Letter to Friedrich Engels, August 27, 1879

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 27 August 1879


First published in MEGA, Abt. Ill, Bd. 4, Berlin, 1931
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 45


MARX TO ENGELS

IN EASTBOURNE[1]

Ramsgate, 27 August 1879
62 Plains of Waterloo

DEAR FRED,

Our letters keep crossing. No doubt you will have had mine (posted last Monday[2] ); yours — of 25 Augusth—together with enclosures safely received.

I am only writing a line or two, as my wife is having to go somewhere near the post office, so you will get this acknowledge- ment of your letter before you leave.

I enclose for the amusement of yourself, Jollymeyer and Pumps, [3]

Jennychen is doing well[4] ; is not allowed to leave her room until next Monday and will then have to spend at least another week with us,[5] as Longuet is going back to London earlier.

The weather has been deteriorating from day to day, but it's always tolerable for an hour or two and the SEA BRRFZE is beneficial, showers notwithstanding. It is Liebknecht himself who deserves the 'jackass' label he is seeking, with his habitual loutish courtesy, to pin on Hirsch — something he always does when 'caught' in flagrante.

Best wishes to everyone.

Your

Moor

Kovalevsky's address: 42 Gower Street.

  1. ↑ Between 5 and 7 August 1879, Engels, accompanied by Carl Schorlemmer, left for a holiday in Eastbourne. He returned to London on 28 August.
  2. ↑ This letter from Marx to George Moore, like that of 28 March, dealt with the business of the firm holding a patent for engraving work; the partners were Paul Lafargue, Benjamin Le Moussu and George Moore. In late summer 1873, Lafargue withdrew from the firm and Marx took his place. The firm fell apart in the spring of 1874.
  3. ↑ a letter from Tussy to my wife. PLEASE RETURN IT AT ONCE AFTER PERUSAL. See this volume, pp. 37(> 77. Ibid., pp. Ü74 76.
  4. ↑ On 18 August 1879, Marx's daughter Jenny Longuet gave birth to a son, Edgar, in Ramsgate.
  5. ↑ On 21 August 1879, Marx interrupted his stay in Jersey (see Note 494) and n arrived in Ramsgate to join his daughter Jenny and her newborn son Edgar. He returned to London on 17 September.