Letter to Karl Marx, August 9, 1852

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 9 August 1852


First published in MEGA, Abt. III, Bd. 1, 1929
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39


ENGELS TO MARX

IN LONDON

[Manchester,] Monday evening [9 August 1852]

Dear Marx,

I've done a stupid thing. In its MAIL TABLE the Daily News does not mention any American STEAMER for Wednesday — so I succumbed to the Sunday indolence so natural to a commerçant.[1] And today I see from a commercial circular that a STEAMER is in fact leaving the day after tomorrow. I have begun to work,[2] but nothing is ready. I have Pindar coming to see me this evening and even if I sent him away, I doubt whether I should get anything done in the few hours before the last post. Donc[3] you and I have been duped. But I shall never again make the mistake of believing the commercial intelligence provided by the organ of the bourgeoisie.

Your

F. E.

  1. ↑ a businessman
  2. ↑ Apparently on the English translation of Marx's article, 'The Chartists'.
  3. ↑ So