INTERNATIONAL PSYCHO‑ANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION

«IP0,0»                                 2O March 1923  London W1

Dear Professor,

«IP4,0»I have received your second letter about Lissa Kann and find it quite clear.  I enclose a copy of the instructions I have sent them and hope they are exactly according to your wish.

I was glad you liked my Communication on the Nature of Desire.«FN1.××Jones (1923c).»  There are hundreds of occasions to which one could respond by a similar paper, but I only permit myself to react very rarely, for otherwise it wastes so much time.

I am going to ask you a great favour, and an unusual one, namely whether you will be so good as to read through a paper of mine before I publish it.«FN1.××Jones (1923b).»  The reason is this: on exploring the subject of auto‑suggestion I find one could not avoid dealing with some of the fundamental questions about the mechanism of healing in both suggestion and psycho‑analysis.  It would of course be inadvisable for me to publish it if it contained any serious error on such an important matter, so perhaps I may feel justified in encroaching on your time to this extent.  The first part of the paper can be skimmed through rapidly, being mainly of historical interest; it is the last half dozen pages that matter.

Hiller arrived yesterday, but so far I have only been able to see him for a few minutes.

With my best thanks in anticipation,  Yours affectionately,  Ernest Jones