| Author(s) | Karl Marx |
|---|---|
| Written | 2 December 1850 |
London, 2 December [1850]
64 Dean Street, Soho
Dear Becker,
I know that you felt greatly offended by a letter I wrote to Bürgers.[1] However, in this letter, which was written under very trying circumstances, I had no intention of offending you any more than my other friends in Cologne. I believe that this explanation will satisfy you and that, without harking back to the past, I can proceed straight to the proposals I have to make to you.
1. You know how wretchedly Mr Schuberth has managed our Revue. I believe that in a few days' time he will have brought out the last two issues. I wish to continue the enterprise as a quarterly (from February onwards), 20 sheets every quarter. The increased size would allow the inclusion of more varied material. Can you undertake publication, and on what terms?
2. A friend of mine[2] has translated my anti-Proudhon piece[3] from the French into German and has written his own introduction to it. I would put the same question to you as above.
3. I have devised a scheme by which socialist literature consisting of a series of small pamphlets could be launched on the public in successive publications. A start could not be made until March. Should you be willing to undertake something of this kind, the things would be got ready in the meantime. I believe that, after its recent cheering experience of haute politique, the German public will by and by find itself obliged to turn its urgent attention to the real content of present-day struggles. I beg you to reply soon.
Your
K. Marx