Série 25 - Writings: 'Fasti' of Ovid to Freedom of the City of Glasgow

FRAZ/25 is the fourth of eight boxes of papers relating to J. G. Frazer's writings, arranged according to the date of the publication or creation of the works, dating from 1884 to 1938 (FRAZ/22-27).

FRAZ/25 consists of one box of papers relating to J. G. Frazer's books, speeches, and articles written from 1928 to 1939, arranged in chronological order of appearance. The Macmillan edition of 'Publii Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum Libri Sex, The Fasti of Ovid' and the Loeb Classical Library 'Ovid's Fasti' (Items 1-32), and the 4 volume 'Anthologia Anthropologica' (Items 49-97) are most fully represented here, by notes, drafts, specimen pages, letters, and cuttings.

The 20 letters to James or Lilly Frazer about the 'Fasti' include a letter from Benito Mussolini (Item 20). Item 59 is a typed copy of a letter by James Frazer written to R. R. Marett. A typescript list of invitees to the presentation of the Freedom of Glasgow provides a list of Frazer friends and acquaintances based mainly in Glasgow (Item 115).