On visiting the Russells in the summer.

On the prosecution of Gertrude Beasley for not registering as an alien (and for sending proofs of her "obscene" book in the mail).

Mrs. Powers likes what the Russells have written on sex education and marriage, but what should a 4-year-old be told about where people come from?

Ricketts recalls a lecture by BR at Dartington Hall, about 1935.

Rinder hopes the doctor has given BR a remedy for insomnia (medical problem).

Sending "stuff" to Ms. Hobhouse is mentioned.

This letter concerns prison correspondence and visiting arrangements. The letter and envelope were marked "III" in pencil at some later date. This is an official letter.

Included messages are from Percy (Constance Malleson), Catherine E. Marshall, T.S. Eliot, Ottoline Morrell, and others.

A separate record has been created for the message of Constance Malleson, record 116564.

A separate record has been created for the message of T.S. Eliot, record 69123.

A separate record has been created for the message from Catherine E. Marshall, record 2819.A separate record has been created for the message from Ottoline Morrell (which contains a message from H.J. Massingham), record 2821.

This letter mentions a poem by Arthur Waley and seems to precede document .054817.

The letter was written at the time that Clifford Allen was staying at Lemon's farm in Abinger. Russell stayed there 22-28 October and visited on 20 November. The letter concerns arrangements for BR to visit Rinder.

"I am so grieved about Percy (i.e. Constance Malleson), can't anything be done for her...."

Rinder's letter is comprised of messages to BR in prison from: Frank Russell, Constance Malleson, Elizabeth Russell and Ottoline Morrell.

This is an official letter. The letter is initialled "C.H." (for Carleton Haynes, the prison governor) in red, and the envelope was marked "VI" at a later date. 

A separate record has been created for Constance Malleson's messages, record 116585.

A separate record has been created for Frank Russell's message, record 2841.

A separate record has been created for Elizabeth Russell's message, record 2871. A separate record has been created for Ottoline Morrell's message, record 2843.

Rinder says BR was excellent as head of the N.C.F. office in the spring and summer; Catherine Marshall's report.

This is an official letter. The envelope was marked "VII" at a later date. The initials "CH" (Carleton Haynes, the governor of Brixton Prison) are at the top of the letter.

The letter contains messages from Frank Russell, C.O'N. (Constance Malleson), G.J. (Constance Malleson), Ottoline Morrell, J.R.M. (James Ramsay MacDonald), Philip and Mrs. Philip (perhaps Snowden), J.B. (Joan Beauchamp), L.S. (Lytton Strachey), V.T (Violet Tillard), Clare (Annesley), Dorothy Wrinch. Philip and Mrs. Philip send their kindest regards and regret there is nothing they can do. Violet sends her love—she is going on holiday and will get Mysticism and Logic as a present. Colette is also referred to in the letter as "C" and "Percy".

Separate records have been created for the messages from Constance Malleson (116615), Frank Russell (2892), Ottoline Morrell (2945), MacDonald (2979), Strachey (2998), and Wrinch (3000).

The letter begins without a salutation. It is dated from a remark: "We move to 7 Mecklenburg[h] Square on 11 July...." Rinder writes about the NCF offices and some of the people there including J.B. [Joan Beauchamp] and V.T. [Violet Tillard]. "Dr. S [Salter] flashes here weekly, like a meteor and decides many matters in the twinkling of an eye, but on the whole I've a curious feeling that the NCF has somehow got into a rather stagnant backwater, and how to get it out is the problem." She has not seen C [Constance Malleson] since the L.P. [Labour Party] conference. She admires her "generous judgement even of those she doesn't like." Frank and Elizabeth Russell have been very kind to Rinder. CA [Clifford Allen] "seems rather despondent about himself." They all miss BR.

The letter has no salutation. It appears in part to be a reply to a message to Rinder in BR's letter to Frank Russell, 8 July 1918, document .079987, record 46924. Clifford Allen is anxious to help BR out. Rinder is on her way to see Frank with regard to E.E. Hunter. Mrs. Huth Jackson has sent BR some crimson carnations. Nevinson sends his "kindest regards". "Miss Royden has left WIL [Women's International League for Peace and Freedom] because they are 'always opposing' much to the disgust of Mrs. Swanwick." BR was mistaken in thinking Joad was "the happy man". Rinder, Dorothy Wrinch and others went to the theatre and then ended up at flat of Miles and Constance Malleson. Capt. Gordon was there. C. "was very gay. — She is a darling."
 

