June 1. 1922.

Dear Friends:

   My best congratulations on the opening of the Vienna Clinic. We shall all be most
interested to hear of its progress. It can have no better model than Berlin.

   Frau Dr Zarchi called on me to-day. She had practised Psa in Kieff and has now pas-
sed her medical qualifying examinations in England. She wishes to regain contact with
Psa, to be properly analysed herself, etc. Could Eitingon, whom she mentioned, tell
me anything further about her.

   The British Association plan is postponed until next year, for which I am not so
sorry. Last week I lectured before the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society
with an audience of over 400, the last reserved seats being sold out a fortnight before.
A sign of the interest taken in Psa.

   I have just seen the Report of the last N.Y. Society meeting, where Oberndorf,
Blumgart, etc, gave an account of their experiences in Vienna. The meeting passed a
resolution that no laymen should practise psa, so the influence of Vienna and London
in this respect has quickly vanished in the native air of N.Y.

   In Part I of the Journal there is an opportunity for orientation about Kempf, who
is hailed as the leading analyst in America. It is an interesting diagnosis.

   Budapest. I am sending you, my dear Ferenczi, via Berlin a note which will specially
interest you.

   Berlin. 17 British members are coming to the Congress, including Rivers.
Levine, who gave the Historical lecture on Freud, is writing to you to know if he can
 

attend any lectures in the vacation. He seems to be a trustworthy person, though
imperfectly oriented as yet.

Paper has now been sent you from Vienna. We heard from Hattingberg and answered him
appropriately. As to the question you raised about discussions at the Congress, I am
in favour of allowing exceptions, provided it is recognised that it is a special
favour, not a rule, and that the President has power to decide the exact length of th
remarks made.

Vienna. Professor’s Medusa analysis was highly interesting. I may make two remarks
about it. First that it explains why beautiful, but charming women often turn into
serpents, e.g. Lamia. Secondly I suppose that the horror on the lady’s face is an
example of projection on the basis of identification through a common aetiology:
“If this has happened to her I am sure she must be horrified, as I should be”.

Miss Newton visited me, as you expected my dear Otto, but I came to no arrange-
ment with her at the moment. She is now on her way back to America. Do I understand
that your Mythenforschung is out of print already? I am sending Frl. Anna the book
in question by Green. Unwin has sent us a cheque for L6 105, which I think are good
book sales for six months. Putnam’s book sold best. Payot of Paris has bought my
“Papers” and will issue them in two volumes. I am strongly against entrusting the
sale of our books in America to Bernays, as we have made the worst experiences with h
him in every way. It would be far better to choose a respectable firm like Stechert’s
though if you have time to wait for an answer could you not write to one of the Ameri
cans who is most likely to answer a letter (? Oberndorf)?

No new articles of the Sammlungen have yet come in, though I wrote to Strachey,
but I expect some soon from Rickman and Miss Bernays.

With cordial written greetings to all,

                                      Ernest Jones