Letter to Karl Marx, April 19, 1870

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 19 April 1870


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 4, Stuttgart, 1913
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 43


ENGELS TO MARX

IN LONDON

Manchester, 19 April 1870

Dear Moor,

I forgot to write to you on Friday[1] that I had no money in the house and could, therefore, enclose nothing for that poor devil Dupont.[2] Enclosed S/6 11,916, Leeds, 15 July 1869—£5 for him. I hope it will suffice him until he has found a place again.

About Schapper, write to me, too, how things are going. I have not yet seen Gumpert. I am, however, firmly convinced that plenty of exercise during the present marvellous weather will do you a lot of good, and will constitute an excellent pre-cure to Karlsbad.[3] Yesterday, with Schorlemmer, I walked some 17-18 miles; you do the same, and you will soon forget you have a liver.

Today I am returning you 2 issues of Marseillaise and Égalité and the Vienna newspaper,[4] and enclose a few cuttings from the Examiner and Times on Ireland, which are particularly remarkable since they come from a Methodist who, as a result of his isms (TEETOTALISM), etc., hangs out with the /smists here; otherwise, the Examiner would certainly not have accepted them. I shall need them later, so send them back sometime.[5]

Apropos, what is Mr Williams[6] doing? Tussy writes that he is still working, but I see no results.

I ordered Flerovsky[7] some time ago, but have heard nothing further, so I assume it has been confiscated and is no longer available.

Best greetings.

Your

F. E.

  1. ↑ 15 April
  2. ↑ See this volume, p. 481.
  3. ↑ Karlovy Vary
  4. ↑ Volkswille
  5. ↑ J. Fourlong, 'The Irish Roman Catholic Bishops on the Land Question', Manchester Daily Examiner and Times, 30 March 1870.
  6. ↑ Marx's daughter Jenny
  7. ↑ N. Flerovsky, Polozhenie rabochego klassa v Rossii (The Condition of the Working Class in Russia).