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69 Tiemann Place, New York - Is writing a book on the ancient Greek world and asks Frazer to contribute a short essay on the influence of the ancient Greeks on the modern world.

One of a set of eight testimonial letters printed when Frazer was an applicant for the Chair of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen: notes his excellence is not because of training in an English Public School but because of his own work and love of learning; his dissertation for the fellowship was 'masterly'. Accompanied by a duplicate.

Association Guillaume Budé, 157 Boul. Saint-Germain, Paris - Announces he has been proposed, with Rudyard Kipling, as docteur honoris causa of the Université de Paris; it is not yet official and he should consider the communication confidential.

10, Wood Lane, Highgate, London, N.6. - On Christmas Day received a number of letters from Cambridge field workers, detailing disintegration of ancient social order in Nepal, hope of contact with the Lawa in Siam, and the importance of the divine king in Africa; has received the Frazer lectures volume and admires it: he says that caustic commentators declared the anthropologists did not understand Rivet's French but thought it beautiful, and the French students understood his French and thought his anthropology wonderful, whereas he enjoyed both.

A calculation of the lifespans of the descendants of Adam, with an invitation to 'make any use of the distressing discovery that you please' [perhaps for Trevelyan's poem "The Deluge"?]

Originally enclosing a letter for Julian which arrived that morning. Will arrive in Paris at 5.40 pm; Julian need not meet him at the station, and he will go straight to the [Hotel] Londres.

Bout of influenza in the locality, J H Monk to should appoint a secretary

Karnak Playhouse & Rainforest Sanctuary - Parts of his letter was read at the tribute to Tony [Shaffer], with Bille Brown, Grandfather Morning Owl [James Barnett], Jason Connery, and Jeremy Johnson, and encloses newspaper clippings about the tribute; discusses Ms Capece's claims about her affair with Tony, says that in 1999 Tony was totally incapacitated; doesn't believe Tony wrote the book ['So What Did You Expect?'], 'not at all his real style'.

Thanks him for the tickets to 'Amadeus' and admires the play.

Enclosing typescript copy of article from the Morning Post, 8. Oct. 1914, ‘Undergraduate Despatch Rider: Adventures of a Motor Cyclist [i.e. her son Cecil]’, and typescript copy extracts from a letter by her.

[On headed notepaper for 40 Ennismore Gardens, SW]. Thanks his parents for their letters. Mr Arnold is 'getting much better'; Robert has been working with him for the last week on his Greek and Latin Prose. Robert's mother asked in her last letter when she could next visit; asks his father to tell her that Mr Arnold will not be well enough for about a fortnight, and Robert will let her know when he has recovered sufficiently. G[eorge] is 'getting on very well'. Has just finished reading a book called The Carved Cartoon [by Austin Clare] about the plague and fire of London. Is glad Charlie has returned to school and is all right.

Trinity College Cambridge - Standing for chair of Greek at new University College at Cardiff, recommended by Jackson, no chance of Trinity Fellowship next Year.

(The Clarendon Press, Oxford?)—Refers to the date of Greg’s edition of The Assumption of the Virgin.

(Conclusion only.)

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Transcript

The case of The Assumption of the Virgin is an odd one. The title page has the date 1915, but in fact it was published in January 1916, and our catalogues have kept the later date against the title page. Such are the woes of bibliographers!

Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Sisam

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Typed, except the signature. The top part of the sheet has been torn neatly away.

Trin Coll: - Briefly describes documents in the letter-writer's office concerning the Royal visits in the 17th and early 18th centuries.

Wishes to be treated as a friend, deplorable how low Gladstone will stoop, hopes for the return to power of the Whigs

Asks for clarification on the meaning of 'Experimental Psychology', and expresses the wish that his name not appear on the reception committee if the phrase is intended to be associated with telepathy at the 'proceedings of the Congress'. Mentions Gurney and Myers as being active 'in connexion with the inquiries indicated'. States that, on the other hand, the phrase is associated with physio-psychology, he should be very happy to have his name joined with those of 'Bain, [Sills], Croom Robertson' and others named by Sidgwick.

1 p. letter about the collation of a book, with notes on verso and note at top that it was answered by CBH [Cecil Baldwin Hurry].

Refers to Hare and claims that he is 'an entirely suitable person for a distinction of honour'. Mentions his presence in the public service. Concludes by writing 'I suppose we do not meet tonight in the P. E. Club.'