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Vienna, November 22, 1896
Dearest Wilhelm,
The first person to whom I am writing from my new quarters is you, to thank you for your letter and Frau Ida for what she sent. I must assume that she liked doing this work, because one could not explain in any other way why she did it. In return, a little piece of news which should please you, but about which I do not know two things: whether it is true, and whether it is news to you. Little it is not. A colleague who wanted to buy your book at Deuticke's was told by him that it is out of print and he [the colleague] told it to my brother. It sounds so unbelievable that I reserve a disclaimer until tomorrow. If you hear nothing tomorrow, then it is so after all.
I hope you do not take it as a damper if I do not in the least restrain my anger about other things I heard. One of the nicest people in Breuer's circle expressed the opinion to me that the 28- and 23-day