A separate record, 116768,  has been created for Vivienne Eliot's "lengthy" message for BR.

The letter has no salutation. It contains messages from Mrs. Hamilton, Hilderic Cousens, and Dorothy Mackenzie. A separate record been created for Mrs. Hamilton's message (3087) The other two are very brief and can be found in the transcription below.
Rinder refers to a phrase by BR, "No beauty at core the world", which is in his letter to Ottoline of 1 August 1918 (record 18683). The Mrs. H. referred to in the letter may be Mrs. Hobhouse.

There are dating clues in this letter but none of them have led to a date. Cousens had asked to be put on the visiting list a week or two before. This indicates that BR had been in prison for awhile. "Northcliffe has been attacking Lloyd George, nobody know what's behind it but all things are possible." No public attacks could be located for this time period. "Constance Malleson gave me most entertaining accounts of that Kings college congress." There is no record of her attending; perhaps her accounts come from someone else. The congress has not been identified.

"Saturday". The letter concerns the subscription fund for BR. This sheet could have been enclosed with another letter. Rinder states that Carr claims BR has £400 under his marriage settlement. BR provided relevant facts the previous week to Rinder.Lady Ottoline Morrell and Rinder visited Carr in early September. BR told the former on 11 September 1918, record 18692, that he had written Rinder: "I have written to Miss Rinder telling her what I told you about my finances and saying she may tell Carr. I don’t like him to be puzzled. I had no idea of what you told me about Carr’s having collected money before. I didn’t need it then. I could earn, and I had much more capital. Also I need more for philosophy because I want to be able to have my books, which is difficult in a garret. Also it is desirable to have Gordon Sq. All these things together make a vast difference. I did not tell the Whiteheads I had £400 a year in my marriage settlement. Mrs W. wrote me a worried letter, purely private and personal it seemed, and I wrote back soothing her worry."

"Thursday". "I haven't time to finish ordinary weekly letter Friday shall post it from Winchelsea on Saturday ... yr. brother has asked me to write weekly letter while he is at Telegraph Hill."

This is possibly her letter for the period up to 9 August (document .054830, record 79625)—in which case this letter would have been written on 8 August.

The letter contains messages from Ottoline Morrell and Helen Dudley. Although not a formal message, Rinder writes that "Dorothy Wrinch says you will never love her again ..."; this comment is in regard to the philosophy books.

This letter used to be dated 2 August 1918 from the envelope. However, the envelope belongs with Frank’s official letter, document .080001, record 46931. The letter is now dated from its content; it was written in July, sometime after 11 July when the official ban on visiting prohibited areas was lifted for Russell.

The letter contains an extract of a letter from Clifford Allen. Allen did not mean it as a message to BR but Rinder sent it anyway. A record  3088 has been created for it — from Allen to Rinder.

The letter contains a message from T.S. Eliot—see document .054830, record 69109—and a message about Malleson and one apparently from her. Arrangements for visitors on August 28 are described. There is a brief message from Ernest E. Hunter which appears in the transcription below. A separate record has been created for a message from Stanley Unwin, record 3164.

[This is an official letter, with envelope, initialled by the prison governor, CH. The first section is typewritten but still difficult to read. The following initials appear: D.W. (Dorothy Wrinch); C (Constance Malleson); E.E.H. (Ernest E. Hunter); V.T. (Violet Tillard); Miss D. (Helen Dudley). Clare is Clare Annesley (Constance Malleson's sister). 34 is Russell's flat, 34 Russell Chambers, Bury Street.The books referred to in this letter are Ekai Kawaguchi, Three Years in Thibet; Evariste Régis Huc and Joseph Gabet, Travels in Tatory, Thibet and China; Sir E. Backhouse and J.O.P. Bland, Empress Dowager; George Moore, The Brook Kerith: a Syrian Story; George Moore, Hail and Farewell: Ave, Salve, Vale (3 vols.). The detective tales are by Emile Gaborian, also called Gaboriau.]

A transcription of the original letter, document .080002, record 46932. There is also a carbon copy. Both are corrected by BR. Frank's part of the letter (which is not legible on the original) is available here.

Frank writes in part: "There is an enquiry I don't understand about Lady C.M.'s references for your flat." Lady C.M. is Constance Malleson.

