BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
123332

BR hopes the "Box Holder" will write his film story, which certainly has possibilities.

123333

"I was enchanted when your letter was handed me on the steamer yesterday."

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123334

Alys wants one of each of BR's photographs. She prefers the one not in the cap and gown.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123335

"Thursday evening". Dated by BR.

Come as early as you like, Alys says.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123336

BR cannot consult an article for Prof. Hagan as he is away from home.

123337

"No".

123338
On the grandchildren's reports.
123339

"Sunday morning". BR added the date.

Lady Russell wants a 6 months' separation.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123340

Alys will not act as if she distrusts BR, when if in fact she does trust him.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123341

BR agrees to appear on "Right to Reply" on Feb. 16. "I am willing to meet any opponent that you care to select."

However, BR prefers it to be a Conservative and prefers not to be the attacker.

123342

Enclosed with this letter is a clipping of a letter to the Westminster Gazette. The letter, from J.J.A. Drake, is dated Nov. 15 and titled "The Response to Lady Henry Somerset's Appeal". The long list of donors includes: "Hon. B. Russell and friends (per L. Pearsall Smith, Esq., London), £11". 

Alys says Drake's letter was written "before your £5 reached Logan".

She asks if BR means there is no political truth in saying that political opinions cannot be maintained on reasonable grounds.

Lady Russell is devoted to BR, Alys says, as a result of her mother visiting Lady Russell.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026. 

123343

Immediately following this letter in the file is a microfilm print of a card announcing a speech by Alys at the opening of the Young People's Branch of the British Women's Temperance Association, 13 November.

It seems Alys and BR are subjected to a rule that they cannot meet more often than monthly.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026. 

123344

BR is not sufficiently acquainted with the works of John Cowper Powys to support him for a Nobel Prize.

123345

BR hopes Ottino's "agitation in Switzerland will prosper".

Translation rights in a certain book belong to the publisher.

123346

Alys suggests that she and BR read one canto of Dante each time they meet.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026. 

123347

Ottino's letter is to be sent to Unwin with a copy of BR's reply at record 123345.

123348

BR mentions the Martyrs Memorial to Tyburn in Oxford.

123349

BR approves the typescript of Zemenides' interview with BR.

123350

Alys feels sure Lady Russell would rather have BR at home on Sunday to go to church with her.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123351

Alys is very glad BR doesn't attempt to write bad poetry of his own.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123352

Alys changes their arrangements.

On engagement vs. friendship.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123353

The date was changed from the 19th to the 18th to match the day, Monday.

"If you could sit upon me hard [in discussion or argument], I should like you so much better for it."

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123354

"I never read anything so interesting as your father's journal—it certainly is most uncanny, so like you."

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123355

Alys's father was very pleased with BR's letter and asked if Alys had seen it.

She asks BR to bring his mother's journal.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123356

Alys's resolution for the new year is "to let myself be as happy as thee is."

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.

123357

Encouraging message on rationalism in America—"to be copied in B's handwriting".

123358

BR does not feel that Paul Edwards is too young to give a lecture on BR for Gruber's occasion. "I find it gratifying to be thought well of by people who are not, as I am said to be, superannuated."

123359
BR does not know where she can publish the article she enclosed.
123360

BR thanks Clunie for his review of Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare and wishes the Labour Party's official policy were more friendly to nuclear disarmament.

123361
"... I do not, on the whole, feel that it should be necessary to enforce birth-control."
123362

BR failed to see Westhoff at the congress. BR hopes his wife's pamphlets will be publicized.

123363

BR declines to go to Japan to give a lecture related to Buddhism, but is grateful for the honour of the invitation.

123364

BR suggests Julian Huxley, Ayer or J.Z. Young for a debate.

123365

BR encourages Crowther in his campaign against the "appalling risks to mankind".

123366
See record 76366 for a summary of this reply.
123367
On love as a motive for existence: "every affectionate parent endeavours to keep his children alive."
123368

BR praises the "FBI" issue of The Nation but wishes Sobell had been mentioned.

123369

#43 tax to Madams: "Was this included in the sum for which I sent you a cheque?"

123370

BR asks Broad if he can send Ellen Haring to him for help in accessing Cambridge University Library.

123371
BR will try to think of a way the anti-nuclear campaign can use her talents.
123372

BR encourages Shewin to keep on writing anti-nuclear letters to newspapers, despite the Cumberland News not printing one.

123373

BR admires the work of the sender's committee in Germany. (The incoming letter cannot be found.)

123374

BR agrees to be president of the Welsh National Council for Nuclear Disarmament and is sorry the Archbishop of Wales refused.

123375

BR is in entire sympathy with the objects of Muller's organization.

123376

"Cheque".

123377

BR agrees to become honorary president of the Bristol University Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

123378

"Pressure of work makes him unable to answer questions".

123379

"No".

123380

"I used to enjoy Reichenbach's uncompromising rationality and I am glad that you are carrying on in the same tradition."

123381

BR wants the Conciliation Commission to be independent of the U.N.

123382

BR accepts the designation Honorary President of Glasgow Student International Club.

123383

"Electricity Board cheque" "(Pay in book)".

123384
BR declines an offer to increase his life insurance.
123385

BR likes the selection of quotations from himself and suggests one about philosophy and mental maturity from "Philosophy's Ulterior Motives".

123386

BR thanks the Mayor of Frankfurt for the municipality's hosting of the Congress of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

123387

BR tells Collins that he has sent a letter of thanks to the Mayor of Frankfurt for hosting the CND Congress.

