Brief von Ernest Jones, 5. April 1923, London1

Dear Friends:

Having taken a few days holiday at Easter, I am late with my Rundbrief, I think for the first time. I have received the letters from Be March 17 and April 1; from W March 18, and from Budapest March 17. I never got the Bu letters of Feb. 15 or March 1, so if there was anything in these for me would you, my dear Sándor, please repeat it.

I am not enthusiastic about the Vienna proposal to diminish the frequency of the letters still further, for they are so valuable in my opinion, but agree with Berlin that we can make the experiment for a time.

The only activity from here is about the Press, and as the new regime with Cape2 starts only this week there is nothing very definite to report. This month we shall give them Nr 3 of the Journal, and the first volume of the Sammlung kl. Schr. to print.

A few copies of my Essay have appeared at last.3 Would it be possible for you, my dear Otto, to intercept these in Vienna and have copies sent to the members of the Committee, thus avoiding the expense and delay of a detour round London?

Frink is showing most gratifying signs of activity, I am glad to say. He is organizing an abstracting committee for American work. Delgado sent me a message on his way through London, but I unfortunately missed seeing him.

Berlin. I was delighted, my dear Karl, to hear that you were accepting the Oxford invitation, and am writing separately to you about the details. We should have an agreeable time together.

I have just received from Otto the proofs of the Swiss report, and am astonished at their length, even if they are for a whole year. Do you think it wise to cut down editorially such windy reports? I notice that the Hungarians have now gone to the other extreme.

Budapest. Your question, my dear Sándor, makes me think that you read my remark as if the »criticism« was intended in an adverse sense. I meant