The initials "CH", are written in pencil at the top of this letter. They are also on the envelope. Captain Carleton Haynes was Governor of Brixton Prison. The letter contains messages from Ottoline Morrell, Mrs. Hamilton, General Hennessy, Lytton Strachey, Mrs. Rollo Russell, Percy (Constance Malleson), G.L. A separate record 116693 has been created for Malleson's message.

Helen Dudley left England for the United States yesterday; she "sent you her love".

Rinder saw Stanley Unwin yesterday. Unwin was most interested in BR's criticism of Holt's Concepts of Consciousness. Rinder also saw T.S. Eliot and heard about his military problems [good impressions but no message].

Rinder reports that Clifford Allen and Catherine Marshall are staying in a hotel in Edinburgh.

The initials "CH" appear at the top of this letter. The letter contains messages from Stanley Unwin, Robert Trevelyan, Dorothy Wrinch.

Ottoline and Rinder had tea together after they left Brixton. They discussed how to carry out the suggestions made by BR and Gilbert Murray. They are going to see Wildon Carr.

Rinder has seen Constance Malleson, who is working hard on her dramatization of Wuthering Heights.

Many people want to come and visit BR on the 25th. [Possibly this date is a typo since it is almost a month away.]

This is not an official letter but a smuggled one.

Rinder refers to sending BR "the mss. for Dewey and Stout". "It contained proofs of both articles...." by this may be meant C19.02 and C18.08 (but if not the latter review of Broad, then perhaps the intended review of Husserl). She asks for a formal note or message for the NCF committee which she can then transport to Dr. Salter.

This is an official letter; the initials "CH" (Carleton Haynes), Brixton  Prison governor, appear on the top of the letter. The reference to mss. is probably in relation to the mss. of Dewey and for Stout that Rinder mentioned in her previous letter.

Rinder is sorry that she will not see BR next week. She will send messages by his visitors.

The letter continues on "Friday" (that would be 6 September). Rinder and Ottoline have been to see Dr. Carr. Wildon Carr requested that she go to see Gilbert Murray which she will do. C., i.e. Constance Malleson, has just left. She is excited over the new flat, 34 Russell Chambers.

"Eliot has just written rather more hopefully, he is coming here (7. M.S. [Mecklenburgh Square]) next Thursday." Eliot is not quoted. Cousens has been asked to write a paper for the International Journal of Ethics.

She is sorry she doesn't know in which bank Unwin should put the £50.

Elizabeth Russell has carried off BR's weekly letter so she cannot look it up. (BR's weekly official letters for the latter part of his prison stay are not extant.)

This letter is not an official letter. The envelope placed with it, addressed to BR at the prison, does not belong to it. The letter continues on the Monday, and then on the Wednesday, which would be the 11 September. On Wednesday Rinder writes that there will be 5 sheets from Ottoline Morrell and one from D. [Dorothy Wrinch, perhaps her letter of 3 Sept. 1918, document .057987, record 81969] sent with this letter. The envelope is postmarked 7 September and would have contained an official letter, initialled by the prison governor.

BR dined with Rinder this evening, his first upon release from prison. Rinder has 2 cases of BR's that Eliot left, saying they were very valuable.

Rinder cautions BR to avoid the "so called 'flu', it's so horrible". [Re influenza.] She asks when Roads to Freedom is coming out. [It was published in December.]

Apparently written after the Armistice.

The letter mainly concerns the illness of Clifford Allen; also Catherine Marshall.

A condensed transcription of the original letter, document .200299a, record 19326.

All the messages to other people are not included in this version. See record 19326 for all the transcriptions.

Number 1014 has been written in pencil at the top of this transcription. The original of this letter is not present. It is the top carbon; a fainter, fuzzier carbon is document .200299d, record 19329. Both documents have corrections in Rinder's hand.

There is another set of typed transcriptions: document .201182, record 116691, and its carbon .200299dd, record 116690. There is also a typed extract of the letter in a document titled "Extracts from Letters written by the Hon. Bertrand Russell in Brixton Prison, August 1918", in Rec. Acq. 71e, record 52371.

The letter has corrections in ink in Rinder's hand.

"Dear Miss Rinder, Your letter has not yet arrived, but I will begin with various odds and ends." This is a condensed version of a letter no longer extant. Excisions are indicated by ellipses. The carbon copy of this version is document .20299f, record 19331.

There are two other transcriptions:

Document .201183, record 116692, and its carbon, document .200299e, record 19330.

