J G Frazer to Howitt 12 Feb 1905

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You can hardly expect to
learn anything from reviews,
at least reviews written in
England, for there is no one
here who knows your tribes
at first hand, and few even
of those who read about them
seem to understand what
they read. Yet you and
Spencer write plainly enough.
But the human capapcity
for misunderstanding the
plainest statements is
unlimited. Did you see
the gross misrepresentations
of your views (by Lang) in
the review in the Athenaeum?
That paper seems to me
to go from bad to worse.

My paper on the
beginnings of religion in

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Document Details

Date 12-Feb-05
Letter From Frazer, James George
Letter To Howitt, Alfred William
Author
Country England
Colony/State
Holding Institution State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
Registration Number MS9356/54
Medium Letter
Region
Locality Cambridge
Summary MS 9356 [Series] General correspondence with anthropologists. [Sub Series] James George Frazer to A. W. Howitt [Item Title] Letter from James George Fraser to A.W. Howitt. [Summary note] Trinity College, Cambridge. 5 pages. 1905 February 12. Box 1049 [Folder] 6(b) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description Handwritten in ink.