27 March 1916  69 Portland Court  London W

Dear Professor:

«IP4,0»Sach's Christmas card told me you had received my December letter.  Since then no news from anyone till today, when to my joy a postcard came from V. E. giving good news of you all and telling of Martin's change of fortune.  The best news is that Rank is still in Vienna,«FN1.××This was not so, see Freud's reply in the following letter.» and that Ferenczi is coming to B‑P.. Scarecly an hour of the day goes by without my thinking of you all.  I had hoped to see you next Christmas, but now I fear it will be twice as long as that; you spoke with right in your article of dieser ganz unübersehbaren Krieg!«FN1.××"This wholly unfathomable war."  Freud actually wrote: "dieses unabsehbaren Krieges."  See letter 211, "When we see each other again after the end of this unfathomable war..."»

The tide of war threatened to engulf me recently, as we have conscription now for single men under forty; but the War Office decided I was of more use to the Army at my present work than doing hospital duty in France.  I have 1O‑11 analyses a day (nearly all men), with 3 patients waiting, and besides that many consultations, society and committee meetings, lectures, etc.  There is no doubt that I am now solidly established in London, «MDUL»fest im Sattel«MDNM» [firmly in the saddle].  It is of course very hard work, but no one must complain in these times.  |×/ is far from dormant in England, and keeps spreading.  We have had several society discussions on it.  There is much opposition, but you know |×/ thrives on opposition.  Several other men besides myself are working seriously at it.  With all this experience I am of course learning daily most interesting things, and wish I had time to write more.  We are translating a collection of Rank's articles to make a book on dreams.«FN1.××"Studies in Dreams and Allied Topics" by Rank, as announced after the war in «MDUL»Journal«MDNM», 2(1921):149,  was planned, but not completed.»  Ferenczi's book is in the press.«FN1.××Jones (1916b).»  Payne has finished translating Pfister (with additions from him in the Vienna direction).«FN1.××Pfister (1913).»

Loe is moderately well, but Herbert has chronic bad health, owing to some undiscoverable deep‑seated abscess.  Lina is still with me, and I am as happy and contented as anyone can be in war time.  Trotter has written a book on "Herd Instinct in Peace and War" (with a flattering chapter on yourself),«FN1.××Trotter (1916), see "Comments on an Objective System of Human Psychology," in Trotter (1985, pp. 48‑63).» which I should send you if it were possible.  From Putnam I hear regularly, from Brill occasionally.  In America the "constructive analysis" of Zurich seems to flourish more than here, as perhaps you see from the |×/ «MDUL»Review«MDNM».  Jelliffe tells me he still cannot see the difference between the two schools!!

I wish I knew what was happening with regard to your Journals, whether there is any use in sending you material, etc.  It is eight months since I got a number.

I am glad to say that the feeling here is all against the Germans, not at all against the Austrians, and we read that this is reciprocated on the other side, which I hope is true.

Thank you for replying about the repression, which is now clear.«FN1.××Letter missing.»  It was a question of the wording on your side, which I think lends itself to misinterpretation in Jung's sense, but I am glad to be sure I had read you aright.

I hope Anna is quite well, and all of you.

With kindest thoughts  yours affectionately,  Ernest Jones.