Letter to Friedrich Engels, June 22, 1863

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 22 June 1863


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 3, Stuttgart, 1913
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 41


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

[London,] 22 June 1863

Dear Engels,

The 'little man"[1] writes to me today from Liverpool saying that the business of the money[2] has got to be settled, i.e. decided, now, since he must attend to it in person and may have to leave on business any day. Believe me, I find it highly disagreeable that you should assume ANY OBLIGATION WHATEVER towards the little man on my behalf. Mais que faire?[3]

I have been going to the British Museum and shall continue to do so until the end of this month since, if only for the sake of my liver, I must do all I can to elude the nagging at home that is the inevitable consequence of PRESSURE FROM WITHOUT. As soon as peace is restored, I shall devote myself to the fair copy of the beastly book, which I intend to hawk round Germany myself.[4] Once that is done, then will be the time to get a French translation under way in Paris and cast round in London with a view to an English rendering. For, on this occasion, if only because of Izzy, it's imperative that we don't hide too much of our light under a bushel.

Salut.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ Ernst Dronke
  2. ↑ See this volume, pp. 465 66, 476.
  3. ↑ But what can one do?
  4. ↑ See this volume, pp. 435 36, 474.