Letter to Ferdinand Lassalle, February 23, 1859

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 23 February 1859


First published in: F. Lassalle. Nachgelassene Briefe und Schriften, Bd. III, Stuttgart-Berlin, 1922
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 40

Letter to Lassalle in Berlin


London, 23 February 1859

Dear Lassalle,

I have today sent off the preface[1] to Duncker. Perhaps you would be good enough to ensure that I am sent the fee as soon as the manuscript has been printed. I would certainly not write to you about this point had it not become a question brûlante[2] due to unforeseen circumstances.

I hope to have a letter from you soon and, notwithstanding your coyness, something about 'conditions in the homeland', or at least the gossip there, this being essential for forming an opinion.

Salut.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
  2. ↑ burning question