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26 August 1930
The Plat, Elsted
Dear Professor,
I was glad to see your handwriting. Only yesterday I heard from Eitingon the excellent news of the Goethe Prize, at which I was greatly joyed. Best congratulations, and may it give a stimulus to the lagging Swedes!
I was not so enthusiastic about MacCord's [McCord's] review of Healy as you are. Of course I share your opinion about the gentleman, but it should be possible to put him in his place without betraying so much lack of personal self-control. I shall have to edit MacCord, in his own interest, but will of course bear in mind your instructions.
I hope your long stay in Berlin was well worth while. Last month I acquired a dental ‘prothese’ and the minor discomforts and re-adjustments connected with it helped me to realise more fully how much you must have been plagued in these last years.
You do not appear to have got a letter from me, early in July, in which I asked if you had already got a fascinating book by Axel Menthe (‘San Michele’). I presume you have, but if not I should like to send you a copy.
With the exception of a few days in Wales my holidays have been spent in Sussex, where a wonderful rose-garden and a very charming new baby have been the chief sources of interest to us. I say ‘have been’, for alas I return to work at the end of this week. The holidays were also broken by