Letter to Wilhelm Ellenbogen, December 7, 1892

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 7 December 1892


First published in Novaya i noveishaya istoriya, No. 6, Moscow, 1980
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 50


ENGELS TO WILHELM ELLENBOGEN

IN VIENNA

London, 7 December 1892
122 Regent's Park Road, N.W.

Esteemed Comrade,

Many thanks for kindly sending your Geschichte des Arbeiter-Bildungsvereins.[1] I regard the publication of studies on the history of the Austrian labour movement as a highly rewarding task, the more so since in our fast-moving time some moments, important in themselves, are lost to posterity as they only live on in the memory of the participants and have never been recorded in writing. I, for my part, am again working diligently on Volume 3,[2] a bit of news which will probably compensate you for my not answering your kind letter in person.

Yours faithfullyc

F. Engels

[From Louise Kautsky]

Dear Comrade,

I enjoyed reading your correction in the latest issue of the Arbeiterzeitung. For that devilish misprint had accused you of bigamy too, something you had completely overlooked in your eagerness to exculpate yourself in the eyes of the female comrades. Also going off today will be the report of the International Glass-Workers Congress, which will surely be of great interest to you. Many thanks for sending your pamphlet. With warm greetings,

Your

Louise Kautsky

  1. ↑ by Wilhelm Ellenbogen
  2. ↑ of Marx's Capital — in Engels' handwriting