Ponsonby asks BR to be on a list of lecturers for the U.D.C.

A transcription of document .054431, record 54430; also a carbon copy. BR has corrected and annotated the ribbon copy.

Ponsonby asks BR to co-edit with Lowes Dickinson a book for the U.D.C. on "Democracy and the War".

Ponsonby asks for details of BR and Dickinson's replacements on the Boxer Indemnity Committee.

A transcription of document .054434; also a carbon copy.

BR has annotated the ribbon copy to the effect he and Dickinson were "turned off the Boxer Indemnity Committee before any meeting had taken place."

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

"... I have been in the wars again and harassed by endless worrying business, having been suddenly and illegally deprived of the [Barnes Foundation] post from which I derived almost all my income." BR does not wish to stay in the U.S.

On revisions to The Problems of Philosophy.

Ponsonby is publishing a book on the peace movement. He asks BR to financially support the expenses of a "peace letter" petition.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

A Bodleian transcription of the original. The letter is retranscribed at record 52410. Included is a letter to the New York Times.

A Bodleian transcription of the original, which there is a photocopy at record news://52412. BR introduces Mr. Z. Rossides, a member of a delegation that wishes Cyprus to be joined to Greece.

Ponsonby asks BR to raise Gandhi's release question in the House of Lords.

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which there is a photocopy at record 52413.

"On the whole I am glad that Russia turned down the Marshall scheme so emphatically and quickly; I was afraid there would be sabotage and delay. The division of Germany, however regrettable, seems to be now quite unavoidable. Molotov's fierceness was really surprising."

Ponsonby asks BR not to leave the Labour Party yet.

Ponsonby discusses pacifism and Spain, and will read Which Way to Peace? before it is printed. He calls Hitler "astute".

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which a photocopy is catalogued at record 52414.

BR thanks Murray for Dodds on Plato. "My own feeling to Plato is ambivalent: I love him, but I think I ought to hate him."

BR "read with great approval your letter in today's Times". (This was "Political Trials", on the condemnation of Petkov in Bulgaria and the upcoming trial in Cracow of 17 members of the Polish Peasant Party. Murray was convinced that no government is unmoved by moral condemnation or public opinion.)

On possibly leaving the Labour Party if it favours fighting Hitler.

Ponsonby raises the question of the identity of a Stanley in 1872 in regard to meeting Queen Victoria. "I find the past a relief from Czechoslovakia." He has had an enthusiastic letter about BR's Bradford meeting.

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which there is a photocopy at record 52415.

On BR's Autobiography and in defence of Pembroke Lodge.

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which a photocopy is at record 52416.

On the Trondheim incident. BR owed his preservation to tobacco, drink and WWI. "I wish we met sometimes, not only at Winston's gargantuan feasts." (Churchill.) BR "abandoned temperance when the King took the pledge in 1914".

A Bodleian transcription of the original, a photocopy of which is at record 52417.

BR is willing to come to the Lords in February and March, and to speak on a general amnesty for Indian followers of Gandhi.

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which a photocopy is at record 52418.

On the difficulty of their debating (re Asia, Russia, and civilization). This concerns their appearance on the BBC's "London Forum", prerecorded 5 May 1949 and broadcast 6 June, on the topic "Is Regional Association the Most Practical Step Toward World Government?".

"Much the most delicate branch of the subject is Asia, where democracy and economic justice conflict with the preservation of civilization. ... nothing we can do will prevent Asia from going communist."

"Where democracy and civilization conflict, I am for civilization."

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which a photocopy is at record 52419.

Re the Order of Merit.

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which there is a photocopy at record 52420.

BR has queried the year, typed as "45".

On the First vs. the Second World War. People would say BR is "rash and impetuous". Selecting material (for BR's Autobiography) is "terribly difficult".

A Bodleian transcription of the original, of which a photocopy is at record 52421.

A BRACERS transcription is at record 52421.

BR returns his letters sent to him by Murray.

A second transcription of the original, of which a photocopy is at record 52421. BR has queried the year, typed as "45".

A BRACERS transcription is at record 52421.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On Christian civilization. BR read a book on the Southborough [Scottsboro] case recently.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On population.

A Bodleian transcription of the original. Corrected by BR in very old age.

On birth control. BR's broadcasts are extracted from a book (New Hopes for a Changing World).

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On Aldous Huxley and Dr. Arnold. BR's broadcast was concerned to exorcise the "Dr. Arnolds".

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

BR's message was composed for a dinner in Murray's honour.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On BR's respectability. On failure; on conventional recognition (the O.M.).

A transcription of the original.

BR is being divorced for desertion, but "most of the desertion was the other way round."

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On BR's "Portraits".

A Bodleian transcription of the original. The date on the transcription is 1952/11/19, but the image of the original has 1952/11/16.

