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Berggasse 19,
Vienna IX,
6.3.1910
Dear Dr Pfister,
The news that you will be unable to come to Nuremberg is a disappointment to me, particularly as our Swiss plans are in the melting pot, first because we are unable to settle on a place, and secondly because I have to spend from July 15 to August 15 at Karlsbad. So I am quite upset.
Can you not send something from your prolific output for the essays on applied psychology? I am quite prepared to accept the Zinzendorf,1 without being intimidated by the homosexuality, if it does not exceed five or six signatures in length (about the length of Gradiva). You already know that I want to keep the collection serious and not bellettristic. Please see what you can do for me. I have the feeling that my friends are not giving enough support to this enterprise.
I am now writing a paper on Leonardo da Vinci for the same collection, based on a single childhood phantasy that the man unsuspectingly allowed to come down to us. It will cause plenty of offence, but I write really only for a small circle of friends and followers.
Please also let me know on a postcard whether you have in your possession a copy of the Theory of Sexuality,2 which has been out of print for a long time. It has now appeared in a