Letter to Hermann Jung, November 18, 1871

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 18 November 1871


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVI, Moscow, 1935
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 44


MARX TO HERMANN JUNG

IN LONDON

[London,] 18 November 1871

Dear Jung,

On second thoughts it seems to me better after all,

1. that you should write to Dilke simply on your own account, without mentioning me.[1] * There are reasons why I should not like to see him on this occasion.*

2. not to put Cournet's name forward as early as Tuesday.'[2] It is in his own interests not to be in too much haste.

Best regards to your dear wife.

YOURS FRATERNALLY,

Karl Marx

  1. ↑ The reference is to the collection of funds for the Paris Commune refugees; in this connection the General Council appealed, in particular, to the British Radicals, notably to Charles Dilke, M.P.
  2. ↑ The reference is to the nomination of Frederick Cournet, an active Communard, to the General Council. He was coopted at the meeting of 21 November 1871.