BR TO H.N. BRAILSFORD, 24 MAY 1952
BRACERS 11843. ALD. McMaster. Russell 15 (1995): 49
Edited by K. Blackwell

My dear Brailsford,1^, 2

Thank you for your letter of May 19. I owe much to you. Your review3 of my Social Reconstruction encouraged me more than any other at a time when I very much needed encouragement. I caused fury in Cambridge by quoting from your War of Steel and Gold4 a passage showing how much parsons and such were making out of armaments.5 The fury was of a sort which I was glad to cause. I am very glad you have liked my recent broadcasts. Please convey my thanks to Mrs Brailsford as well as to yourself.

Yours ever,

• 1[document] Published in K. Blackwell, “Two Days in the Dictation of Bertrand Russell”, Russell 15 (1995): 37–52 (at 49).
• 2

  Brailsford Henry Noel Brailsford (1873–1958), lecturer, political activist (with the Union of Democratic Control) and journalist. See Papers 13 for further identification. His letter (BRACERS RA1 710.047593) reveals that BR and he became acquainted during the Boer War.

• 3

  Your review Brailsford’s review of Principles of Social Reconstruction, despite its importance, cannot be traced.

• 4

  War of Steel and Gold Published in 1914.

• 5

  a passage showing how much parsons and such were making out of armaments The speech may have been on “Causes of the War”. The Cambridge Daily News, 30 Aug. 1915, reported that BR included the topic of armament firms (see the reprint in App. III in Papers 13).