15th October 1925

Dear Friends,

Our first thought must be one of sympathy with the trial through which  
Abraham has recently been passing. I am sure that none of us has a more  
urgent wish than that he should make a rapid and complete recovery from his  
unfortunate illness.

Róheim’s lectures here, also the paper which he read before the Royal  
Anthropological Institute, proved very stimulating. We were glad to note that  
he has passed beyond his birth-trauma phase.

At our annual business meeting last week, the same officers were  
elected. Mr. Tansley was promoted to be a full member, the name of one  
associate member who had recently written an unsatisfactory book was omitted  
and two new associate members were elected. Following the instructions of the  
Congress, we elected an Education Committee of five, consisting of the four  
directors of the Institute (Bryan, Glover, Rickman and myself) with the  
addition of Flügel.

The fourth volume of the “Collected Papers” has been slightly delayed  
by the labour of preparing an Index of the four volumes. Bryan completed this  
during his holidays and I have just corrected the proofs, so that the volume  
should appear in another two or three weeks.

The October number of the Journal should also appear within the same  
time.

I was glad to hear from Eitingon that he and Professor have persuaded  
Storfer to withdraw his resignation. Ferenczi and I expected at the Congress that  
this would happen. Will Sachs please give us the latest news about the film?  
What has happened about the Bernfeld film?

For two months a heated polemic on psycho-analysis, directed against  
Tansley, has appeared in the weekly columns of the “Nation”, the most active  
participants being Wohlgemuth and McBride. The last number, however, contained  
a most excellent letter from an ex-patient of Glover’s, a severe case of  
melancholia which he had cured after three years’ analysis. The patient, being  
a scientific man, was able to put the case clearly and strongly.

With best greetings and wishes for success in the coming session,

Yours always,  
Ernest Jones