Item 87 - Letter from W. A. Squire to J. G. Frazer

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Add. MS c/60/87

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Letter from W. A. Squire to J. G. Frazer

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  • 3 July 1896 (Creation)

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West Maitland, N.S.W. - Sends him a copy of his ['Ritual, Myth, and Customs of the Australian Aborigines, a Short Study in Comparative Ethnology'] and indicates that while it is a popular work, there is some information which is new: sacrifice at the Bora Ceremony, the Barwon legend of the creation and notes about cave paintings and art of the 'aborigines'; asks for advice on further writing and publishing.

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      A typescript copy of this letter is housed as Add.Ms.b.37/219.

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      Frazer's docket on the envelope, in his hand 'W. A. Squire, answered Aug. 26.96. sent him Dr H. R. Mill's letter of 26 Aug.'

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