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[Mtat. 47-5° 1 J O Y C E 629Jung greatly improved his article and published it separately in 1932.In its modified form it was not devoid of respect, and Jung sent Joyce acopy with a letter which Joyce—out of patience with its writer—called'imbecile' 81even though it was rather flattering:James Joyce esq.Hotel EliteZurichDear Sir,Kusnacht-ZurichSeestrasse 228Your Ulysses has presented the world such an upsetting psychologicalproblem, that repeatedly I have been called in as a supposed authority onpsychological matters.Ulysses proved to be an exceedingly hard nut and it has forced my mindnot only to most unusual efforts, but also to rather extravagant peregrinations(speaking from the standpoint of a scientist). Your book as a wholehas given me no end of trouble and I was brooding over it for about threeyears until I succeeded to put myself into it. But I must tell you that I'mprofoundly grateful to yourself as well as to your gigantic opus, because Ilearned a great deal from it. I shall probably never be quite sure whether Idid enjoy it, because it meant too much grinding of nerves and of greymatter. I also don't know whether you will enjoy what I have written aboutUlysses because I couldn't help telling the world how much I was bored,how I grumbled, how I cursed and how I admired. The 40 pages of nonstop run in the end is a string of veritable psychological peaches. I supposethe devil's grandmother knows so much about the real psychology of awoman, I didn't.Well I just try to recommend my little essay to you, as an amusingattempt of a perfect stranger that went astray in the labyrinth of your Ulyssesand happened to get out of it again by sheer good luck. At all eventsyou may gather from my article what Ulysses has done to a supposedlybalanced psychologist.With the expression of my deepest appreciation, I remain, dear Sir,Yours faithfullyC. G. Jung 82Joyce proudly displayed this tribute to his psychological penetration, butNora said of her husband, 'He knows nothing at all about women.' 83In his affairs during 1930 and almost to the end of his life Joyce hadthe assistance of a new friend, Paul Leopold* Leon, a name which, sinceit included Bloom's two names Leopold Paula, seemed a talisman. Leonand his wife Lucie t had emigrated from Russia at the end of 1918, goingfirst to London, and then in 1921 to Paris. Leon had been trained in law* Actually the patronymic Leopoldovich.t Madame Leon writes for the New York Herald Tribune of Paris under the name ofLucie Noel.