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Salzburg, 27.7.16
Hotel Bristol
Dear Frau Andreas
I hasten to inform you that in view of the difficulties of this summer we have settled in this hotel for a prolonged stay. The attractions and comforts of this beautiful city, the good postal connections and food supply have caused us to give up that intimate contact with
nature which usually means so much to us. At the moment we are looking forward to the visit on leave of our son Ernst, in whom you noticed a resemblance to R. M. Rilke. The latter, whom I should like to congratulate on having regained his poetic freedom, made it quite clear to us in Vienna that ‘no lasting alliance can be forged with him’.7575 Cordial as he was on his first visit, we have not been able to persuade him to pay us a second.
As soon as I get back I will despatch the books you ask for (Holt's The Freudian Wish and putnam in the Psycho-Analytic Review), unless by that time (end of September) you let me know you have read them already—or that you will make the journey instead of the books.
I was of course very pleased by your friendly reception of Part I of the Lectures. I expect, however, that in Part II, on Dreams, you will soon find that I have not succeeded in maintaining this kind of preparatory, indirect approach, which educates rather than instructs the audience. While here I have started to draft the series of lectures on the theory of the neuroses and have already completed the first lecture. I should have felt sure of myself throughout my life if I could have been sure of my productive capacity at all times and in all moods. Unfortunately, this has never been the case. There have always been days in between when nothing would come and when I have been in danger of losing all ability to work and to struggle, owing to certain minor fluctuations in mood and physical health. A most unsuitable condition for one who is no artist and doesn't aim at being one.
Among all my books the Everyday Life is making the best career for itself. At the m