BR TO ROBERT EISLER, 17 SEPT. 1946
BRACERS 56991. ALS(X). U. of Toronto, Fisher Library, Slater papers
Proofread by K. Blackwell

Trinity College,
Cambridge.
Sp. 17, 1946

Dear Dr. Eisler

Thank you for your letter, and for the review,1 which naturally gave me great pleasure. I will bear in mind the points you make, especially to read Olschki’s book,2 which I did not know of.

With regard to the Jewish problem, I was too busy at the moment to go into the question. But at the present time, when Germans in the British zone are starving, it does not seem a good plan to try to find room for more population. Moreover Zionists would not be satisfied. I must confess that I do not know what to suggest; I think a great deal about the problem, but fruitlessly.

I very much doubt whether there will be any opening for you to lecture at Cambridge. Few people study philosophy here; there are already more teachers than pupils. Oxford might be more hopeful.

Any time after Oct. 2nd I shall be glad to see you at Cambridge, where I occupy the rooms that were Newton’s. I should however be glad of notice, as I am sometimes away.

With all good wishes

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.

• 1

  your letter, and for the review In The Nineteenth Century and After, 140 (Oct. 1946): 233–6.

• 2

  Olschki’s book Leonardo Olschki, History of Scientific Literature in the Modern Vernacular Languages [trans. of German title], 3 vols. (Heidelberg U. P., 1919, 1922, 1927).