Letter to Pyotr Lavrov, September 12, 1871

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 12 September 1871


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVI, Moscow, 1935. Printed according to the original. Translated from the French. Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 44


ENGELS TO PYOTR LAVROV

IN PARIS

London, 12 September 1871

My dear Mr Sidorov,[1]

Herewith the receipted account for the English books that were sent off to you yesterday[2] —my little bookseller did not tell me through what channel, but I think it will have been by the CONTINENTAL PARCELS EXPRESS. If you have not received them in two days' time, please let me know.

Buckle,[3] 3 vols, the least expensive edition, costs 24/- and, since I am in no doubt that the book is to be had in Paris, I did not send it. However, should you require it, you need only tell me so.

Williams[4] has had your letter. As you will have seen, he was reported to be dead,[5] which made us laugh a great deal.

EtpH-txajiH 3fltcb BpoÖJieBCKiH H KypHeTT»/[6] As you will know, Williams' daughters[7] are back again.

Excuse my not writing at greater length this evening. I must, you see, leave at about eight o'clock for a meeting[8] and it is nearly eight o'clock now.

Yours ever,

F. Engels

  1. ↑ Lavrov's pseudonym used by Engels in their correspondence
  2. ↑ See this volume, p. 210.
  3. ↑ H. T. Buckle, History of Civilization in England.
  4. ↑ Marx's pseudonym
  5. ↑ See this volume, p. 213.
  6. ↑ Wroblewski and Cournet had arrived here.
  7. ↑ Jenny and Eleanor Marx (see also Note 212)
  8. ↑ of the General Council of the International