Oct.12. 1920.

Dear Friends:

As Vienna has changed its day to Thursday, the day chosen for London,
I had better change to Tuesday so as to preserve an even distribution.

(1). At the annual Business meeting of our society last night the recomm-
endations noted in (1.) of my last letter were adopted. In the secret ballot
for the re-election of associate members Dr Jago was black-balled by two
votes and so was not re-elected; it is perhaps unfortunate, for although he
had no good character, he was seriously working at Psa and is now being ana-
lysed by Flügel. I expounded the financial state of the Press, which prod-
uced some consternation, and it was agreed to have a general meeting next
Friday chiefly taken up with a discussion of what can be done to remedy mat-
ters; we shall surely get some subscriptions, but I don't know how much.

(2) To Prof. Freud. The meeting was consulted as to their views about the
assistant editors and I was asked to transmit them to you, a unanimous vote
for Bryan and Flügel, with which I fully agree and therefore commend to you.

(3) I interviewed the Hirschfeld Brothers this afternoon, who made a good
impression as to their interest in Psa, seemed agreeable to the idea of buying
our stock of books and making themselves known as purveyors of Psa literat-
ure, and are to inspect the stock tomorrow and quote a price for it.

(4) Karl Hermann Voitel, a medical student, has written from Leipzig to

the following effect: Die Gesellschaft für psychoanalytische Forschung zu
Leipzig, die am Anfang vorigen Jahres mit Unterstützung Prof. Freud's gegrün-
det wurde, möchte in die Internat. Psa Vereinigung als deren Ortsgruppe
Leipzig aufgenommen werden. Da die Mitglieder aber meist Studenten sind, denen
es bei der jetzigen Finanzlage unmöglich ist, beide Vereinszeitschriften
zu halten und einen grösseren Betrag für die Zentralleitung aufzubringen,
so bitten wir deshalb um Korperative Aufnahme". I know nothing of this group
and beg for information from Prof. Freud and the Berlin members, also for
suggestions as to possible alterations of our financial rules in case the
society is a genuine one. Is there no known analyst at Leipzig? I am not
answering the letter until I get your replies.

(5) To Abraham. De Saussure was present at the Congress and Flournoy has
recently sent an article to the Zeitschrift. Do you suggest that we make
overtures to the other Geneva pseudo-analysts (Claparède, etc), who have re-
fused to join the Swiss group? Perhaps you will discuss the details with
Sachs who is the best informed and write to me further. I have written to
Claparède asking for an exchange between his Archives and our Journal, but
have as yet got no answer. With Delgado I am also in connection. Note-paper
for the Vereinigung is being printed and will be sent in about a week's time.

(6) To Rank. I hope you will try to keep any event. Italian Zeitschrift
in the hands of the Verlag, just as the English Journal. I gravely doubt if
the time is yet ripe in Italy for a journal, and fear that if one is given
out by an Italian publisher it will soon be full of wild analysis. What do
you think of the chance of a Romance Journal (combined French, Italian, Span-

ish), or of one in French only, since all Italians and Spaniards read French?
Personally I think we had better wait a couple of years and content our-
selves with translations for the present.

(7) I think the two suggestions of Rank's excellent, that we have an annual
international discussion on the same theme, provided we find a suitable one,
especially for the purposes of publication, and that we adopt the Oedipus
sign for all official papers; I beg him to send me materials for the latter
purpose, for it would be better that we use the same sample of sign.

(8) Pfister has promised me not to support Tannenbaum further in any way,
but unfortunately had already sent him a short article.

New Literature, which will be reviewed in the J.

Dr Bousfield. The Elements of Practical Psycho-Analysis. (Kegan Paul, 10/6)
André Tridon. Psychoanalysis. Its History, Theory & Practice. (Kegan Paul, 10/6)
(An American lay analyst, rather Jungian; Bousfield’s book
is also not good and written only for advertisement).

Tansley. The New Psychology. (Allen & Unwin).
Macpherson. The Psychology of Persuasion (Methuen).
Dr Constance Long. The Psychology of Dreams (Baillière, Tindall & Cox). Jung.
Varendonck. The Psychology of Day Dreams. (Allen & Unwin).
Forster. Studies in Dreams. (Allen & Unwin).
Kimmins. Children’s Dreams. (Longmans). (Great material).
Heckel. La névrose d’angoisse. (Masson, Paris). Poor.

Two good American books on ethnology concern themselves with Psa (Lowie,
Primitive Society; Boni & Liewright. Schleiter. Religion & Culture,
Columbia University Press), as do numerous new books on psychopathology,
e.g. Geikie Cobb, Manual of Neurasthenia; Functional Nervous Diseases,
edited by Crichton Miller (where McDougall insists on the Viennese rights
to the name psycho-analysis), etc, etc.

With cordial greetings

Ernest Jones