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30 August 1930
Grundlsee
Dear Jones,
I fully agree with you concerning McCord's review, and also hoped that you would revise it. If you refer to my letter, I only asked you not to tone the review down; I did not have a single word of praise for it.
The Goethe Prize caused much uproar in Germany. Anna represented me in Frankfurt,1 tells me that the ceremony was very dignified, and that the people there express respect and sympathy for analysis. I do not think that this surprising episode will have further consequences, either for the Nobel Prize or for the general attitude toward analysis in Germany. On the contrary, I would not be surprised if, after this unexpected letdown, the resistance thrust forward with renewed force.
I read the book by Axel Munthe in Tegel; it seemed to me to be fiction and truth, the first component having the higher percentage. I did not hear his name in Paris (1885/6, which proves nothing; Charcot died in 1894).
I am sorry that you too are bothered with prostheses, but I would not want to allow comparisons, for your sake.
If possible I should like to extend our stay here into September. It is very nice and (not yet?) too hot. The Laforgues are supposed to be coming today.
Cordially to you and all yours.
Freud
Freud's address in acceptance of the prize was read by Anna Freud on 28 August (Freud, 1930e).