BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
78103

Listowel requests a donation for the Cyprus Conciliation Committee.

78104

Listowel thanks BR for his donation (of £10).

78105

An announcement of a meeting.

78106

Re Penthouse's unauthorized use of BR's name in its advertising.

78107
Littlewood met BR 10 years earlier. He wants advice on a self-help book.
78108

BR finds his table of contents of interest, and similar to The Conquest of Happiness.

78109
Littlewood sends the typescript of his book.
78110

BR comments on Littlewood's typescript book, "In Search of Wisdom". BR thinks many things in our unconscious are evil, and agrees with the role of fear in his account.

78111
Littlewood defends his thesis on fear, evil, and the unconscious.
78112

BR corrected the year from Littlewood's 1915 but with a query.

The reference to BR's new book can only be to Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, which was published in March 1919.

78113

A transcription of document .052178; also a carbon copy.

BR has annotated Littlewood's remark "that your new book dooms the British monarchy to the fate of the Chinese and Russian empires". Littlewood is referring to both the Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy (see pp. 35, 46, 176) and to The Problems of Philosophy.

BR's annotation is: "[I had said in print that I was not acquainted with the Emperor of China, but I knew he existed. Before the book was published I knew he didn't. So in the next edition I altered "China" to "Russia". In the next after that, "Russia" became "Germany"; finally "Japan", which so far, thanks to MacArthur, I have not had to change.]"

(No "Emperor of Germany" alteration is known; "Kaiser von Japan" occurs in the German translation of 1926, which has a foreword by BR.)

78114
78115
A transcription of document .052181; also a carbon copy. BR has annotated the ribbon copy.
78116

On lodgings for the summer, and on the Fellows' memorial to reinstate BR at Trinity.

78117

"Einstein's theory is completely confirmed." Dated by BR.

78118
A transcription of document .052184; also a carbon copy. BR has annotated both copies.
78119

Littlewood is sorry BR is not returning to Trinity.

78120

A transcription of document .052185; also a carbon copy.

BR has annotated the ribbon copy for the reference to his resignation from Trinity (he was "living in sin").

78121

On possibly seeing BR.

78122

Littlewood writes about a crank's solution of Fermat's last theorem.

78123

Littlewood asks BR about his experiences of influenza, picking up a reference in My Philosophical Development, p. 37, where the 1892 experience is mentioned.

78124

BR did not get the flu in 1918 (though he had it in 1892). BR does not think any theory about influenza is well established. [A rare medical opinion.]

78125

Litvinoff asks to see BR re "something of urgency and importance" re exchanges with Khrushchev.

78126

Walker asks BR to suggest a mathematical quotation for a new institute.

78127

BR suggests a passage from Plato's Laws quoted in "The Study of Mathematics", which was pointed out to BR by Gilbert Murray.

78128

Robert asks BR to again be a vice-president of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

78129

BR asserts that Europe is less important than it was, but his writings have paid Europe sufficient attention.

78130

The director of L.S.E. inquires whether BR would accept election as an Honorary Fellow of L.S.E.

78131

BR would be very happy to be elected an Honorary Fellow of L.S.E.

78132

BR has been elected a Fellow of L.S.E.

78133

BR is gratified to learn of his Honorary Fellowship of L.S.E. "... as L.S.E. has grown older I have joined the young...."

78134

Caine encloses the announcement of 4 new Honorary Fellows.

78135

BR is invited to give a talk next term or the following one on a subject of his choice.

78136

The committee has decided to form the British Institute of Philosophical Studies.

78137

Pafford, Goldsmiths' Librarian, invites BR to use the recently acquired microfilm of Leibniz manuscripts in the State Library, Hanover.

78138

Pafford would like BR to autograph a book whenever he can visit the library.

78139
Longden congratulates BR on his new title and hopes to see him.
78140

BR cannot see Longden, as every moment during the next 2 weeks will be filled up with business.

78141

BR's holograph telegram is a message to a public meeting on secret police powers, found on the verso of the ts. enclosed with document .052132.

78142

Longman, on behalf of those in Fairby Convalescent Home, requests 2 or 3 autographed copies of Principles of Social Reconstruction for a study circle.

78143

Longville asks about Lionel Johnson letters and the whereabouts of Frank Russell's papers.

78144

The file contains 2 very similar dictated replies in Edith Russell's hand. One seems to be a copy of a handwritten reply.

BR has never seen any of his brother's records and does not know where his papers are.

78145

This is a secretarial carbon of the shorter reply with document .052217. Farley has written at the top: "Sent as requested".

78146

Lt. Col. Lort-Phillips tells BR that his The Logic of Defence is to be published June 3.

78147

BR is in almost complete agreement with The Logic of Defence (Russell's Library, no. 2191).

Non-nuclear wars could not be relied upon not to become nuclear provided certain conditions were fulfilled. (In Russell's library, with marginal markings.)

78148

Lort-Phillips tells BR that his comments on his book gave him great pleasure and he hopes to visit BR.

78149

Lort-Phillips asks BR's permission to quote from his letter of 1959/05/23 on the jacket of the second edition of The Logic of Defence.

78150

BR approves the use of his sentence in praise of The Logic of Defence and looks forward to meeting Lort-Phillips at Trafalgar Square.

78151

Lort-Phillips sends BR a new attempt "to organize my thinking on defence".

"I entirely agree with your admirable article in the Western mail...." (Not in B&R.)

78152

A letter to Encounter is enclosed re the debate between BR and Christopher Mayhew.

78153

Edith Russell resends a letter that she, as BR's secretary, wrote for him on May 23 re Mayhew.

78154

Edith, as BR's secretary, reports that he hopes Encounter will publish Patrick Lort-Phillips' letter in reply.

Enclosed with document .052226.

