| Contents | complains about the forthcoming move to Villa Maria, he will be totally in the hand of Nurse Lydia; what the doctors call 'giving up a habit' is nothing but betrayal; requests a report from Fritz oder Max [Warburg] on the bank business; is very annoyed about the list of people who received the Schifanoia article; cards were written by Warburg to be enclosed with books, but the following names were missing from the list: Vöge, Schwedeler-Meyer, [Adolph] Goldschmidt, [Franz] Cumont, [Franz] Boll, [Enno Friedrich Wichard Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff], von Bezold, [Wilhelm] Waetzoldt, [Karl] Koetschau, [Carl Friedrich Michael] Meinhof, [Alfred] Doren, [Georg] Witkowski; how can his family sabotage his attempts to get in touch with his colleagues?; has Mary sent Warburg's card to [Carl Georg] Heise and [Robert] Eisler?; demands from Mary to be in charge of sending out the Schifanoia article; Clara [Hertz] seems to be incredibly unreliable; Saxl was to send out the Schifanoia article to Brandi, Vitzthum, Reinhardt, Dornseiff, Heinrich Sieveking; another cufflink has broken; orders two new pairs; Mary to make a photo bag for him; encloses a card for Dornseiff; Dornseiff does not want to lecture on Pindar but on typology; weather is very close and warm in Kreuzlingen; is angry that they still have to wait for a new government; fears that the situation will deteriorate so that the family will not want him to return to Hamburg; he will then end it all; has Mary got a new cook?; and has the house of Warburg's parents been prepared for Warburg?; continues on 01/06/1924: fears that it is the last Sunday in Parkhaus, the next one will be in Villa Maria, which should really be called Villa Lydia; on Mary's information that [Heinrich] Embden was cross; Mary has done what is her right; is angry about the incomplete list, Saxl, Clara Hertz; is waiting for a letter from Max Adolph, has received one from Federchen [Frede Warburg]; she seems to come out of her shell, she vividly described her trip to Würzburg under Mrs. Hammer's direction; he no longer doubts that this support is important for Frede's development; he will write to her, that he understands her, he is only an intellectual against his will; his basic attitude to life has been that of the 'terrified onlooker'; refers to the notes to his autobiography, mentions Lessing's 'Laocoon'; if only he had a secretary!; Mrs. Simms will bring Warburg's letters to Mary, she will return in four weeks; Milly Rohland [Bianca Emilie Rohland-Becker] sent him a letter, old Mrs. Becker is not very well; the Schultz envelopes are different from what he expected; orders new ones, writing paper; would have liked to join them on the Alster!; he is having hayfever; the new gold tooth does not fit well; fears that he will not pass the test of the move to Villa Maria; he has done, what he could; greetings to children, 'Bücherstube [library staff] |