"I am willing to do the article for The Minority of One and I should think that the tasks which face President Johnson in the matter of East-West relations would be a suitable subject." BR asks if he should see Halsey Raines.

"Your interesting leader of 29 November on Shakespeare's sonnets prompts me to suggest with all due pomp and solemnity another theory about Mr. W.H. I suggest that, like Melchizedek according to Encyclopaedia Biblica he owes his existence to a scribe's error—H for S. Mr. W.S., after all, was certainly the only begetter of these ensuing sonnets." BR's handwriting is involved in the letter.

"On page 503 of International Relations, October 1963, in your article on 'Summits and Summitry Reconsidered', you speak of 'Lord Russell's ill-considered intervention' in the Cuban crisis. I shall be grateful if you will explain to me why it was 'ill-considered'."

Re whether logic consists of tautologies. "I do not agree with your opinion because I have a different definition of logical propositions from yours. You think of logical propositions as 'abstract patterns of possible classes of tautologies'. I think of them as general propositions from which particular examples may be deduced. Let us take an example: Whatever propositions p and q may be, p or q together with not-p, entail q. I should call this a proposition of logic. I should not call an instance of it a proposition of logic if the instance contained any empirical material. For instance: 'If Socrates was either Roman or Greek and was not Roman then he was Greek'. I should not regard this as a proposition of logic because it contains the empirical words 'Socrates', 'Roman' and 'Greek'."

BR has already praised Khrushchev in various passages of Unarmed Victory. "If I drew up the statement myself, I should find it very difficult not to be repetitious, but you are free to make any use that you care to of the above passages in Unarmed Victory, with or without quotes."

"I am quite willing to do new introductions such as you suggest, but I am not satisfied with the title 'From Legitimacy to Organization' because I do not think that there was less freedom in 1914 than in 1776 (e.g., as regards slavery)." BR suggests titles for the paperback division of Freedom and Organization.

"I am delighted by your public announcement that you have joined the company of infidels and I am honoured that you adopted me as your non-God-Father. Certainly, if the Creator is responsible for some of the politicians who infest this planet, it is difficult to think much of Him."

"We too felt the assassination of Kennedy as a stunning shock. One must hope that Johnson will turn out well. My own feelings are almost exactly those expressed by I.F. Stone in his Bulletin...."

BR thanks her for some Bangkok rubbings. "I wonder if you have seen Stone's Bulletin for ... It expresses almost exactly what I feel on the recent and present state of affairs in America."

"Thank you very much for the three volumes that you sent me and, especially, for the one written by you, and its kind inscription."

"We, too, are having cold weather, a little earlier than it usually comes. I hope you either skate or ski and so are able to get pleasure out of the winter. ... I hear from your mother that they are being merciful about Latin which you ought to find pleasant."

"We are sorry to hear about your throat and hope it will soon be better in spite of cigarettes."

"Thank you for your cheque for £300 in respect of the guarantee that I gave for Mr. Wragge Morley."

This note is written below, perhaps from Edith to BR: "Do you think £50 is right for Charles Ellis or do you think that, in view of his frightful expenses, it should be, as you first suggested, £100?" BR has written "Yes" and an arrow from "£100" to "Yes".

"Thank you warmly for sending me your book on Set Theory and still more warmly for the dedication and inscription ... I am not capable of forming a critical judgment of your book, as it is nearly forty years since I last worked at mathematical logic ... I do not quite understand your classes which cannot be members of classes of classes."

"I found your dedication particularly gratifying because so many logicians nowadays seem to consider Principia Mathematica worthless."

"I have been reading with the greatest interest your broadcasts reported in the Listener. The themes you discuss are of immense importance and your collection of facts is fascinating. I was particularly amused by your disquisition on the international importance of stirrups, a matter which was entirely new to me."

"I note with pleasure in today's Times that you have resigned from the David Brown Corporation because of its decision not to exhibit in Moscow."

Re a granddaughter's illness and gratitude to Lloyd-Williams.

The recipient's name is misspelled Prytterch.

"Thank you very much for your kind and helpful letter of 13 December about Nell. We are glad that she can stay with her brother when she comes out of hospital and that she had the prospect of a house of her own."

"Thank you very much for the lovely animal with splendid horns. ... We have put it on top of the bookshelves in the sitting room where its splendour is adequately displayed."

"I am glad to know there is at least one person at Oxford who does not disapprove of my philosophy."

