16th September 1926.  

Dear Friends,  

I propose that we include Ferenczi in our correspondence just as before  
and ask him to write a regular “Rundbrief”. If one of you will kindly send me his  
address in New York I will send him a copy of this letter.  

The chief news here is of course the sad event of James Glover’s death, of  
which I now have all the details. He had been quite wrongfully convicted of being  
drunk while driving a car a month ago, his real condition being certainly one of  
insulin intoxication; in the circumstances, however, you will all understand why this  
had a peculiarly deep emotional effect. He then went to Spain where he got an attack  
of acidosis. They found it impossible to regulate his sugar metabolism and he died  
in less than two days. Diabetes is notoriously susceptible to psychical factors;  
it had been worse now for some months. His loss will be terribly felt by our Society,  
in which he was a main pillar, and perhaps most of all by myself. I valued him very  
highly as one of the very few analysts in Europe with a truly scientific outlook, and  
relied on his help and judgment in many matters. He had just been appointed Co-  
Director with me of the new Clinic, which is to start its regular work on September  
28th. I expect that his brother will be given this position as well as the other  
offices James had held with the exception of membership of the Council of the Society,  
which I think will be filled by Rickman.
 

We have appointed a staff for the new Clinic and it is to meet for the  
first time together on the 24th.  

The International Congress of Psychology in Holland was not important  
to us. Binswanger read a very philosophical paper on “Verstehen und Erklären”. My 
own paper on the “Psychology of Religion” produced some startling effect, but was not  
followed by much open discussion. The only interesting feature of the discussion was  
an irrelevant statement by Oesterreich of Tübingen to the effect that “Janet der  
Schöpfer der Psychoanalyse war, dessen Schüler Freud war”. Binswanger and I had some  
sharp comments to make on this, but the President favoured Oesterreich. Binswanger  
in the discussion of my paper said he thought it more probable that the Oedipus Com-
plex was derived from a religious instinct than the other way round.  

Berlin Thank you, l. Max, for the Korrespondenzblatt and Rank Review. I  
will write to you before long.  

New York I wish you all success, l. Sándor, and shall look forward to  
hearing news of you.  

Vienna Many thanks, l. Professor, for the copy of your last book, which  
I am just reading, also for your kind letter which I received at Groningen. I will  
write to you before long.  

With greetings to all and good wishes for the coming session of work,  

Yours always,  
Ernest Jones.