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26 September 1908
85 Bloor St. East, Toronto
Dear Professor Freud,
Well, here I am landed in my new country which I like very much so far.
At present I am busy trying to pass medical examinations, for I am excused from only the Primary one in spite of our Imperialistic bombast. I have been warmly welcomed by Clarke, the Professor of Psychiatry,1 who knows a little of your work and is eager to know more. He has promised me a university appointment and also one in the new psychiatry clinic, which will be open in two years and of which he will be the head.2 In the meantime I am to work at hysterical cases in his asylum.
The town is very charming. It has a Deutscher Verein, which I am joining; amongst the most active members is Kirschmann, Professor of Psychology.3 Do you happen to know him?
I am now going to ask of you a favour. A friend of mine in England has conceived the wish to translate Die Ursachen der Nervosität and asked me to introduce him to Stekel.4 I haven't Stekel's address by me, and I