"Pythagoras would not have been contented with approximation. He thought that a line of finite length was composed of a definite finite number of points and must therefore be measured by the number of points which he thought must be a finite integer. That is why he got into trouble over the square root of two."

BR thanks MacRae for his poems that he sent. "I was touched by your poem to me and glad that you could have such friendly sentiments. I also enjoyed your poem to Skye which is to my mind one of the most beautiful places in the world."

"Many thanks for the lovely fan that you sent me which reached me this morning. The cherry blossom on it is cheering in the depths of a northern winter."

"It is a great pleasure to wish continued success to Foyle's Bookshop which has stand-by and delight to book-lovers (including myself) throughout the sixty years of its existence."

"I am sorry to learn of your difficulties and I enclose herewith my cheque for £150. I accept your suggestion of repayment by three monthly cheques, beginning on January 31st."

"My warmest thanks for your delightful present of Champagne; some of which, at least, we propose to drink on Christmas Day."

"Thank you very much for the lovely blue vase which charms us."

"I am glad the question of the titles of the two parts of Freedom and Organization is settled. I will do the two short introductions as soon as I can and, in the first one, explain the division of the original book."

"There is a vast literature concerning the contradiction that you write about and the subject is still controversial. You will find a good account of the present state of the controversy in Quine's Set Theory and its Logic (Harvard University Press, 1963)."

"I knew Neville well from the time when he was a candidate for a fellowship until I left Trinity in 1916. He and I took the same unpopular view of the First World War and this together with my being an examiner for a fellowship brought us together.... The fact that he was a conscientious objector was an obstacle, throughout his life, to academic advancement in spite of his brilliance as many educational authorities think that a man is not fit to teach the young if he dislikes having them slaughtered."

"Many thanks for the copies of Nightmares and especially for the beautifully bound copy of Unarmed Victory which I treasure."

BR thanks Murthi for the typescript of his book on BR's pacifism. "I have read your book carefully and have found it completely accurate as regards fact and, to me, completely acceptable as regards opinion. I very much hope, therefore, that you will get it published."

"Thank you very much for the kind present of a bottle of Long John whiskey which is very welcome and will be consumed gratefully."

"Your publishers kindly sent me a copy of Nuclear Disaster.... I admire your judicious and scientific weighing of evidence and your careful absence of over-statement. Your chapters on Ecological subjects are particularly fascinating and gave me much information that was new to me."

"I enclose the introductions that you asked for. You said they should be brief but I do not know whether you will consider them too brief.... In the first edition of Freedom and Organization some small corrections were called for.... I should be grateful if you would send me the latest printing in order that I may know whether these corrections were made."

The sender has just come from Dachau, Germany.

"Telephoned to Ralph (taken down by Pam) and taken by him to the Times 2/1/64". On the letter "Steps towards Peace", The Times, 1 Jan. 1964. BR would have signed it if he had been asked.

"I am writing to express my very great satisfaction with the letter in your issue of January 1 headed 'Steps Towards Peace', signed by a number of eminent men, ecclesiastical and scientific. I am in entire agreement with what is said in this letter and should have been willing to be one of the signatories."

"My warm thanks for the beautiful book on Church architecture in East Germany and for your very kind letter."

"I had already written to your Emperor by the time I got your letter, but I have not yet had a reply."

"It is pleasant news that Prof. Egner is publishing a revision of the book Bertrand Russell's Best. The skill and the impartiality with which he made his selections, producing, thereby, a volume which one may hope can be read without pain and without excessive mental exertion."

BR sends his sympathy on the death of Miles Malleson.

BR is touched that Bardoe-Darfor will name his son after BR.

BR thanks Dora (and John Conrad) for the gift of an early Bradshaw.

Thank you for birthday greetings.

Thanks for birthday wishes. "Were it not for Snowden and the sea", BR would envy them the view from their Edinburgh window.

There is also a deleted draft of the reply, this being the fair copy. See document .132716, record 128178.

BR thanks Toynbee for the encouragement that his support gives him.

Edith insists that the Establishment sees BR and herself as jailbirds ("gaolbirds").

She refers to Grace's letter of 28 May, but BRACERS has no letter from a "Grace" on that date. The reply seems to suit Grace Forster's letters.

The note on a tiny slip of paper reads: "Some Letters dictated to ER in 1967-69", The word "some" has obviously been inserted at the beginning, where there was little room.

"18 Oct. 1863 - 18 Oct. 1873. 193 letters to Amberley and to Kate including a letter dated 21 May 1872 congratulating Amberley on the birth of B. R."  Amberley was Lord John's son John, and Kate his wife, née Katharine Stanley.

