15 August 1922  The Plat  Elsted  Sussex

Dear Professor:

I am spending the time till the Congress here in idyllic surroundings, though three patients I have (two melancholics) would suffice to remind me of work even if I did not have the «MDUL»Journal«MDNM» and Congress arrangements.  I am sorry to say that Hiller has again been ill, first with bronchitis and then with a sharp attack of gall‑stones.  Otherwise I have only good progress to report.

I suppose you still got my letters to Gastein?  Two more comments on the topics in them.  There are four sessions at the Congress whose presidency can be allotted.  Assuming that you, as at the Hague, would not wish to be burdened with such work, I suggested that Abraham, Ferenczi, Oberholzer (there are 15 Swiss coming to the congress) and van Emden, after considering the claims of Hitschmann and Frink to be less urgent.  Abraham insists on Vienna being represented, so we should like your opinion.  As an alternative I have suggested that the matter be made informal and only decided at the Vor‑Congress.«FN1.××At the meeting of the Secret Committee prior to the 7th Congress of the International Psychoanalytic Association, Berlin, 25‑27 September 1922.  For proceedings of the official Congress, see «MDUL»Journal«MDNM», 4(1923):358‑381.»

As I indicated in my last letter I submitted yet another arrangement of the «MDUL»Sammlungen«MDNM» to Mrs. Riviere, but it had no better fate than my previous ones, so I have agreed to accept her view that we use the one drawn up in Vienna in June.  In the meantime no time whatever has been lost with the work itself, and although Hiller's illness will doubtless delay matters we should be able to report something positive by the time of the Congress, for some manuscript has already been sent to the printers.

I was sorry to hear that your cure had proved so exhausting, but trust that the rest with your family will revive your energies completely before long.

This afternoon we motored to the sea in beautiful weather and my wife, who is not very familiar with the seaside, enjoyed it nearly as much as my little daughter.

Please give our kindest remembrances to your family, and accept my affectionte regards,

yours always loyally  Ernest Jones