"I believe in telepathy because the evidence seems overwhelming, but most of the psychical stuff leaves me cold."

There is a BRACERS transcription at record 52431.

BR provides 2 brief notes on Una Pope-Hennessy, née Birch.

BR has provided the year. About Ivy Pretious.

BR has supplied the month and year. He is asked to read her draft article on religious life during the Revolution.

"You are a person of wonderful insight and kindness". Ivy Pretious's operation.

Pope-Hennessy thanks BR for his criticisms of her book on secret societies and the French revolution.

The year is conjectured. Pope-Hennessy would like BR to visit her for tea.

Dated by BR.

Pope-Hennessy wants BR's advice about "the Hesse mss" and writes about "the secret archives of our Foreign Office (1760)".

Dated by BR.

She gives BR a book as a friendship offering.

On the recent death of a friend of hers. She has been canvassing, though she is tired of the topic of Chinese labour.

Birch thanks BR for his criticisms of her article (see his letter of 19 May 1906). She mentions the Morrells' loss of a baby.

A transcription of document .054456, record 79448; also a carbon copy. Both are corrected by BR, who annotates the reference to Mrs. Thursby as "sister of Arthur Brisbane, Hearst's right-hand man".

"Private". Pope-Hennessy is going through a difficult time, and BR gives her "a feeling of great strength and confidence and I love your courage."

A transcription of document .054458, record 79451; also a carbon copy. BR has annotated the ribbon copy and corrected both.

Birch liked Arthur Elliot, but "had liked his late wife better."

On Hale White = Mark Rutherford; Amelia Stirling.

Una hopes BR will not live in isolation again.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

BR has been "gradually calming down" since the First World War.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

She wants to hear about BR's trip to America and wants him to read her unpublished book on Madame Roland.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On Wells and Shaw.

She refers to the birth of her son in December and her almost completed biography of Madame Roland.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On De La Warr's ideas and BR's new short story.

The Pope-Hennessys will attend BR's 3 lectures on China.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On China and the Communists. The Berlin Congress.

She has read in The Times of the birth of John Conrad Russell. (See The Times, 17 Nov. 1921, p. 1.)

Popper tells BR that his Postscript, Chap. 1, is addressed to BR in spirit. He sends BR his Logic of Scientific Discovery.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

BR is reading Murray's reminiscent broadcasts.

Low describes herself in her next letter as "Richard and Una Pope-Hennessy's grandmother". She hopes BR will see Cecil Barnes at Cambridge.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

BR is completely recovered from his operation.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On Toynbee and education in culture vs. science. Mill.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

On Shaw.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

BR applies the liar paradox.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

Einstein.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

The CCNY case. Excessive democracy vs. big government.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

The accusation against BR in New York pleased him.

Low much appreciated going to hear the "Principles of Social Reconstruction" lectures.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

BR believes the Great Powers are convinced that a great war must be avoided.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

Since BR is "still not quite respectable", no university in the U.K. has given him an honorary doctorate.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

BR does not recall the Review of Psycho-Pedagogy.

A Bodleian transcription of the original.

Lamont. Toynbee. "I become increasingly anti-religious with advancing years."

A Bodleian transcription of the original. BR has made a pencil correction.

"... I do not think it [an international force] can be effected until there is close co-operation between America and Russia, which is a somewhat distant prospect."

Popper is disappointed that BR has declined to review Contemporary British Philosophy.

Popper wishes BR would not bother to "study current Oxford philosophy thoroughly".

Popper criticizes BR on probability in My Philosophical Development, referring to their Amsterdam discussion in 1948. He asks BR for permission to dedicate his Postscript to him.

BR has been too preoccupied with nuclear warfare to give serious consideration to probability. He is honoured by Popper's dedication of Postscript.

A note on Eileen Power on a scrap of paper.

BR has provided the year. Power is still trying to identify a clipping for BR. She refers to Dewey.

The enclosed clipping is of Dr. Sze praising U.S. policy on China.

Dated by BR.

On the birth of "Snooks", annotated by BR as "John's pre-natal name".

BR is thanked for his donation of £25.

A statement by BR on his pacifist activities.

On helping BR.

The title is "Unsolicited Statement Respecting the Hon. Bertrand Russell".

A second carbon is present.

In French. BR has revealed to Ray that Renaud had a similar project (to translate The Philosophy of Leibniz).

BR will be glad to see Ronald Clark at a convenient time. "... his book about the Huxley family should be very interesting."

In French. Ray is glad BR will write a preface to the French edition of The Philosophy of Leibniz.

In French.

Ray offers BR proofs rather than manuscript of the Rays' translation of The Philosophy of Leibniz.

In French. Ray provides, at BR's request, exactly the paragraph in French thanking M. Lévy-Bruhl in the preface.