The range of document numbers is .076251 to .076444.

"You will be glad to hear that in London we have sold 200 copies of Russell's book whereas Miss Cook has just told me that their sales in Chicago are only 170. I think ours is a very good figure considering the war."

BR thanks Schuck for her letter of 1950/09/25 (record 65423). BR suggests "Living in the Atomic Age" as a more suitable replacement for "Can Hydrogen Think?".

Source: Mount Holyoke College Archives, MS 0841 74/4/1.

"I am glad to learn that you have sold about 200 copies of the Russell book. I intended to read it, but I have not been in a condition to read it, mainly because my left eye bothers me greatly...."

"I do not think that we have any article from Mr. Russell for the April Monist. Is this particular series of his concluded?"

"I have written to Mr. Russell asking him about the continuation of his series. I expect the next article of his series will be sent in time for the July number."

Jourdain's parcel with "Sensation and Imagination" was received.

"... will you please let us know the exact state of things with regard to De Morgan's Essays and Russell's Lowell lectures, and any other book which may be in preparation in England at this time."

"Dr. Carus has an unbound copy of Mr. Russell's Lowell lectures, but has not yet seen De Morgan's Essays on Newton."

"I shall be glad to receive Russell's letter on the war. So far I have not received anything, and I fear that it has been confiscated in the British mails.... The policy of England is to cut off all information from the continent that might reach the United States and also the English people.... I would not have believed that a censorship could be established in England … the same kind as the censorship of Russia."

Blake sends a joke letter about the prevalence of venereal disease among soldiers.

The second page of the letter is missing.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Blake has been sent by the U.S. Army to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, despite being assigned to Massachusetts. He is still waiting for the letter the Russells sent to him to be forwarded, but reports that he is doing better than the last one he sent and hopes he didn't worry them. He mentions Raoul Mitchell, who is helping him to keep his sanity, and a number of other references to missing Europe and not enjoying the army, but regularly also insists he's okay.

Blake asks if Conrad is taller and whether Kate is out of her cast "and very beautiful". He asks if they have Ann Fremantle's address as he is only 25 miles from Washington. Finally, he asks Peter to tell Pam he loves her.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Jourdain sends Carus BR's article to be published in the July Monist.

"For the October Monist I shall have the first part of the translation by Stachelroth and myself of part of Frege's 'Grundgesetze der Arithmetik'. Only those parts are translated which do not contain any awkward symbolism and it is important to read Frege by the side of Russell, because Frege's work was much earlier though it is not so appreciated."

Carus is anxious to read more of BR.

"I learn that Bertrand Russell has expressed his dissatisfaction somewhere of the English having entered into this troublesome war, and I have to say that I share his opinion fully."

"I am trying to get Russell to write an article on the war for the Open Court."

Jourdain saw BR yesterday and they had a long talk on the war. "Russell is of opinion that Grey is a very unscrupulous person in fact he described him as a 'devil'.... With regard to the violation of Belgium's neutrality, Russell is sure that Germany violated it first and with no provocation on the part of France, but that if France had violated it, England would not have interfered."

"... Russell's own grandfather, Lord John Russell, was Prime Minister of England, and Russell himself has always had a strong leaning toward politics. I have asked Bryce to send Russell and some other people copies of the October Open Court ... Russell from short reading did not think much of Haeckel's article."

[Carus seems to have marked the whole first paragraph for use, perhaps in print. See record 128200.]

"When sending your proofs a few days ago, I included also a set of the proofs of Mr. Russell's January article. This is a duplicate set because we mailed proofs to him direct to his Cambridge address. Since the printers pulled the extra set, I sent them to you in case you might know of any reason why Mr. Russell would not receive his proofs at his ordinary address."

"Perhaps I shall reprint also Mr. Russell's letter and some other statements from English papers. While I am convinced that the war will bring great disappointments to England, I believe that the English people are innocent of the war, they would not have ventured into it, but I see no chance to justify the deeds of the British government."

[Carus has in mind for the December Open Court the account of BR's views in record 128198.]

"I am paying Russell £20 for his article in the July Monist and that quite pays him up to the present date."

"I am sending you ... an advertisement of Russell which Bryce inserted in the Publishers Circular and I am inserting in Nature; It gives some idea of the way the press has spoken of the book."

"I have sent a bound copy of Russell to the Chicago Office and will tell Mr. Bryce to send bound copies of De Morgan and Mach."

