Letter to Karl Kautsky, August 26, 1886

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 26 August 1886


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


ENGELS TO KARL KAUTSKY

IN LONDON

Eastbourne, 26 August 1886

Dear Kautsky,

Liebknecht is arriving on Mondaya at a station to be specified by you — via Flushing; if he hasn't got your letter, then at Holborn. So he has no need of advice. If he finds no one at the station, he will take a CAB to my house.

I shall be arriving in London on Saturday afternoon or, at the latest, evening[1] — I hope if possible to get to Regent's Park Road by 4 or 5. Harney will probably visit me on Sunday.[2] More when we meet. Should there be a letter for me from the UNION BANK on Friday and you could send it on before 5.30, I should be most grateful; otherwise it can wait until I arrive, just as all the rest can wait; there is time enough.

Kindest regards to your wife.

Your

F.E.

  1. ↑ Engels was on holiday in Eastbourne from 7 August to 4 September 1886.
  2. ↑ On 25 August 1886 George Julian Harney informed Engels that he had intended to visit him in Eastbourne on 29 August but was no longer able to do so due to changed circumstances. On 26 August, Harney sent two consecutive letters to let Engels know he would visit him in London.