12 November 192O  London W1

*FL+Dear Professor:

*IP4,0+I am glad to hear that Forsyth is at last honest; let us hope it may be the beginning of a recovery from his neurosis.  I need hardly tell you that I cannot agree with his external diagnosis; so far from exhibiting autocratic tendencies, I have rather laid myself open to the reproach of being too democratic, diplomatic and conciliatory.  But I fear he will not be able to work with me as a colleague until some inner change takes place.

I knew that you would be willing to consider the wishes of our society as regards co‑editors.  They have officially decided on Bryan and Flügel, and I understand that you approve of their choice.  I am now writing to Brill asking him to choose two men to support him; I am of course very anxious about securing his cooperation and am sure that your personal influence will weigh heavily in the scale with him.*FN1.AAThe title page of the *MDUL+Journal*MDNM+, vol. 2, includes the following acknowledgements: "Edited by Ernest Jones; with the assistance of Douglas Bryan, J. C. Flügel (London); A. A. Brill, H. W. Frink, C. P. Oberndorf (New York)".

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Some time ago Rank sent me the proofs of the "*MDUL+Jenseits*MDNM+", urging me to get it translated as soon as possible, lest the Americans pirate it on its appearance.  I did so at once, and now about two‑thirds are translated, for I assumed that he was acting with your authority.  I hope, therefore, that no confusion will be caused by your offering it to Strachey, whom we can employ usefully enough otherwise.*FN1.AAFirst English translation of Freud (1920g) was by C. J. M. Hubback.

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You say we must insist on drawing the strings closer together because of the slowness with which the Press work is going.  I wish I could think of further ways of doing this.  The first volume of our Library, Putnam's book,*FN1.AAPutnam (1921).

+ has been in Vienna since last April.  It started printing in July and even now not one quarter has been printed.  I suppose no start has been made with the other two books I gave to Rank, one in August and one at the Congress.  I cannot find out what the delay is due to, but it is inordinate.

In the case of a junction with Kola, could you let us have some general indication of the kind of way in which you propose to spend the Fond?  The question has several important bearings, and perhaps you will deal with it in the circular letter.

I am sorry to say that I am not able to bring myself to make the statement to our society in the form that you and Rank suggest.  I have always told them the full truth *MDUL+as I see it*MDNM+, and I think that Rank has unconsciously altered some of the historical facts.  I do not find it accurate, for instance, to say that the donations were either given or spent for the shop, for they were neither given nor spent for this purpose.  The premises in New Cavendish St. and the assistance of Hiller, were both engaged last October purely as a branch of the Verlag, i.e. the Press, and purely for *MDUL+publishing*MDNM+ purposes.  This has proved too expensive a way to maintain a branch and we now hope to run the same business from the central office in Vienna.  The shop idea was added *MDUL+later on*MDNM+,*FN1.AAThe Press was the British arm of the Verlag under Jones, who acted as a kind of independent publisher.  The shop, operating under the umbrella of the Press, was in effect a small bookstore where one could get German books otherwise unobtainable.  See Jones (1957a, p. 36; 1957b, p. 38).+ as an additional use for the already existing premises, and this has not cost one penny; on the contrary, it has earned a definite sum.

As for the recent donations, most of which have already been paid, the question of giving them back is rather complicated.  They were given purely to the Press, for the sole purpose of continuing the publication of the *MDUL+Journal*MDNM+ and Library*MDUL+*MDNM+.  The members were under the impression that the Press was a branch of the Verlag and would remain so, for at the time Rank wrote to me about this appeal for further funds he never told me a word of the possible absorption of the Verlag in another, commercial firm.  I don't suppose the members would have given the money for the benefit of a commercial undertaking of a strange firm, nor would I have asked them had I known.  If, therefore, we join Kola, I think I must offer to restore all of the present funds.  But again, the matter is not so simple, for the Press is legally a British firm and can never be part of Kola, for Kola would never submit to the conditions our Government impose on an Austrian firm doing business in England, and especially on one having a branch in England (*MDUL+e.g.*MDNM+ address of the *MDUL+Journal*MDNM+, one without which we cannot produce it).  If, therefore, the junction takes place, it seems to me that the Press will have to continue as a separate institution, employing Austrian printers, etc., perhaps at a rate that would not render it profitable or justifiable for us to undertake, for a commercial firm cannot be expected to give us the same advantages that the Verlag can and does in numerous ways.  And yet to dissociate the two undertakings would also seem to me disastrous from a scientific point of view, for the collaboration between the *MDUL+Zeitschrift*MDNM+ and *MDUL+Journal*MDNM+, between Rank and myself, are absolutely invaluable, at least to the *MDUL+Journal*MDNM+.

I beg you to take into consideration these matters as well as the local points of view, and to represent them to Rank, who perhaps is necessarily engrossed with the latter.  I wish with all my heart that I could come to Vienna to talk matters over, but I see no prospect of that at present.

I enclose a letter from my wife in answer to very charming messages from your wife and daughter, which gave us both great pleasure.  The mother and child are in perfect health and happiness.

With my kindest regards,  yours always affectionately  Ernest Jones