Letter to London Bookseller, August 14, 1867

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 14 August 1867


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXV, Moscow, 1934
Published in the language of the original, English, for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 42


MARX TO LONDON BOOKSELLER[1]

[London,] 14 August 1867

1 Modena Villas, Maitland Park, Haverstock Hill

Dear Sir,

Will you send me, The 2 reports on the Orissa famine[2] ; 'The Hours of Labour Regulation Act',[3] as soon as it is printed, and ditto:

'The Artisans and Labourers Dwelling Bill'.

Yours truly

Karl Marx

  1. ↑ This presumably refers to P. St. King.
  2. ↑ Marx refers to East India (Bengal and Orissa Famine). Papers and Correspondence relative to the Famine in Bengal and Orissa, including the Report of the Famine Commission and the Minutes of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal and the Governor General of India... Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 31 May 1867; East India (Madras and Orissa Famine). Return to an Address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 4 July 1867. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 30 July 1867.
  3. ↑ An Act for Regulating the Hours of Labour for Children, Young Persons, and Women employed in Workshops..., 21 August 1867.