L.4./Be.3, Bu.3, W.3.
Feb. 1st. 1921.

Dear Friends:

My letter of Jan. 21 was wrongly numbered L.2 instead of 3.

Budapest: We all, I am sure, sympathise with your sentiments about Toni
v. Freund, and condole especially with you, my dear Ferenczi, at the absence of 
such a good friend.

I have sent you the Nov. number of the Proceedings of the S.P.R. containing 
the telepathy communication, and hope it has arrived safely. The Lévy matter
is also attended to some time ago, and I have written to him explaining the
delay.

I agree with you about selling Kolnai’s book to another firm, and should like
to hear from Rank what are his objections to doing this. I should like to see
the Canadian cuttings you speak of, and suppose they will go the round.

I note the Congress vote of your group. Oberholzer tells me he fully expects
a large majority of the Swiss group will vote likewise, but they have not
yet met. From Holland nothing as yet.

Berlin. To begin with, my congratulations to Abraham on his novel and inter-
esting contribution on the number three. I cannot yet confirm it from my
analyses, but it occurs to me that your discovery may throw light on the fact
that the triangle three is sometimes female and sometimes male, both when op-
posed (as in the Hexalpha, Solomon’s seal, etc) and when interwoven (e.g. the

the shield of David) – though it is true that in these cases the hollow con-
taining form of the triangle is a determining factor. I am assuming that the
symbolism in Abraham’s sense is female (Jekels: shape of the organ). Of course
you will publish your note in the Z.

Wien. I agree with your excellent idea of omitting from the British Reports
the references to finance and have written to ask Hiller to do the same in
the English version. The Rundbrief concerning Reik was sent off last week.

Many thanks to both Wien & Berlin for the information about Strömme.
I was glad to hear of the Bernfeld solution, and hope it will be possible.
The letter to Brill, with the directness and lucidity that only Professor
can command, will surely provoke a reaction on Brill’s part. It is hard to 
predict which, but I imagine it will be a long letter of complaints and re-
proaches. If I were in his place and felt hurt, I would cross to Europe to
talk it out, which is the only satisfactory solution.

You may be sure that I shall deal firmly with Mackenzie, a true Scot, and
others of his kind. It is characteristic of him that his affairs with me
should be dealt with between Pfister and Rank; he adds cowardice to meanness.

I was glad to hear of Rank’s literary undertaking, and should be glad to
know some details about size etc. We have missed his writings long enough.

London. I beg the three Presidents to send Flügel the exact name and address
of the Corresponding Secretaries. Through the Rundbrief he is a little out
in the cold.

Would Sachs care to review a big book by Shand, The Foundations of Char-
acter (Not analytical)?

The newspaper campaign is already rapidly dying down, a distinction being
drawn at last between genuine and quack Ps-A, even by the British Medical
Journal, one of our worst opponents. The best feature is the calm and unshaken
way in which every member of our Society has taken the situation, contrasting
markedly with what happened in Zürich in similar circumstances in 1912. I am
none the less grateful for the consoling remarks made in the Rundbriefen.

The Evening Standard has asked the Police to prosecute the translation of
the Tagebuch, and yesterday Unwin came round to me in a considerable panic.
I wrote a letter congratulating him on the appearance of this valuable work,
etc, which he can show the police, and am getting Flügel, Stoddart, and Mrs
Vaughan-Sawyer to do the same. It has the advantage of making Unwin more de-
pendent on us!

A clergyman patient of mine, Menzies, published a good book on Auto-Erotism
in Adolescence, with a preface by myself, and now the Archbishop of Canter-
bury has appointed a small committee of clergymen and doctors to consider
some of the problems it raises ethically. I have been invited to be one of
the committee and am looking forward to the opportunity of abreacting any
traces that may remain of my reaction against a religious upbringing.

Meijer, the Secretary of the Dutch group, has changed address to Haarlem,
Koninginneweg 77.

Enclosed an editorial letter for Rank.

Yours cordially
Ernest Jones