A shorter extract (the paragraph about the canary and the ourang-outang has been removed) appears in "Extracts from Letters Written by the Hon. Bertrand Russell in Brixton Prison, August 1918", sent to Gilbert Murray and located in Rec. Acq. 71e, record 52372.

There is another typed version, document .080040f, record 117621, with the remark about the canary annotated in BR's hand.

A transcription by Rinder of a letter no longer extant. It also appears in "Extracts from Letters Written by the Hon. Bertrand Russell in Brixton Prison, August 1918". The date is taken from that document, Rec. Acq. 71e, record 52373.

Prall will see BR for lessons in logic starting about Feb. 1.

Prall thanks BR for his private teaching of logic and tells him that his own Harvard appointment is not a "scab" job.

Prichard certifies that BR is suffering from "a very severe attack of herpes zoster (shingles)".

Prichard thanks Edith Russell for stamps.

Two mimeographed typescripts by Pritchard-Jones: "The Peace of Camp David, or the Storm of Paris" (1960) and "A Word to Great Britain" (1962), the latter with a chapter, "The Ethical Nature of Bertrand Russell's Fight for Law, Civilisation and Life".

He approached BR, Robert Boothby and Christopher Hollis.

He looks forward to making an appointment with BR.

Pritchard-Jones enjoyed his tea with the Russells.

He asks if BR will read his typescript, "Deadly Delusions".

He adds: "Though dynamic and vigorous, I do hope Lord Russell will not expose himself to cold weather."

Lansborough is asked to publish "Deadly Delusions", one chapter of which BR called "altogether admirable".

BR wishes that he had advice to offer on publishing "Deadly Delusions".

Riverso cannot manage the trip to North Wales in one day.

Pritchard-Jones sends BR "A Word to Great Britain". He asks BR to read certain pages and to avoid stress over his 90th birthday.

BR has Riverso's book and "is impressed by the thoroughness of your studies".

BR has read much of "A Word to Great Britain". He is greatly looking forward to his 90th birthday celebrations. The New Statesman is a "namby-pamby review".

He will be glad to meet with BR on May 20.

Read disagrees with tactics of the Committee.

Robb's paper on the paradox was rejected by Mind. The referee was "R." would BR explain?

Robb's quotes 3 substantial passages from BR's reply to his previous letter on the contradiction, or Russell's paradox.

Robb indicates his dismay that "circumstances should prevent your [BR's] continuing the correspondence.

Pauling asks BR to write a foreword to the British edition of No More War!

Robb refers to BR's "favourable report" on his A Theory of Time and Space for Cambridge University Press.

Pauling suggests visiting BR on Sept 6 or 7. The Look magazine article on BR has been influential.

BR would like to see the Paulings on Sept. 6. International affairs are more cheerful than usual.

Pauling suggests Sept. 8 for the visit.

An invitation to attend the public tribute to Pauling in New York City for his Nobel Peace Prize. BR is listed first among the sponsors.

Pauling accepts BR's invitation to be the sole U.S. sponsor of the BRPF. The enclosure is his Nobel Prize lectures.

In French. Rolland understands BR's reservation and asks for a replacement for paragraph 2 of the "Déclaration".

BR noted at the top: "Ans send sketch of par. 2."

Pauling asks for the source of the statement about an increase in the incidence of abnormal births as stated in BR's Yale Political article.

BR's reply (document .054195) appears in Schoenman's hand on the letter.

In French. Rolland comments on BR's replacement paragraph.

BR encloses a statement on No More War! by Linus Pauling.

In French. There is difficulty in getting intellectuals to agree to all parts of the "Déclaration", but it is going to appear.

Pauling and his wife are glad that they have known BR.

In French. Rolland thanks BR for his friendly visit and sends two issues of Le Phare.

BR encloses a statement on No More War!

In French. Rolland comments on BR's interview with Gorky as described in The Nation.

A short blurb was extracted from this statement on No More War! by Linus Pauling.

Transcription of a telegram re Pauling and the Home Office.

BR has read Pauling's Nobel Prize speech "with approval and admiration".

Feldman asks BR about schools that follow his educational principles.

In French. The conference is to be at Varese, 16 August-2 September.

Rolland is glad that Dora Russell will accompany BR.

BR refers to Summerhill and Dartington as schools that agree with some of his educational ideas.

BR invites Pauling to serve on the BRPF's council of scientific advisers.