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- 23 Sept. 1901 (Creation)
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Highgarth, Gloucester - Doesn't feel they have enough evidence to say what the origin of totemism is; doesn't see a clear line between magic and religion; mentions Baldwin Spencer's letter which points in favour of Frazer's theory; asks if he has read [Jesse] Fewkes' article on the Owakülti Altar at Sichomovi Pueblo; agrees with Frazer about [Andrew] Lang's use of [Alfred] Howitt and [Henry] Roth; is surprised to hear the story about [E. B.] Tylor wishing to supress a chapter in Spencer and Gillen's book; agrees with Frazer about [Frank] Jevons' difficulty because he generalized too soon; will write to [George] Theal.
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A typescript copy of this letter is housed as Add.Ms.b.36.43.
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Published in Ackerman, Robert, ed. 'Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer'. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2005].
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- Hartland, Edwin Sidney (1848–1927) folklorist (Subject)
- Lang, Andrew (1844–1912), anthropologist (Subject)
- Theal, George MCall (1837-1919) South African historian (Subject)
- Spencer, Sir Walter Baldwin (1860–1929) Knight, biologist and anthropologist (Subject)
- Gillen, Francis James (1855-1912) Australian anthropologist and ethnologist (Subject)
- Howitt, Alfred William (1830–1908) anthropologist (Subject)
- Roth, Henry Ling (1855-1925) anthropologist (Subject)
- Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett (1832-1917) Knight, anthropologist (Subject)
- Jevons, Frank Byron (1858-1936) polymath and administrator at Durham University (Subject)
- Fewkes, Jesse Walter (1850-1930) American anthropologist and archaeologist (Subject)