Letter to Edward Spencer Beesly, October 19, 1871

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 19 October 1871


First published, in the languages of the original (English and French), in International Review of Social History, Vol. IV, Part II, Assen, 1959
Published in English in full for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 44


MARX TO EDWARD SPENCER BEESLY

IN LONDON

[London, 19 October 1871]

My dear Sir,

Enclosed the photograph for Mrs Beesly. The Christian name of the illustrious Greenwood is Frederick.[1] This is not Frederick the Great. You know that Voltaire, in his Swiss retreat, had a Jesuit companion by the name of Adam, whom he used to introduce to his visitors by saying: This is not the first among men! Jenny[2] will give herself the pleasure to call on Mrs Beesly on Wednesday next[3] about 1 o'clock.

Yours most sincerely,

Karl Marx

  1. ↑ The next two sentences are written in French in the original.
  2. ↑ Marx's daughter
  3. ↑ 25 October