78155

Edith Russell writes on BR's behalf re Encounter and about pressuring politicians via a mass movement of protest.

78156

Edith resends a letter originally sent on May 23.

78157

Love accepts "On the Substitutional Theory of Classes and Relations" for the Proceedings and encloses a referee's comments.

78158

Love is sorry that BR has withdrawn his paper ["On the Substitutional Theory of Classes and Relations"] and hopes that he will, instead, revise it, without resorting to symbolic logic to convey his solution to the contradiction.

78159
A transcription of document .052229; also a carbon copy. BR has annotated the ribbon copy.
78160

BR asks Lovell to give evidence on radar's reliability at the Old Bailey trial of six members of the Committee of 100.

78161

Lovell states that neither he nor anyone else could sustain a case about radar without complete access to the systems.

78162

Lowe asks BR about Universal Algebra by Whitehead and to look over his draft bibliography of Whitehead for Schilpp.

Cited in Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of Whitehead, p. 23.

78163

On Whitehead's religious convictions and Cardinal Newman.

78164

Lowe asks for permission to quote BR's previous letter and about the definition of "agnostic".

78165

BR provides his definition of "agnostic".

78166

Lowe asks about Whitehead's early belief in a merely mechanical universe.

78167

Before 1918, when Eric Whitehead died, Whitehead had no definite opinions in philosophy. Afterwards a philosophy like Bergson's was needed, he told BR, since otherwise there would be no justification of induction.

78168

President Lowell asks BR to take "some subject not so distinctly religious". BR has written at the top: "Ans. Nature and Scope of Scientific Method?"

78169

President Lowell maintains that Harvard's academic freedom record has been flawless. Re 31/MIS REJ.

78170

Lowenstein much enjoyed being present while BR recorded some of his thoughts for Gunilla Ormerod's composition.

78171

Mary E. Lowndes, 1863-1947, a cousin of Marie Belloc Lowndes' husband, is headmistress of Rosemary Hall School, Greenwich, Connecticut. She asks BR to speak on philosophy to the Greenwich College Women's Club, and lecture on citizenship or democratic ideals "to our youngsters". (It is not known whether BR did speak to the school.)

78172

The Greenwich College Women's Club sends BR his honorarium for his lecture (on April 4) plus expenses. BR is quoted on Greenwich: "Not America, nor yet England".

The signature appears to be "Ch. E. Lowndes", but the handwriting is that of Mary E. Lowndes.

78173

Lucas approves of Justice in War-Time and The Policy of the Entente and likens BR to Hegel finishing the Phenomenology of the Spirit within sound of the guns of Jena.

78174
A transcription of document .052245; also a carbon copy.
78175

Ludlam is concerned about forming considered plans "to organize war out of our system of society".

78176

Ludwig sends an essay (not present) and asks BR for a meeting "related to my own scientific effort here".

Also on letterhead: Republique Française.

78177

A business card on which Schoenman has drafted BR's reply; and a periodical, Les Cahiers Rationalistes, August-September 1963, inscribed to BR.

78178

BR thanks Lutaud for his letter (not present) and pamphlet, and asks for donations for the BRPF.

78179

Luedecke asks BR how "relation" is to be defined in regard to Principia.

78180

BR explains relations in intension and extension, using the word "assemblage".

78181
Luedecke writes further on meaning and denotation.
78182

BR is so overwhelmed by other work that he cannot decide how far he agrees with Luedecke on meaning and denotation.

78183

Lynch, who fought for the Boers, has completed a book ms., "The Fundamental Processes of the Mind".

78184

Lynch thanks BR for his "good offices" and encloses notes (not present) from his introduction.

78185

Lynch wants BR to propose him to the London Mathematical Society.

Lynch writes on House of Commons letterhead.

78186
Lynch hopes that his politics will not be a ground of opposition to his scientific ideas.
78187

Lynch has been elected to the London Mathematical Society and is at work on his book on psychology.

78188

Marshall has written at the top: "To B.R. to answer".

Royden is uneasy about the methods of the No-Conscription Fellowship.

78189
A transcription of document .052656; also a carbon copy.
78190

"Private". There are 6 copies of this transcription of Lord Cecil's letter plus a brief covering note in Marshall's hand.

Cecil explains why he does not want his name associated with those who oppose the Military Service Act or conscription, although he will do what he can for C.O.s.

78191
Marshall praises BR's defence speech and asks him to revise the typescript of it and suggests what to do with the postscript.
78192

Marshall is envious of BR's 10 days of holiday and reflects on his proposed visit to America. Clifford Allen's case.

Letter was not sent until June 17 although originally dated June 15.

78193

Manus draws Marshall's attention to a War Office promulgation on sentences meted out to C.O.s. The enclosed clipping is titled "Punishment in the Army", Daily News, 17 July 1916.

Marshall has annotated the letter with a list of things to do.

78194

Marshall congratulates BR on the start of his Welsh speaking tour.

Her envelope contains a postscript, and she encloses document .052662a.

78195

Marshall answers BR's letter about her possibly leaving the N.-C.F. and returning to the Women's International League.

78196

On BR's passport, N.-C.F. business, and whether she should continue her political work.

78197

A personal letter. The selling of BR's goods to pay his fine and his "many friends". The letter is addressed "Dear Mephy", which BR has annotated as "[Mephistopheles]".

78198

On Miss P., the kind of person whom Clifford Allen should marry.

78199

BR has supplied the year.

A cry for BR's help over Marshall's loneliness.

78200
A transcription of document .052666; also a carbon copy.
78201
Marshall is grateful for BR's kindness. BR supped with her and her father.
78202

A transcription of document .052668, record 78201; also a carbon copy. BR has annotated the ribbon copy with a N-C.F. riddle.