Letter to Karl Kautsky, August 1, 1884

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 1 August 1884


First published, in Russian, in Marx-Engels Archives, Vol. I (VI), Moscow, 1932
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 47


E N G E L S TO KARL KAUTSKY

IN ZURICH

London, 1 August 1884

Dear Kautsky,

Have today returned Rodbertus' Zur Erkenntniss by registered mail, and trust it will arrive safely. After receipt of this, don't send any more letters here. I shall be going to the seaside 277 on Monday[1] and might even be able to send you my new address pro tempore tomor- row.

Rodbertus' book is indeed by far the best thing he ever wrote — youthful work in both the good and the bad sense — the original ver- sion of subsequent flimsier ones — shows how close he came to the thing, if he had only followed it up instead of setting his sights on Uto- pias. I am very glad indeed to have seen it. Time for the post and lunch.

Your

F.E.

Regards to Ede, the ex-epididymitician.

  1. ↑ 4 August