Spencer Heath Archive

Item 2302

Letter to Heath at 11 Waverly Place, New York City 3, from Crane Brinton, Harvard University, Department of History, 98 Widener Library, Cambridge MA

October 10, 1945

Dear Mr. Heath:

I have been in Government service in England and France since November 1942 and have only just succeeded in getting back to my much pleasanter normal life. On my return I found your letter and article on Henry George. I am sorry to have missed you in your last two visits to Boston. The chances are I shall be here from now on. I am pretty sure I shan’t get to New York before the first of the year, but when I do I shall let you know. Meanwhile, if you come to Boston you can always get me at 98 Widener Library.

  As you can imagine, I find a lot of work to catch up with. Perhaps you’ll excuse me if I put off reading what I am sure is your very interesting review of Henry George until I make a bit more headway with the annoying odds and ends I have to clean up. Within a few weeks at worst I hope to be back to normal and then I should be delighted to have a look at your “Energy Concept of Population” if you have it ready at that time.

 I think my absence served fairly effectively to cut the ties between me and the SRL. I haven’t seen the SRL recently but it was clearly getting pinker even before I left. I sup­pose you can’t build up a big circulation unless you belly­ache about something either from the point of view of the Left or the Right. The middle of the road is a dull path apparently.

                Sincerely yours,

 (signed) Crane Brinton