April 5. 1923

Dear Friends:

Having taken a few days holiday at Easter, I am late with my Rundbrief, I think for
the first time. I have received the letters from Be March 17 and April 1; from W March
18, and from Budapest March 17. I never got the Bu letters of Feb. 15 or March 1, so
if there was anything in these for me would you, my dear Sándor, please repeat it.
I am not enthusiastic about the Vienna proposal to diminish the frequency of the letters
still further, for they are so valuable in my opinion, but agree with Berlin that we
can make the experiment for a time.

The only activity from here is about the Press, and as the new regime with Cape
starts only this week there is nothing very definite to report. This month we shall give
them Nr 3 of the Journal, and the first volume of the “Sammlung kl. Schr.” to print.
A few copies of my “Essay” have appeared at last. Would it be possible for you, my dear
Otto, to intercept these in Vienna and have copies sent to the members of the Committee,
thus avoiding the expense and delay of a detour round London?

Frink is showing most gratifying signs of activity, I am glad to say. He is organizing
an abstracting committee for American work. Delgado sent me a message on his way through
London, but I unfortunately missed seeing him.

Berlin. I was delighted, my dear Karl, to hear that you were accepting the Oxford in-
vitation, and am writing separately to you about the details. We should have an agree-
able time together.

I have just received from Otto the proofs of the Swiss report, and am astonished at
their length, even if they are for a whole year. Do you not think it wise to cut down

editorially such windy reports? I notice that the Hungarians have now gone to the
other extreme.

Budapest. Your question, my dear Sándor, makes me think that you read my remark as if
the “criticism” was intended in an adverse sense. I meant simply “kritische Übersicht”.
I do not identify myself with any criticism of active therapy beyond what you yourself
have emphasised, e.g. caution for beginners, etc.

Vienna. Your news about Saussure’s book, which is very regrettable with such a valuable
book, I am incorporating in a review of it I have written for the J. On the other side
I notice a series of most favourable and respectful reviews of psa books appearing in
Scientia, written in French by Le Lay, Lannion, France.

Tannenbaum did not send me his new productions.

With cordial greetings to all,

Ernest Jones.

P.S.: One has to make holiday arrangements so far ahead nowadays that it is perhaps
time to begin considering the time and place of next autumn’s Committee meeting. What
suggestions will you all make? I can adapt my time to suit any arrangement.