J. G. Frazer to Miss Howitt 18 February 1909

<
Page 1 of 4
>

Transcription - Page 1

18 February 1909

Dear Miss Howitt
I have to apologise to you for
not having informed you that on
receiving from you Dr Howitt's
"Message to Anthropologists" I
at once forwarded it to Mr van
Gennep
, who promised to publish
it in his review. The "message" was
accordingly published in the last
number of the Revue des Etudes
Ethnographiques et Sociologiques,
which appeared only about [ten days - crossed out] a week
ago. Before this letter [was- crossed out] reaches
you, I hope that you will have
received offprints of the article for
distribution. The reason why the
article was returned to you was
that it was insufficiently addressed,
the name of the place (Clamart)
where Mr van Gennep lives having

<
Page 1 of 4
>

Document Details

Date 18-Feb-09
Letter From Frazer, James George
Letter To Howitt, May
Author
Country England
Colony/State
Holding Institution State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
Registration Number MS9356/59
Medium Letter
Region
Locality Liverpool
Summary MS 9356 [Series] General correspondence with anthropologists. [Sub Series] James George Frazer to May Howitt [Item Title] Letter from James George Fraser to May Howitt. [Summary note] Holly Lee, Livingston Drive South, Liverpool. 3 pages. 1909 February 18. Box 1049 [Folder] 6(b) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated.