"I heard from Russell this morning who enclosed a letter from Dudley <not extant in BRACERS> which explains matters. It appears that Dudley said that Russell had favourably contrasted the Monist with similar periodicals which did not pay for contributions. There was reason to suppose that this remark of Dudley's, which was intended to be complementary to the Monist, had been reported to you by someone who wanted to make mischief between you and Russell as that 'the only merit of the Monist is that it pays the contributors'."