123388

BR finds The Global Atlas "exceedingly good" and asks for a copy to be send to his grandson in Washington (David Tait).

123389

BR will read the magazine that Senior sent when he gets the necessary leisure.

123390

BR cannot be present at Anne's service of confirmation on Feb. 24 and asks about dress for her.

123391

BR maintains that the US and USSR must have made elaborate preparations against the other side winning by striking the first blow in a nuclear war. He encloses a letter to send to the Burmese newspaper that published a view on the topic.

123392

BR replies to this newspaper's editorial on nuclear war. There would be retaliation to a first strike, and fall-out ought not to be ignored.

123393

BR read Glass's pamphlet, Who Was for Munich? with "interest and approval". Glass maintains that the pacifists did not preach appeasement.

123394

BR will not need a payment of royalties before April 5 this year.

123395

BR agrees with "Call to the Women of the World".

123396

"No and thanks for the photo".

123397

BR declines to lecture to the Jowett Society as his time and energy are completely taken up by the campaign against nuclear warfare.

123398

"Nothing > Arenente".

123399
BR declines an invitation.
123400

"No".

123401

BR does not propose that Britain immediately give up the H-bomb, but if no agreement can be reached to limit it to the US and USSR, then Britain should renounce it.

BR does not wish to emphasize the differences between Usborne's plan and his own.

123402

BR confirms arrangements for 2 luncheons with Simon.

123403

On keeping Wyatt's tentative list of topics for his TV series subject to some degree of alteration. BR prefers these topics to autobiographical ones.

123404

The letter is addressed to "Mr. Johnson". BR declines his invitation to write for The Dial as he is about to enter prison. When he gets out, he will take up the invitation if it is still open. (It was and he did.)

123405

"I regret having given any kind of blessing, however qualified, to Korzybski." (Spelled Korbyski here.) "I doubt whether Wittgenstein's interest in language had anything to do with the writings of German scholars. Broadly speaking, nobody influenced him about anything."

Language's influence on philosophy first came to BR's notice in 1900, while writing The Philosophy of Leibniz.

123406

Alys likes the self-control that BR must show under their arrangement for their relationship.

She likes Frau Sorge.

Mariechen thinks BR is cleverer than the other young men they know, and "very distinguished-looking".

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123407

"Return to Hannah Whitall Smith" is written at the top of the letter, page 1.

Thomas says "we are deeply interested in every word thee writes about 'Bertie'."

Alys has a note at the top about "Edith's play, Cross Keys".

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123408

There is nothing Alys cannot talk with BR about.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123409

Lion Phillimore says their ages don't matter, as BR looks older and Alys younger than their real years.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123410

Alys's note is written on a card advertising her lecture on 17 January sponsored by the British Women's Temperance Association.

The copy of this card was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123411

Alys protests BR's expression "domestic comfort and harmony".

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123412

BR has complained that her letters are not as long as he would like.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123413

"The gulf between thee and thy grandmother is simply impassable".

The copy of this card was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123414

Lion and Alys have been working hard at the British Museum on papers for Wallas.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123415

Alys is staying with Lady Henry Somerset, who knew the Amberleys at the time of BR's birth.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123416

Following this letter are three printed documents issued by the British Women's Temperance Association. Two list Alys as a speaker.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026. The copies of the three documents issued by the BWTA are in fact two documents, which were replaced with the originals in 2026.

123417

Alys will still marry BR even if she should cease to adore him.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123418

Alys wants BR to send her scraps of his journal.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123419

"Thy journal has just come & I want to read it all thro' at once..."

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123420

Alys mentions that BR plans to go to Germany at some time after his exams.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123421

Alys wrote the date "12 Feb. '93" on this letter. The year 1893 has to be incorrect as BR did not propose until Sept. 1893.

Alys says "we" have just been to call on Lady Russell. Sir Frederick Pollock was there and, she says, justified his reputation as the rudest man in England.

The letter is incomplete.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123422

This letter begins on page 2. Tickets for the "Wild Duck" are mentioned, as is her belief in God.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123423

Knowles has accepted her article.

The copy of this card was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123424

Following this incomplete letter is another page with no salutation but a signature and with the letterhead of the British Women's Temperance Association. The pages seem to comprise a single letter.

In the first half Alys talks about Edward Carpenter's pamphlet on sex; in the second, about her article and what the Russells might think of it. She mentions Knowles and proofs.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123425

Alys thought of God as a "magnified mother".

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123426

Alys lacks Moore's enthusiasm for scepticism.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123427

The letter is five pages in length, followed by a 2-page list.

Following it is a printed card advertising a public meeting by the Young British Women's Temperance Association on 23 Feb. 1894; Alys was scheduled to speak.

She thinks Germany would be good for BR, in getting away from his friends—an excellent experience for anyone.

The copy of this letter and its attachments were replaced with the original in 2026.   

123428

Alys encloses (not present) notes on BR's paper (on women, apparently).

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123429

Enclosed with this letter is a 2-page note by Alys's "old aunt" Lill "in America". See record 123498. She has not been further identified.

Alys has further thoughts on BR's paper about intellectual women.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123430

Alys refers to her article in the Nineteenth Century.

The copy of this letter was replaced with the original in 2026.   

123431

Following this letter are 2 printed invitations. Alys imagines BR reading his paper on Saturday night. She will be going to Paris.

The copies of this letter and enclosed invitations were replaced with the original in 2026.