BR TO KARL R. POPPER, 22 JULY 1946
BRACERS 56965. ALS(X). Stanford U., Hoover Institution
Proofread by K. Blackwell

[Address till Aug. 15]
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THE HOTEL PORTMEIRION
PENRHYNDEUDRAETH NORTH WALES
22.7.46

Dear Dr. Popper

Thank you for your letter. I should be glad to commend your book to my American publishers, Simon and Schuster. But owing to the fact that at the moment I have no house, my books (including yours) are inaccessible. Could you lend me a copy, as I could write a better recommendation after refreshing my recollection of the book.

My History of Western Philosophy was published last year in America, and will be published here in September.1 I think my point of view is very similar to yours, but it would have been very regrettable if, on this account, you had refrained from publishing your book, the more so as, in mine, the kind of thesis that interests you occurs only in relation to some of the men discussed.

I shall be back in Cambridge early in October, and shall be glad to see you there if you ever visit that place.

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.

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  My History of Western Philosophy … will be published here in September. Publication was delayed until 19 Nov.