8 8 0 C A L E N D A R O F A B S T R A C T S 1 9 2 5 86. From J. Klopsch Vienna, 17 August 1925 Is a forty-seven-year-old Catholic, athletic man, who joined a circus in Turkey in 1905 and traveled throughout Middle East. Was interned in 1916 in Egypt. Earned money through difficult work in Malaysia and elsewhere, and repatriated to Vienna in 1920. His savings, which he deposited in the Wienerbankverein Zentrale in Constantinople, have lost their entire value. He requests that a collection be initiated in his behalf during the Zionist Congress in Vienna. ALS. [28 028]. 87. Società Italiana delle Scienze Rome, 20 August 1925 AE is elected among twelve foreign members of the society. DIPL. [65 041]. 88. From Solomon Ginzberg Jerusalem, 24 August 1925 Encloses a copy of the report on the Microbiological Department drawn up by Saul Aharon Adler. TLS. [36 892]. The enclosed report in Hebrew lists five publications that were the result of the institute’s research, and five forthcoming publications. TDC. [36 893]. 89. To Heinrich Zangger [Kiel, 25 August 1925] Has received the invitation to Romain Rolland’s sixtieth birthday celebration. The con- tribution to the liber amicorum should be sent to Emil Roniger in Rheinfelden. AKS. [89 507]. 90. From Julie Ansbacher Bühlerhöhe, 26 August 1925 Thanks for AE’s poem in her eightieth birthday congratulatory album (see Doc. 1). Reminisces about AE’s family and having helped AE’s mother in nursing her husband before his death. ALS. [43 058]. 91. From Thomas C. Hodson London, 29 August 1925 On behalf of the Encyclopædia Britannica, requests two articles of 4,000 words each on time and space, and a further article of 6,000 words on the modern conception of the uni- verse for the planned three volumes dedicated to the progress of science since 1911, to be published in 1926. TLS. [1 072]. 92. To Elsa Einstein Kiel, 28 August 1925 Will be back in Berlin on Saturday, 29 August, at 9:04 P.M. AKS. [143 178]. 93. From Jerome Alexander New York, 31 August 1925 As a follow-up to his letter of 30 July 1925, in which he enclosed remarks by G. Rainich, who had translated Einstein 1910d (Vol. 3, Doc. 9), requests answers to questions raised and any additional remarks. Intends to send translation to the publisher of the book Col- loid Chemistry, Theoretical & Applied. TLS. [43 027]. 94. From Alex and Jette Baerwald Haifa, 31 August 1925 They have suffered much since moving to Palestine, against AE’s advice. After they had submitted architectural plans and budgets for a new synagogue in Tel Aviv, the project was handed over by Meir Dizengoff to Mogendowitsch and the city architect Gerschko- witz. Now Baerwald has been asked by the Wolfssohn Foundation to participate in the plans for the library in Jerusalem. He has had experience with the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. But the English architects Patrick Geddes and Frank Mears have also been invit- ed. They entreat AE to assist in making sure that Baerwald, as a Jewish architect, gets the commission for this cultural landmark. ALS. [43 161]. 95. From Julius Schaxel Jena, 31 August 1925 Thanks for AE’s communication, from which he gathers that AE cannot undertake a trip to Russia for health reasons. He himself will travel only to the festivities in Moscow and