Letter to Friedrich Engels, March 25, 1859

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 25 March 1859


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 2, Stuttgart, 1913
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 40


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

[London,] 25 March [1859]

Dear Engels,

I think you have misunderstood Lassalle's letter.[1]

All he says is: 'I'm most anxious to see what the pamphlet[2] contains. Marx's work[3] will alsobe appearing soon, etc' By this he means he has not read your pamphlet. Voilà tout.[4] The same affectation as in the case of my manuscript which he purports not to have read. I had a letter from him this morning which I shall send on to you later. Had your manuscript not arrived he would at least have told me.

Your manuscript left London the same day as it arrived. Pfänder was given a receipt for it. Anyway it is sure to have arrived. Duncker is A SLOW COACH. To date (8 WEEKS) I have had only 3 proof-sheets.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ Marx refers to Lassalle's letter to Engels of 21 March 1859.
  2. ↑ F. Engels, Po and Rhine.
  3. ↑ A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
  4. ↑ That's all.