"I send you a review of Russell's book from the Westminster Gazette by Waterlow. Waterlow also wrote a review of it in the New Statesman, which I think will help sales. I have written a long review of it in the Mathematical Gazette, together with a set of reviews of all the other books published by the Open Court Publishing Company up to date."

"I am sending you a proof sheet from the Cambridge Magazine giving a short preliminary review of Russell. There will be a more detailed review afterwards, but the sentence underlined may be worth while putting in advertisements of the book. On the same page is an extract from Russell's latest article on the war which may interest you."

Jourdain sends an article by BR.

"The sheets of Russell's Lowell Lectures, De Morgan's Essays and the new edition of Mach's Analysis have all been despatched to Chicago some time ago, and I have written definite details to the city office."

"I am exceedingly sorry that there has been a misunderstanding about Russell's articles. Russell wished to continue the articles 'On the Nature of Acquaintance' with a view to publishing a subsequent book, and I have already a further article of his which would go in the January Monist."

"A few days ago I sent you an article of Russell's for the October Monist. As he will be on a walking tour on the continent during August and September I have agreed to correct the proofs so will you kindly send them to me? Russell will continue the three articles that have just been published and ultimately they will form another and rather important book. So he would prefer the three articles on the Nature of Acquaintance not to be bound up and sold separately at present."

"In reply to your letter of August 15, the article 'Definitions, etc.' is for the October number. I am returning one set of the proofs you sent to me of my article to-day."

"I am going to pay Russell £20 for his article in the July Monist shortly, so that I hope you will be careful not to pay him over again."

Fragment of a letter (only page 3 is present).

"I had a delightful visit Sunday from Dr. E.C. Dudley, the host of Bertrand Russell while in Chicago, a great friend and supporter of his, as well as of the English cause in the present war. ... He came to me because he feared that I had acquired a prejudice against Russell ... I wish to say that I have not the slightest idea of the whole occurrence, and whatever Dr. Dudley may have said never reached my ears, and even if he had spoken of me personally it would never have made any impression on me or prejudiced me against Russell."

Carus thinks that BR was speaking of Jourdain when BR said that his friend is going to be married soon.

"The two enclosures I send will amuse you: one is from the Morning Post, a very prominent English newspaper; the other shows that Bertrand Russell, who contributed quite a short article to the Atlantic Monthly, is thought by them to be a very popular and eminent author."

"I will repeat here that I am as little anti-English as is Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Morley, perhaps also Bertrand Russell. I consider the English government as responsible for the war, which was the policy of Edward VII in his formation of the Triple Entente, and of Sir Edward Gray."

Carus returns the Atlantic Monthly's statement of fee.

"What you say of Dudley is very amusing. I hope he has not been speaking against Russell, but Russell's reputation is quite firmly established, and I am sure as far as his work for the Open Court Publishing Co is concerned nothing would affect your opinion which you have formed of Russell as a philosopher."

"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'."

"As to his view concerning Russell he <Dr. Dudley> cherishes a very high opinion of his philosophy and his style. He read to me passages from a former book of Russell's which he highly appreciates, and he has done his very best to give me an impression of the prominence of Russell."

Jourdain wants to translate Georg Cantor's articles which deals with both philosophy and mathematics and is centred around "... the foundations of arithmetic by logicians like Frege, Peano, and Russell...."

Added in Jourdain's hand at the bottom of the letter: "Neill & Co. have sent off 1000 copies of Russell in sheets to Chicago."

"In reply to yours of June 26th, the Article on Russell and Bergson is by Miss Costelloe and not by my sister. I think your alteration of the title will be all right, please assume that it is unless I write again in a day or two: I wrote to Miss Costelloe about it yesterday, and said that it would be altered unless she had any reason for keeping the title."

Jourdain sends Russell's article on "the Nature of Acquaintance". [No mention of it being in 3 parts.]

Blake complains about his lack of mental stimulation and how awful his fellow soldiers are. He says he is trying not to alarm Peter and that this letter should indicate his acceptance of it all, though he hasn't much interest in living or being excited by anything. Ann Fremantle asked to be remembered to them. Blake promises to send a photo when his hair is a little longer and asks Peter to give his love to Diddy, Conrad, and Kate.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Blake thanks Peter for the party.

