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202A
Berlin
2 April 1914
Dear Professor,
Yesterday I sent off to Hitschmann the contributions to the Jahrbuch that had come in to me and asked the latecomers to send their manuscripts direct to Hitschmann to save time. I did not really need to look through these manuscripts, because they came from our most reliable collaborators (Jones,1 Sachs,2 Ferenczi3). My manuscript has a rather variegated look, part hand-written, part typed. But I had no time to do it better. I shall have to polish it further when the proofs are corrected. I think we ought to ask Sadger to shorten his review of Stekel's work; there is no point there in writing so many words. I have not written to him about it myself, because I wanted to hear your opinion first.
Now, to your two manuscripts. I have already written to you about the “History”. I have read it over and over again and have increasingly come to see how important a weapon it is. After giving it much thought, I have also come to the conclusion that everything personal should stay as it is. There is only one expression that I would like to have changed. You say about Adler how much he complained about your persecution. I am afraid this word might cause harm. A. will protest against being