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1003 Seestrasse, Küsnach-Zürich, 13 December 19101
Dear Professor Freud,
I have postponed my answer so as to give you time to come to terms with Bleuler. I take it that you have now reached agreement. Any day between Christmas and New Year will suit me. Only not New Year's Day. I would like if possible a few days' rest in the mountains at Sylvester.2
I am greatly looking forward to Munich, where the Schreber will play a not unimportant role. I hope my hands won't be empty either, though unfortunately I cannot bring my manuscript3 along with me. For one thing it has still to be copied out, and for another it is only the first half. The earlier lecture I sent you4 has been vastly expanded. Moreover the second half, the so-called drama of Chiwantopel,5 has proved to be so rich in archaeological material that I haven't yet been able to put everything in order. I have still a lot more reading to do, so that I can publish the second half only in the summer issue.6 It seems to me, however, that this time I have hit the mark, or nearly so, as the material is falling into a surprising pattern. Too much shouldn't be revealed yet. But be prepared for some strange things the like of which you have never yet heard from me. I have thoroughly revised