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1, Brick Court, Middle Temple, E. C. - Discusses preferring Cowper to Addison; expresses dismay at reports that Germans in England have been treated poorly.

One double broadsheet of proof slips and one smaller broadsheet with a proof slips page, of isolated phrases and lines which have been corrected for the third edition. The double broadsheet is headed 'Golden Bough Mendings -- Parts I-VII' and carries an R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh ink stamp dated 11 Dec. 1914 and the single broadsheet is headed 'The Golden Bough -- Mendings' and carries an R. & R. Clark stamp dated 19 Mar. 1915.

War Office - Did not write as he had nothing to say she did not know; wrote R. Mond [Robert Mond?]; the Governors will meet and the affair will be dealt with.

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.

Parkside Works, Edinburgh - A letter of introduction for Lady Frazer, who has a book she wishes Buchan of T. Nelson & Sons to consider.

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.

With note at top in Frazer's hand, 'To be published in "Country Life." Proof sent to me (J.G.F.) by the Author, 18th Nov. 1915'

Bound volume with notes in Frazer's hand, additions of references to the second and third editions of 'The Golden Bough', and addenda to proofs; with addenda to the second edition of 'Psyche’s Task' and at the back, turned upside down and started from the back cover, 5 pages of 'Additions for the second edition of Adonis[, Attis, Osiris]'.

Manuscript drafts, all but one in Lilly Frazer's hand, corrected; one carries the title 'Villégiature' (Item 20), the others are untitled; all but one (Item 24) are in French.

Untitled draft in Lilly Frazer's hand, corrected.

One or two page drafts in Lilly Frazer's hand of 'Chez la Couturière', 'La fête du 14 Juillet', 'Un Five o'clock à Paris', 'Photographie par les rayons Roentgen', and 'Le Panier perdu'.

Printed items relating to three lectures given by Lilly Frazer: 6 copies of a printed booklet, 'Liverpool Teachers' Guild. Words of French Songs Illustrating Mrs. Groves' Lecture on French Nursery Rhymes. March 7, 1896' (Item 1), an advertisement for a lecture for the Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education in Leeds, entitled 'The Use of the Phonograph in Teaching Foreign Languages' dated 7 March 1906 (Item 4), and a programme for a lecture at the Perse Grammar School in Cambridge on 'The French Tricolor', dated 13 March 1906 (Item 5). Items relating to plays staged by and/or written by Lilly Frazer include a printed advertisement of 'Les Femmes Savantes' of Molière performed by Mrs. J. G. Frazer's French Dramatic Society at the Perse Grammar School (Item 6), a mechanical copy of an invitation to 'Les Femmes Savantes' (Item 7); mechanical copies of two programmes featuring scenes from Molière (Items 8 and 9, of which there are 6 copies), with notes by Lilly Frazer on the versos; 5 copies of a printed advertisement of Trois Scènes de Mrs. J. G. Frazer, 'Avant la Soirée', 'Pendant la Soirée', and 'Après la Soirée' of 29 Jan. 1903 (Item 2), and a programme 'For the benefit of the distressed Breton fisherfolk' of scenes by Mrs. J. G. Frazer and A.D. (Item 3).

Two manuscript drafts of plans in Lilly Frazer's hand for 'Le Chevalier du Guet' with a printed pamphlet 'Vieilles Chansons Françaises. Mises en Action par Mrs. J. G. Frazer' with manuscript note indicating that it was used for 'Le Chevalier du Guet'.

Manuscript draft in Lilly Frazer's hand, corrected, and carbon typescript draft, corrected.

1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E. C. - Describes the daily routine of quiet life at home.

T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd Publishers, 1 Park Road, Edinburgh - Asks if he is to visit Edinburgh, would like to spend time in the hills with him. Proposes a children's version of 'The Golden Bough', possibly written by Lilly and supervised by James.

50A, Albemarle Street, London - A letter of introduction for Lady Frazer, who has a proposal for an article on Verhaeren written by M. Loyson.

No. 1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, London - Thanks for the gift of Butler’s own 6 volume copy of Richard Hurd’s 'Works of Joseph Addison'.

248 So. 23rd Street, Philadelphia, Pa. - FRAZ/17/79: Thanks him for the Huxley Lecture on Deluge traditions, has sent him some reprints of his own articles, including one on the Langdon Tablet; also wrote a letter renewing the invitation from the American Committee for Lectures on the History of Religions and hasn't had a reply, wonders if it has 'become a victim to some dreadful submarine', and sends a carbon copy of the letter [FRAZ/17/78], dated 23 Jan. 1917, which lays out the proposal to deliver a course of lectures in seven or eight centers in the country, four or six lectures at a time, for $2500; a postscript in pencil suggests they should aim for the fall of 1918, for 'by that time the crisis will be near an end, if not over'.

Accompanied by the envelope with 'Opened by Censor' label and 'P.1977' written on each end of the label in blue pencil.

The Pines, Canford Cliffs, Dorset - Asks her, as translator of Chéradame's book, 'The PanGerman Plot Unmasked: Berlin's Formidable Peace-trap of "the Drawn War"', if it has been translated into Russian, and if it has been published in Scandinavia; wonders if Lady Frazer could induce Murray to bring out an abridged version; wonders if the book has had a large sale; fears 'we Allies may be fooled into flinging away much of what we have won at such terrible cost'.

Université de Paris, Faculté des Lettres - Was on the jury before whom Lilly Mary Grove defended her doctoral thesis on Robert Louis Stevenson and recommends her highly as a professor of French language and literature.

12 Kensington Court, London - Thanks her for the pretty little books; would like to write her a respectable letter in French but the French language is like a pretty woman in tall tiara and magnificent coiffure: one adores her, but one cannot, one dare not, embrace her because that will cause a 'catastrophe de toilette'.

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, E. C. - Declining an invitation to visit.

Corraith, Symington, by Kilmarnock [on mourning stationery] - The money has been lodged with the Royal Society, and invested as a War Loan until Roscoe's Expedition is ready to set out; the delay is unfortunate, but a wise one; his only son Logan died in Palestine in December, taking a Turkish position outside Jerusalem; asks what she thinks of Russia now, and the result of Socialism; the idea of Socialism is to prevent man from rising; sends her a copy of 'The Keeper's Book', suggests she read the Preface but not the Introduction, which would be a waste of time; he is only a common vulgar tradesman trying to make 'filthy lucre which the intellectuals claim to despise'.

Office of the Chief Rabbi, Mulberry St., Commercial Rd., E., London - Sends 'The Book of Jewish Thoughts for Jewish Soldiers and Sailors', which includes a selection from Frazer's writings; knows it will be helpful to brave young men at this time.

Accompanied by an envelope with notes on the letter by J. G. Frazer

Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire - Things are difficult in wartime: a lecture would be hard to arrange, the lack of motors means it would be hard to attend; suggests M. Loyson go direct to Birmingham; invites them to lunch or tea.

Holmleigh, West Road, Cambridge [on mourning paper] - Is sure the Council will agree to Frazer's proposal to dedicate a book ['Folk-lore in the Old Testament'] to the College; expects to move into the Lodge the next day.

Trinity Lodge - The Council has agreed to Frazer's proposal to dedicate a book ['Folk-lore in the Old Testament'] to the College.

Two captioned photographs of Akha men in native dress in the garden of a western house in Tibet [probably originally enclosed in a letter from P. Fraser to J. G. Frazer, dated April 28, 1918 in Add.Ms.c/56/91].

Typescript corrected.