DOCS.
406,
407
DECEMBER
1917 417
I
have sent
you
both
5 very fine
and
interesting
books for
Christmas.[3]
This
occupied
me
for
an
entire
day,
because
the
selection
was
difficult
and,
in addition,
I
needed
an
export permit
from
the
military authority. They belong
to
you
and
Tete
together. I
did not divide them between
you.
Reading
and
understanding
is
what
is important,
not
possession.
Write
me
a
postcard
as
soon as
the
books
have arrived.
Everything
is
so
uncertain
nowadays! Well,
Tete is
going
to be back
home
with
you soon,
as
you
know;[4]
you
must
be
glad!
As
soon as
he’s
back,
write
me
how he
is
and
how
he looks.
Now
he must start
going
to
school
as
well
and,
if
possible,
not
together
with
the littlest
ones,
because it would
surely
be far
too
boring
for
him.
Write
me
about
how
you
all consider
it.
Also
write
me
how
Mama
is
and
whether
everything
is
all
right over
there.
Michele
Besso
is
away
now,
of
course,[5]
and
Zangger
knows
only
a
little about
you
all, so
I
really
am
dependent
on
your
reports.
My
health
is
in
good
order. But
my
stomach has become
so
sensitive
and
weak[6]
that
I
have
to follow
a
diet
like
that
of
a
small child. If
this
persists,
that’s the
end of
our traveling;
because
someone
must
always
cook
something
separately
for
me.
Tell
me a
little about
school and
about
your
life
otherwise.
What
do
you
do
in
your
free time? Are
you
overworked?
Greetings
and kisses from
your
Papa.
Greetings
to
Mama and Aunt.
407. To Gustav
Mie
Schöneberg,
Berlin,
5
Haberland
St., 14
December
1917
Highly
esteemed
Colleague,
You would be
doing
me
a
great
favor
if
you
sent
me a
reprint
of
your
interesting
lectures held in
Göttingen.[1] Studying
from
journals
is
very
inconvenient for
me
now,
because
I
am
not
supposed
to
go
out
much
owing
to
illness.
With
kind
regards, yours truly,
A.
Einstein.
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