BRACERS Record Detail for 135589

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1896
Box no.
16.84
Filed
1896a
Source if not BR
Thacher, Michael, donation
Recipient(s)
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Smith, Mr.
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1931/02/09
Full date (Estimate)
1931/02/09
Form of letter
TLS
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
BHS
Notes and topics

BR thanks them for the advertisement proof, which he "like[s] very much". The Conquest of Happiness has sold 12,000 copies.

Transcription

BR TO LIVERIGHT PUBLISHING CORPORATION / MR. SMITH, 9 FEB. 1931
BRACERS 135589. TLS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell


<letterhead>
Beacon Hill School
Harting,
Petersfield,
9th February 1931.

Dear Mr. Smith,

Thank you for your letter of January 23rd, and for the enclosed proof of an advertisement which I like very much. I am amused to find myself regarded as saying the modern equivalent of St. John’s Gospel.

I am glad to hear that The Conquest of Happiness has sold 12,000 copies, and is still selling, and I am grateful for the details you give me about the cheap edition of Education and the Good Life.

Yours sincerely,
<signed> Bertrand Russell.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
135589
Record created
Jan 22, 2026
Record last modified
Jun 09, 2026
Created/last modified by
duncana