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27 March 1916
69 Portland Court, London
Dear Professor,
Sach's Christmas card told me you had received my December letter. Since then no news from anyone till today, when to my joy a postcard came from V. E. giving good news of you all and telling of Martin's change of fortune. The best news is that Rank is still in Vienna,1 and that Ferenczi is coming to B-P.. Scarcely an hour of the day goes by without my thinking of you all. I had hoped to see you next Christmas, but now I fear it will be more than twice as long as that; you spoke with right in your article of dieser ganz unübersehbaren Krieg!2
The tide of war threatened to engulf me recently, as we have conscription now for single men under forty; but the War Office decided I was of more use to the Army at my present work than doing hospital duty in France. I have 10-11 analyses a day (nearly all men), with 3 patients waiting, and besides that many consultations, society and committee meetings, lectures, etc.. There is no doubt that I am now solidly established in London, fest im Sattel [firmly in the saddle]. It is of course very hard work, but no one must complain in these times. ψα is far from dormant in England, and keeps spreading. We have had several society discussions on it. There is much opposition, but you know ψα thrives on opposition. Several other men besides myself are working seriously at it. With all this experience I am of course learning daily most interesting things, and wish I had time to write more. We are translating a collection of Rank's articles to make a book on dreams.3 Ferenczi's book is in the press.4 Payne has finished translating Pfister (with additions from him in the Vienna direction).5