Vol. XLIII (Pythagoras). (ff. i + 54). The symbols of Pythagoras and analogous customs. At. ff. 52b-54 is probably a draft of part of 'Some popular superstitions of the ancients', Folk-Lore, i (1890), pp. 145-171. includes: ff. 52b-54 Sir James George Frazer, OM; anthropologist: Anthropologica...
Vol. XLVI (F). (ff. ii + 68). Customs connected with fire, etc. (ff. 2-1O passim, 26); man-woman simulation, including couvade, and blood-covenant (ff. 27-44); the death of the god and scapegoat customs (ff. 49-51, 54-58b); birth customs (ff. 52-53). At ff. 5b-12 passim are drafts, etc., of 'The...
Vol. XLVII (N). (ff. ii + 62). Burial and mourning customs. At ff. 4-12 are drafts, etc., of 'On certain burial customs as illustrative of the primitive theory of the soul', The Journal of the Anthropological Institute, xv (1885), pp. 64-1O1 ; and at f. 62b is a list of chapter-titles headed 'Th...
Vol. XLVIII (O). (ff. iii + 29). Birth customs. Inserted (ff. i, ii) is a letter to Frazer from Frederic Seebohm, 10 Nov. 1888. includes: f. i Frederic Seebohm, historian: Letter to Sir J. G. Frazer: 1888.
Vol. XLIX (p). (ff. 16). Folk-lore in classical authors (ff. 2-4); hunting and fishing customs (ff. 5b-13); the protection of property (f. 14); pastoral customs (f. 15); justice (f. 16).