Item 5-6 - Two letters from Henry Balfour to Lady Frazer

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Langley Lodge, Pullens Lane, Headington Hill, Oxford - In the letter of 9 Jan. he thanks her for the Frazer Lectures volume, and describes giving his lecture in Liverpool; his thoughts of publication; thinks the lecture administration is unorganised and hopes that Hutton will have more information; is surprised people ask her if they can be appointed to the lectureship; was interested in her account of the Torres Strait Expedition luncheon and references by others to Frazer as Master, a phrase from his own lecture; is happy for her to quote him in the prospectus [for 'Anthologia Anthropologica'?]; is impressed Frazer carries on despite blindness.
In the letter of 12 Jan. he thanks her for her letter, hopes she will be successful reorganising the Frazer lectures in Cambridge; he will hold up his MS until Cambridge decides what to do; was not at all worried about not being put up by the Vice Chancellor when he gave his lecture, as the Vice Chancellor was very friendly; will try to get in a word with Hutton; will miss the lecture as he has to be at a meeting of the R.G.S.; hopes to subscribe to 'Africa" ['Anthologia Anthropologica. The Native Races of Africa and Madagascar'], but has had to economise due to surgical, nursing, and R.G.S. expenses.