26 September l9O8  85 Bloor St. East  Toronto

Dear Professor Freud,

«IP4,0»Well, here I am landed in my new country which I like very much so far.

At present I am busy trying to pass medical examinations, for I am excused from only the Primary one inspite of our Imperialistic bombast.  I have been warmly welcomed by Clarke, the Professor of Psychiatry,«FN1.××C. K. Clarke (1857‑1924), Medical Superinten~dent at the Toronto Asylum for the Insane (1905‑1911), appointed Professor of Psychiatry in 1907 at the University of Toronto and Dean of its Faculty of Medicine in 1908.

» who knows a little of your work and is eager to know more.  He has promised me a university appointment and also one in the new psychiatry clinic, which will be open in two years and of which he will be the head.«FN1.××Consider the account in Jones (1959, pp. 151‑152): "Dr. C. K. Clarke, Professor of Psychiatry in the University of Toronto and Dean of the Medical Faculty there, had just been touring all the European psychiatric clinics and intended to found one, for which he had obtained the sanction of the Ontario Government.  I chanced to hear of this and, furthermore, that he was on the look‑out for a younger man to be the director of this new Institute....My qualifications and testimonials secured me the appointment...".  See also Jones (1954, p. 200), and note 12 to letter 6.»  In the meantime I am to work at hysterical cases in his asylum.

The town is very charming.  It has a Deutscher Verein, which I am joining; amongst the most active members is Kirschmann, Professor of Psychology.«FN1.××August Kirschmann, student of Wilhelm Wundt, was head of the psychological laboratory at the University of Toronto (1893‑1909).

»  Do you happen to know him?

I am now going to ask of you a favour.  A friend of mine in England has conceived the wish to translate «MDUL»Die Ursachen der Nervosität«MDNM» and asked me to introduce him to Stekel. «FN1.׫MDNM»×Wilhelm Stekel (1868‑1940), studied medicine in Vienna, became a general practitioner, and was a close adherent of Freud until about the end of 1912, see Stekel (1907).

»  I haven't Stekel's address by me, and I wonder would you mind asking him to write to my friend at the subjoined address? «FN1.××Address after Jones's signature: Hugh Kennedy, Esq.. l3, Providence Terrace.  Swaffham.  Norfolk.  England.

»  He is a good man and writes English well.  By the way, do you think the new edition of «MDUL»Traum­deutung«MDNM» «FN1.××Freud (1900a), 2nd ed. 1909.

» (which we are eagerly awaiting) could be translated, or is the German too colloquial?  Sooner or later it will have to be, of course.

I often think of the interesting times I spent at Zürich, Salzburg and Wien, and am greatly looking forward to renewing next year the friendships I made there.  With my kind regards and many thanks,  I am,  Yours very sincerely  Ernest Jones.