Letter to Karl Kautsky, December 24, 1892

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 24 December 1892


Printed according to the original
First published in Aus der Frühzeit des Marxismus. Engels Briefwechsel mit Kautsky, Prague, 1935
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 50


ENGELS TO KARL KAUTSKY

IN STUTTGART

London, 24 December 1892

Dear Baron,

I have been trying to persuade August to cross the Channel this winter, if only for a few days, and am not without hope of his concurring. Should he do so, and since he will in any case have to travel via Stuckert,[1] I should be obliged if you could give him Marx's old Ms., together with such parts of the Ms. as you may have already completed. The rest we shall settle at some future date. For now that there is every prospect of Volume Ill's long gestation period at last drawing to its close, it's important that I should have the material for Volume IV at my disposal.

You shall have a more detailed reply to your letter shortly—in the meantime a Happy Christmas and cordial regards from

Your

F. Engels

  1. ↑ Stuttgart