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12 April 1910, Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
Why should I object to your publishing your child analysis separately? If I didn't do so with Little Hans and the Rat Man, it was for fear of cutting down on the sales of the Jahrbuch. The period in which that might be so must be over by now. Actually Deuticke never
asked me. The proofs of my contribution1 and of the Leonardo have not yet come. I presume Deuticke has written to you about converting the Jahrbuch into a bi-monthly; at the same time no doubt you have been told about the conflicting plan for an Adler-Stekel Zentralblatt. Perhaps you are considering your decision at this very moment.
I was sorry to hear that you have let Honegger go off. I hope it will not be for long and that your self-confidence will soon catch up with your new position; that will obviate a number of delicate situations. In less than a year, I believe, the world will show you who you are, and a wise man prepares for all eventualities. At last Wednesday's meeting of our Society2 I ceded the presidency to Adler. They all behaved very affectionately, so I promised to stay on as chairman of the scientific sessions. They are very much shaken, and for the present I am satisfied with the outcome of my statesmanship. Fair competition between Vienna and Zürich can only benefit the cause. The Viennese have no manners, but they know a good deal and can still do good work for the movement.
This evening I am expecting Prof. Modena of Ancona, a swarthy Judaeo-Italian. My week has been taken from me by an obligation, a contribution3 to a special number of a medical journal in honour of Königstein (60th birthday). I produced, or rather aborted, something about psychogenic disturbances of vision—poor, like everything I do to order. I have returned rather depressed from our lovely Diet of Nuremberg. Analysis [of my depression] leads far afield to the distress which the state of my daughter's health causes me—I have been trying in vain to replace he