Subsequent pages of this letter are missing.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

"You know perhaps that Russell and another English Philosopher Hoernlé have been asked to lecture at Harvard next March for a short time. In Russell's rooms yesterday I saw the draft of his lectures which he has just begun to write out. It would be a splendid thing if these lectures could be published in the Monist. They are on the theory of knowledge, and I send you a copy of Russell's syllabus which however will probably be not kept to exactly. The part I have seen is the first part of part 1, A and it deals in part with William James's Theory of consciousness. I suggested to Russell that these lectures, or as much of them as he thinks suitable, should be published in the Monist and I suggested to him, subject to your approval, a fee of £3.3.0 per thousand words. This payment is rather high but I think that it will be fully worth your while. In the first place these lectures would be printed before the Harvard lectures are given (Russell would let me have the first 70 pages to send you in about a month), and everything written by Russell is eagerly read in both England and America, America I believe particularly. In England there were very large sales of The Monist when it contained articles by or on Russell. The publication of these lectures would go on through five or six numbers of the Monist. As for the publication in book form, that might be also done by you subsequently. The only thing is that Russell is anxious to have the words in the book spelt in the English way, so that I expect that would mean that the book had better be printed in England and published by you."

Jourdain sends Russell's French pamphlet. "... it ought to go in Monist. If you think so, I will translate, and R. will revise. Don't pay R. anything; but remember it to his credit!"

Jourdain sends a manuscript of BR's, "The Philosophical Importance of Mathematical Logic", which Jourdain has translated from the Revue de métaphysics <sic> et de morale and added notes; and which BR has revised. "Please send proof to Russell." "The emphasis on form in this article will, I think, give you pleasure. According to a letter I had from Russell the other day, his views on the foundations of logic are undergoing some change, and I expect some new results with regard to what he calls the 'logical constants' and the part they play in form, soon."

Fragment of a letter presumably missing the first two pages (it begins on page 3).

"The MS is already in America and Russell wants £80 down for the rights, to be paid not later than November 1. It is quite possible that the lectures would pay in America, but you will be the best judge of that."

Blake thanks Peter for her recent letter and Conrad's consolations, promising to "build him another house in England after the war". He commiserates with Peter about how uncertain things are and about packing up. Blake goes on to complain about the army and how they don't adequately explain the reasons for the war, relying instead on other techniques to inspire. According to Blake, his fellow soldiers are so uninformed that when the surrender of Italy was announced a number of the men didn't know of its existence and another group thought it was a loss for the Allies. Blake hopes to get leave around 1943/10/18 and hopes he will be able to come to Philadelphia to visit them.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Blake thanks Peter for her letter and announces that he has managed to get a posting to Europe. He discusses the likelihood of his marrying Pam and also Martha, a woman he has met in the US. He goes on to discuss the recent US Presidential election. He reminisces about times spent at Little Datchet and his growing anti-German sentiments. He wishes Peter a Merry Christmas and closes with a note that Willo is in Kentucky at Armed Forces OCS.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Blake has arrived in France, but travelled through England too quickly and undercover and so was unable to get in touch. He asks if his wife would be able to stay with them when she arrives from the US after "Germany falls". He bought some chocolate for Conrad and lipstick and bobby pins for Peter. He tried to get "sweet Beau", but "the druggist thought it somewhat odd that an infantry lieutenant should be using 'Seductive Passion' lipstick, and I thought I'd better leave it at that and the Bobby Pins".

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.

Jourdain returns Part II of Russell's paper. "Russell has written to offer us his Lowell lectures (popular on problems of philosophy). 64,000 words for £100. I accepted on my own responsibility, so please cable me if you agree. I think it would be a good thing and sell hugely. All is ready for press, and we ought to get it printed in Edinburgh and get it out by June (3 or 4,000 copies), when the lectures are delivered. Russell badly wants the money within a month. Could you send me a draft? Of course if you do not agree, I will pay R., but it would cripple my resources. Suppose the book costs £120 to print and bind, we ought to make £400 by it, as even R's technical books (12/6, 7/6 …) are often out of print; and he is in the centre of interest here and in America."

The names of those who will be receiving presentation copies of The Gospel of Buddha: "Lady Darwin, Sir E. Darwin, Searle, Rouse Ball, Russell, Payne, Prof. H.A. GIles, Prof. Birkett, G.S. Mead, Hon. Ralph Shirley, Mrs. Avery, Frank E. Balls, Hon. E.C.F. Collier, William Duffus, Reginald Farrer, Prof. E.J. Mille, Prof. Rhys Davids, P.W. Sergeant, Prof. C.R. Lanonan, The Earl of Mexborough, Alexander Fisher, Ernest B. Florence, Edward Greenley, Mary E. Lilley" and add also "Oskar Schloss".