Vienna, January 1, 1909
IX., Berggasse 19

Dear colleague,

My first writing of the new year goes to you amid hearty congratulations.

Marcuse1 has replied with a refusal. He supposedly has so much material since the merger that he cannot commit himself to publication on a certain date. I had specified April as such.

Now, the question arises whether you want to try it with Marcuse by giving him a later date of May or June, or whether you wish for me to turn to Bresler on your behalf, or whether you renounce your well-deserved priority and even so prefer publication in the second half-volume along with my big paper. I await your decision.2

We are very well here. Jung sends his regards.

With the news from Messina3 you must certainly have thought about