Letter to Thomas James Knowles, April 20, 1883

Author(s)	Friedrich Engels
Written	20 April 1883

First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVII, Moscow, 1935. Reproduced from the original. Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 47

ENGELS TO THOMAS JAMES KNOWLES 2 2

IN LONDON

[Draft]

[London,] 20 April 1883

Dear Sir,

If we do find the ms. in question I shall be glad and give you the re- fusal of it, on two self-understood conditions but which I may as well mention 1) that in case of refusal you do not communicate it to any- body else, and 2) that in case you print it, it appears as a separate ar- ticle out of all connection with any other.

Yours faithfully,

F. E.

Allow me to say that I am no 'Dr' but a retired cotton- spinner. 23