11 March 1926  81 Harley Street  London W1

Dear Professor,

I was very distressed to hear of your new bodily trouble and like to think it will be only a passing one.  I wonder if it has to do with smoking and whether this will have to be restricted.  At all events it is good to hear that what you once called "the inner man" feels well and is also engaged in work.

Eitingon wrote to ask my opinion about his inviting representatives of the various societies, clinics, institutes, etc. to visit you in May.  I answered emphatically that the matter could be left to them, and that there would be quite enough strain put on you without his making any efforts to increase it.

I have said all I have to about the telepathy question.  You were right in assuring me not to take it too seriously.  Your remark about my trust in you was truly superfluous.  In the meantime you will have got my letter saying how highly I appreciated your last book.  I did not understand your difficulty about "Das Ich u. das Es" in English.  Are you not satisfied with "Id"="Es". To me it is as good, but obviously neither word is a good technical term.

Except for the revision,  I have finished writing the Abraham obituary,«FN1.××Jones (1926a).

» which is very full.  I asked Anna if she would be kind enough to translate it and expect her answer soon.  To portray the personality and thought of a friend to an audience of psychoanalysts is to set a high standard, especially when absolute truth must be combined with discretion about intimacies and consideration for the living.  It is a high aim and I wonder how I have succeeded.  For these reasons, and for more general critical ones, I shall be grateful if you would read it through before it is published and should of course be glad if you would make any alterations or modifications that occur to you.

My bodily troubles are of a disagreeable kind and have interfered with my freedom of movement.  Last week I was unable to give my lecture and I shall be relieved when the course is finished.  I take three days holiday at Easter, which will I hope do good.

Next time I hope to have better news of you.  I have the memory of visiting the Cottage Sanatorium more than once in your company; if one has to lie up it is a pleasant enough place compared with most such places.

Yours always  Ernest Jones