Letter to Friedrich Engels, September 29, 1854

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 29 September 1854


First published abridged in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 2, Stuttgart, 1913 and in full in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXII, Moscow, 1929
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

London, 29 September 1854 28 Dean Street, Soho Dear Engels,

The enclosed letter from Dana will tell you about the American crisis AS FAR AS I AM AFFECTED BY IT. Upon my demanding that all or nothing should appear under my name, they replied by confining me solely to EDITORIAL ARTICLES at half the previous rate. For the time being I have written to Dana telling him that I have not yet reached any decision[1] but shall IN THE MEANWHILE go on as before sending 2 articles a week, because of the Sevastopol business,[2] on the one hand, and of my SKETCHES of the Spanish Revolution in the nineteenth century on the other, which must be completed before the Cortes meets. In the meantime we can consider what definite answer to give the gentlemen.

I cannot write more than this today since I am busy just now dictating my article,[3] but should have written to you at greater length had you not announced last Tuesday week that I would be getting a 'long' letter,[4] which I have been waiting for in order to reply to it.

Salut

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ Marx's letter to Dana has not been found
  2. ↑ The siege of Sevastopol by the Anglo-French-Turkish forces lasted from 13 (25) September 1854 to 27 August (8 September) 1855
  3. ↑ Marx refers to an article in the series Revolutionary Spain which was sent to America on 30 September 1854. The Tribune editors published it as two articles in Nos. 4220 and 4222 on 27 and 30 October 1854 as articles IV and V in Marx's series
  4. ↑ Engels' letter of 25 (Monday) or 26 (Tuesday) September 1854, mentioned by Marx, has not been found