer's hand of notes 576-601. Accompanied by 3 envelopes addressed to Frazer at Queen Anne's Mansions, St. James Park, London.
Full first galley proofs for Book IV, with corrections in Frazer's hand. Stamped 'First Proof' and carrying R. & R. Clark Ltd. date stamps from 9-24 Aug. 1928. Accompanied by 14 envelopes addressed to Frazer at Queen Anne's Mansions, St. James Park, London.
Galley proofs for Book IV, with corrections in Frazer's hand. One set stamped 'First Proof' and carrying R. & R. Clark Ltd. date stamps from 4-9 Aug. 1926. With two sets of a proof dated 20 Feb. 1926, one with Frazer's correction that it should be Book V, note 621, and another set marked up and corrected together with an opening ms. page indicating it was used for a lecture, and an envelope indicating that the lecture on the Argei was given at Queens' College, Cambridge 1 Mar. 1926. Accompanied by one other envelope addressed to Frazer at Queen Anne's Mansions, St. James Park, London.
Full first galley proofs for Book VI, with corrections in Frazer's hand. Stamped 'First Proof' and carrying R. & R. Clark Ltd. date stamps from 9 Aug.-6 Sept. 1928. Accompanied by 11 envelopes addressed to Frazer at Queen Anne's Mansions, St. James Park, London.
The last four pages of the second galley proof of Book VI, undated.
Two copies of specimen pages.
Two copies of the prospectus.
First page proof and second page proof of the introduction, corrected in J. G. Frazer's hand, dated 4-7 May 1931 of the Loeb Classical Library edition of 'Ovid's Fasti'.
FRAZ/13 consists of two boxes of partial galley proofs for the Loeb and Macmillan editions of the 'Fasti' of Ovid and related photographs, spanning the dates [1901?]-1926. The Loeb edition was well underway with proofs being reviewed when production stopped after reaching an agreement with Macmillan in 1926. Macmillan agreed to publish a 5 volume set with extensive notes and commentary; after two years had elapsed, Loeb agreed to publish a one volume edition as part of the Loeb Classical Library, using no more than 50 pages of notes from the Macmillan edition.
Two sets of partial first proofs, with corrections by J. G. Frazer and with typesetters marks, undated.
Partial second proofs, heavily corrected, with stamps dated 2 November 1923.
Proof of the text and translation only: an early proof, undated, of pp. 1-8, with corrections.
The Macmillan edition is represented by proofs of the text and translation only: three sets of varying completeness stamped 'First Proof' and dated April-September 1926 with only a few corrections: pp. 17-32 (Item 5); two sets of pp. 65-102 (Items 6-7); and another of pp. 9-148 (Item 8).
43 photographs, including images of statuary, coins, and men posing next to walls and physical remains. These images do not appear to have been used in the editions of the 'Fasti'. Accompanied by an envelope addressed to J. G. Frazer at Inch-ma-Home, Adams Road, Cambridge with postmark 'Jul 01'. The first image depicts a bust in profile accompanied by caption, 'Fotografie di oggetti asportati nel 188. Dagli scavi del tempio di Diana Nemorensis offerte in omaggio ali [recte agli] autori di Golden Bough da Giacomo Boni'.
FRAZ/14 consists of one box containing 38 letters addressed to Lilly Frazer on J. G. Frazer's award of the Order of Merit in 1925 [see also letters to J. G. Frazer on the award, FRAZ/4], and 53 letters addressed to J. G. Frazer relating to Frazer's translation of Ovid's "Fasti" dated 1923-1930. The letters to Lilly Frazer are arranged alphabetically, with the exception of the letter from Pauline de Broglie, which was previously unidentified, and which is filed at the end of the run before one letter that remains unidentified.
Letters 36-87 relate to the publication of Frazer's translation of Ovid's 'Fasti', which appeared first as a five volume set published by Macmillan in 1929, and then, per an agreement reached in February 1926, as a one volume version for the Loeb Classical Library published in 1931. There are three subgroups within these letters: items 36-52 relate to the research done for the commentary, items 53-69 relate to the publishers' agreements; and items 70-87 are letters to libraries relating primarily to reproductions of the manuscripts of the 'Fasti'.
Blind stamp of the Athenaeum, Liverpool - Offers congratulations to both.
3 Rue du Boccador (VIIIe) - Thanks her for telling him about Frazer's award and congratulates them; suggests that giving Reinach a copy of F.L.A.T. ['Folklore dans l'Ancien Testament'] will be more official and will result in a mention in the report of the Académie [des Inscriptions].
The Loke House, West Road, Cambridge - Offers congratulations, apologises for not calling in person.
usual address, All Souls College, Oxford - Congratulates them, is sorry to have missed them on their last visit to Oxford.
3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, S.W.3. - Congratulates Lady Frazer.
18 Well Walk, Hampstead, N.W.3. - Congratulates the Frazers; was sorry to miss them when they were in London, they were away for Christmas, the family all in different places; will be freer after her son sits his examinations, teachers say he is gifted, particularly in composition.
Strasbourg - Wishes them a happy new year, agrees that Christmas and New Year's Day are sad without children around, notes that Lilly's children are far away; she has a very bright nephew who should have his qualities developed, but fears that will not happen, she meets him rarely; congratulates them on the honour; received a copy of 'Folklore dans l'Ancien Testament'; 'The Golden Bough' gave her much pleasure; thanks them also for the cutting of a review; she will ask M. Dupuy to speak about the folklore book next the next time it is possible; her mother joins her in salutations to them.
White Gates, East Molesley, Surrey - Congratulates Lilly, as 'the wife is more often the one who is the gladdest for her husband's sake' on behalf of M. Gennadius and herself.
Delamere, Skegness - Congratulates the Frazers, hopes she will not forget her friend, will be in Skegness until 3 February and thence to London; it feels as if in her life there is no past, only a tumultuous present.
Guthrie Lodge, Albert Road, Clifton - Congratulates the Frazers.
The Quarterly Review, 50A Albemarle Street, London, W.1. - Congratulates the Frazers.
Trinity College, Cambridge - Is pleased to hear the news; will be away until the 9th; Professor [James?] Ward was run down by a motor the other day but Lewis hopes he has received no serious injury.
Cavendish Corner, Cambridge - Thanks her for her good wishes, sends her own, expects Lilly will rejoice much more than does Sir James.