Letter to Karl Marx, August 25, 1882

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 25 August 1882


First published abridged in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 4, Stuttgart, 1913 and in full in MEGA, Abt. III, Bd. 4, Berlin, 1931
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 46


ENGELS TO MARX

IN LAUSANNE

Great Yarmouth, 25 August 1882
10 Columbia Terrace

Dear Moor,

Telegram just received 284; a line or two on business in the utmost haste.

Your letter arrived on Monday evening,[1] but by then I had sent off to Argenteuil the money order received from A. Kayser & Co. on Hirsch fils ainé,[2] Paris, 1,200 frs à présentation.[3] The very next day I wrote to Jenny,[4] telling her what was in the letter, and asked her to make sure it was forwarded. Paying it in from where you are will present little difficulty.

We shall be staying here for another fortnight — it suits everyone marvellously, save for Jollymeyer who sometimes gets rheumatism as a result of the weather we're having. On Monday[5] he's off to Germany. I shall accompany him to London and hope to bring Tussy and Johnny back here with me.

I wish you better weather than we have been having for the past 4 days, but as much benefit as we are deriving from sea air. The infanta is developing a ravenous appetite and visibly gaining weight.

Warmest regards from all to you and Laura.

Your

F. E.

What do you think of De Paepe's firing his revolver at Duverger371? O GREEN EYED MONSTER!b

  1. ↑ Engels' letter has not been found.
  2. ↑ elder son
  3. ↑ at sight
  4. ↑ A reference to the Adzhars' guerrilla warfare in the rear of the Russian army in the Caucasus, which held back its advance in that theatre of war.
  5. ↑ 28 August