Letter to Karl Marx, February 19, 1866

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 19 February 1866


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 3, Stuttgart, 1913
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 42


ENGELS TO MARX

IN LONDON

Manchester, 19 February 1866

Dear Moor,

Had encl. £10 note for you in my pocket, but could not get to speak to you on your own yesterday.[1] I hope that today's expiry date for the bill of exchange passed uneventfully and that the trifling deficit from the full amount occasioned no unpleasantness.

I have forgotten everything—'Klein Zaches'[2] that I put on top of a row of upright books in the book-case at the foot of the sofa in your room, the 'FACTORY REPORT'[3] and The Commonwealth. Please send me a copy of the latter for me to read Fox's article.[4]

How is the upper carbuncle, and the one down on your thigh? I have not yet been able to see Gumpert.

Your

F. E.

Sincere regards to the LADIES and especially little Tussy[5] from her chimpanzee.

  1. ↑ Engels stayed at Marx's house in London from 14 to 18 February 1866.
  2. ↑ E. T. A. Hoffmann, Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober.
  3. ↑ Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.
  4. ↑ P. Fox, 'The Irish Question', The Commonwealth, Nos. 153 and 154, 10 and 17 February 1866.
  5. ↑ Eleanor Marx