BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
12802

God.

12803

No wish to discuss anti-American feeling in Japan.

12804

Reader's Digest fee. New article; Markel.

12805

Syngman Rhee; [John Foster] Dulles.

12806

Needs money for operation.

12807

Illustrations and his sister.

12808

Catholic church.

12809

Wittgenstein's letters.

12810

Propositional functions.

12811

[Charles W.] Stewart's roughs for Human Society in Ethics and Politics.

12812

Encloses cheque for £1000.

12813

Acknowledges cheque. Illness.

12814

"Life". His clevernesses.

12815

Reading authors.

12816

Congratulations on victory.

12817

Strong sympathy with his letter of Nov. 5 [on homosexuality]. Hopes some action may come of this.

12818

Thanks for Giant in Chains.

12819

Encloses 2 earlier, published writings on growing old (1 too frivolous and other too autobiographical); welcome to synthesize.

12820

Second serial rights and Reader's Digest.

12821

Provision in will for Conrad [Russell's] university education.

12822

Re not buying cottage.

12823

Permission to quote earlier letter on his dictionary.

12824

Agrees to reprinting "What Would Help Mankind Most".

12825

BR will read the diaries (of Selby-Wright's grandmother) and the poems by his own grandmother [Frances] Russell. (The Minto family is mentioned in the incoming letter.)

12826

Two of BR's recent books will answer his questions.

12827

Declines invitation to address Richmond branch of British Medical Association.

12828
Declines invitation [to write].
12829

Declines invitation to speak.

12830

Make money, not politics. Compares U.S.A. with U.K. in first half of 1918.

12831

Ok to reprint [G. Bernard] Shaw and [H.G.] Wells articles.

12832

Send vol. 1 of Toynbee, Study of History. (Longer version.)

Probably ER.

12833

Accepts his illustrations. Extensive critique. Asks him for Triptych for Human Society.

12834

Satisfied with [Charles W.] Stewart's roughs.

12835

Red Hackle consignment not yet arrived; BR hopes it hasn't been stolen en route.

12836

Will vote in Thursday's division in House of Lords.

12837

Will review Price's lecture on [A.S.] Eddington, assuming he knows BR's views on religion and science.

12838

Declines [BBC] engagement before new year.

12839

Einstein script; avoiding "clash of copyright".

12840

[Robert C.] Marsh and compensation. Human Society.

12841

Reader's Digest to print his article.

12842

Suggest article topic.

12843

Agrees to write article for Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

12844

Instead of writing article, suggests summarizing or reprinting letters to Manchester Guardian on 13 and 23 Oct.

12845

Can't agree [to do work].

12846

Asks for Stanley Kaufmann's A Philanderer and Margot Bland's Julia for Encounter article on censorship.

12847

Re cancelled discussion programme with Lord Samuel.

12848

Suggests prospective reprinter paraphrase BR's portrait of D.H. Lawrence.

12849

Agrees to write "Atomic Energy and the Future of the World".

12850

Re Kegan Paul books. [Robert C.] Marsh and royalties.

12851

Re giving permission to quote extracts from BR's books.

12852

Nightmares.

12853

Will write recommendation, if asked, for Guggenheim Fellowship.

12854

Attempts to postpone invitation to meeting.

12855
Glad of his [agnosticism].
12856

Re belles lettres topic for [Hermann Ould] lecture—history?

12857

"Causality and non-reversibility".

12858

Philosophers.

12859

Returns Frazer.

12860

2 books reported on: book about woman not impressive; Homer W. Smith's book is remarkable.

12861

Declines manuscript to read.

12862

Suggests History of Western Philosophy.

12863

Re J.W. Dunne. “... what little I have read did not impress me.” The Experiment with Time is 2760 in Russell’s Library. There are no markings. 

12864

Can't give him any writings; "Living in an Atomic Age".

12865

Thanks for the Knock.

12866
Can't contribute to booklet on?
12867

Pragmatism. [William] James. [John] Dewey. [C.S.] Pierce <Peirce>.

12868

Kegan Paul. Autobiography.

12869

Can't search [for Frege letters?] before operation.

12870

Illustrations no longer needed.

12871

Testimonial for [Hiram J. McLendon] for Guggenheim Fellowship.

12872
Cheque receipted.
12873

Room in Battine House named after BR (was annex to Beacon Hill School, with main building at Telegraph House).

12874

T.E. Hulme—interview and visit.

12875

Revised Einstein obituary for BBC.

12876

Glad to buy 6 Christmas cards of her photo of Epstein and BR.

12877
Safeguards in constitution.
12878

Allen and Unwin will handle his proposal.

12879

Recommends [Lester] Denonn to introduce [Analysis of Matter].

12880
Still declines portrait.
12881
Invidious and difficult to select 2 books.
12882

Lester Denonn and Analysis of Matter.

12883

Declines dinner for Stanley Unwin because of forthcoming operation.

12884

Inspectors.

12885

Finished Human Society.

12886
Acknowledgement of cheque.
12887

Re BR's mother's friend Mrs. Forbes.

12888
Christmas wishes.
12889

Publication difficult when one is academically unknown.

12890

Satan and History of Western Philosophy.

12891
Broadcasting appointment.
12892

Rights probably belong to Allen and Unwin.

12893

Surtax payments.

12894
Can't help since BR can't spare money.
12895
Can't help.
12896

Unsolicited mss. (must be room in his house for himself besides papers). [Re Archives.]

12897
Can't help.
12898

Can't accept University of Catania invitation.

12899

Will write on "Suspicion". Follows U.S.A. politics in European edition of New York Times.

12900

In History gave BR himself space he thought he deserved. See also Problems of Philosophy and New Hopes.

12901

Don't forward papers to BR.