15 February 1923  42 York Terrace  London NW1

Dear Professor:

«IP4,0»I am glad to tell you that my health is definitely beginning to improve, and I hope that you are in an even better position in this respect.

I was glad to get a personal letter from Rank this week and, if he shews you my reply, I trust that you will both agree with Rickman's and my answer to the question he raised.«FN1.××Rank's letter is missing, but Jones's reply of 15 February 1923 contains a discussion about the issue of paying translators for their work; a recommendation that the «MDUL»Journal«MDNM» and Verlag share the costs of this is put forward. (Archives of the British Psycho‑Analytical Society, London.)»

Chance has brought me an unusual opportunity from which I hope to learn much.  An actively homosexual girl came to be analysed in December, both for her inversion and for neurotic symptoms.  Now her feminine partner, who lives with her, has also come.  They are both well‑educated and highly intelligent persons (in the early twenties), so you may imagine that the analytic work is specially interesting in such a conjuncture.

Practice has once more improved; one has only to wait in the bad times.  I wonder how much you have found it possible to make out of Money‑Kyrle?  What did you find to be the chief cause of his resistance against giving up his symptoms?

Our Society is, I am glad to say, distinctly improving in quality and we now have large meetings with good discussions.  Bryan is not moving forwards well and I should judge James Glover to be our best member.  Rickman is of course invaluable on the business side, though he needs constant supervision because of his impulsive judgement, but he does not seem to be very promising in scientific respects.  Mrs. Riviere has broadened much and has more interest than she had for theoretical questions.

My boy is a year old next week.  He has five teeth and is beginning to walk.  He seems to have a happier disposition than his sister, but they are both very dear and promising, and neither of them has yet had a day's illness.

With my affectionate regards to you,  yours always  Ernest Jones