J. G. Frazer to Howitt 23 October 1906

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reason for this was to prevent
the possibility of any suspicion or
insinuation that the papers had
been in any way altered by me
in manuscript or proof. I
have also sent to the secretary the
prefatory note (enclosed in your
last letter) which you wish prefixed
to your fourth paper. In his
reply the Secretary (Mr H S
Kingsford) tells me that your
papers arrived too late for reference
to the Editorial Committee last
session, but that they will be
submitted to the next meeting
of the committee on October 30th.
Their acceptance is, I take it, a
mere matter of form. I have
recommended that they should
all be printed together in one
number of the Journal. This
will be more effective for your
purpose, and will prevent the
controversy from dragging on
for years, as it would do if