Item 39 - Letter from Henry Jackson to J. G. Frazer

Aldourie, Bournemouth - Thanks him for the GB; thanks him for the letter of Nov. 18, reporting the success of his efforts on behalf of Spencer and Gillen, and for the letter of Dec. 6 acknowledging his pamphlet on the Eumedian Ethics, written in order to pay a compliment to [Franz] Susemihl, and mentioning that [Solomon] Schechter would be visiting Bournemouth, but he missed him; saw him once or twice during Robertson Smith's illness, but did not become acquainted, and will accept his introduction; is glad to hear Mrs Frazer's health has improved in Rome, and the discoveries in the Forum are most interesting, especially the confirmation of his theory about the perpetual fire, and asks about the current thinking on the location of the Temple of Vesta; his friend H. M. Plowden has gone 'completely off his head' according to F. Brandt; College news: the dividend is £200, the M.C. [Henry Montagu Butler] is in better health by living quietly, a committee has been appointed to consider the College statutes; in the university [William] Ridgeway has made an uncalled for attack on Walter Leaf, a pity as not everyone knows what Ridgeway is capable of; his wife is 'still immovable in bed.