Letter to Friedrich Engels, January 13, 1868

Author(s) Laura Marx
Written 13 January 1868


First published in the language of the original, English, in: Friedrich Engels, Paul et Laura Lafargue, Correspondance, Tome I, Paris, 1956
Reproduced from the original
Published in English in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 42


LAURA MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

[London,] 13 January 1868

Dear Engels,

As Mohr is once more being victimised by his old enemies, the carbuncles, and is, by the arrival of the latest, made to feel very ill at ease in a sitting posture, he has asked me to write you these lines in his stead.

As regards the article for The Fortnightly Review,[1] I am to tell you that there is no question of a mere brief notice like the reviews of books generally found at the back of that periodical, but of an article of the length of those usually inserted.

Also I am to beg you to send back, as soon as possible, the earlier numbers of the Courrier français.[2]

With best regards from all of us and in the hope that the late frequent Christmas entertainments you have been 'undergoing' may not have interfered with your health, I remain, dear Engels,

Affectionately yours,

Laura Marx

  1. ↑ Engels wrote the review of Volume One of Marx's Capital for The Fortnightly Review much later, in May and June 1868. As can be seen from their subsequent correspondence, Marx and Engels exchanged opinions several times on the content and form of the article.
    In spite of Professor Beesly's request, the review was rejected by the editorial board and has only been preserved in manuscript form (see present edition, Vol. 20).
  2. ↑ See this volume, pp. 508, 520 and 523.