B.S. (Melbourne) to J.G. Frazer, 1902-08-19

 
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File 47 (3)
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Replies to J.G. Frazer (Cambridge) to B.S. (14-Jul-1902), which has now arrived.

More criticism of Crawley and Westermarck.

More about the existence of 'religion' among Australian natives. The fallibility of the 'All-Father' theory - 'Sooner or later people will see that you are in the main right'.

Howitt may be in danger of using unreliable evidence for his book.

The errors of Powell's views on totemism and exogamy.

The danger of confusion in American ethnologists terminology.

A successful lecture in the Melbourne Town Hall.

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