Letter to Pyotr Lavrov, July 31, 1882

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 31 July 1882


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVII, Moscow, 1935
Printed according to the original
Translated from the French
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 46


ENGELS TO PYOTR LAVROV

IN PARIS

[Postcard]

[London,] 31 July 1882

My dear Lavrov,

I should have thanked you long since for sending me the Russian Manifesto,[1] but I couldn't very well write to you without giving you news of Marx and he had expressly forbidden me to tell anyone in Paris, no matter whom, that he was in Argenteuil. Unfortunately the prohibition of the doctors, who have given him strict instructions to talk as little as possible, means he is still in solitary confinement.

Kovalevsky called while I was out. He only saw Miss Marx[2] and left no address. He must have departed a few days after his arrival, but I have absolutely no idea what route he took. It would seem that he intended to return to his own country. Miss Marx is at Argenteuil; if you wrote to Longuet, perhaps you might be able to learn more.

Yours ever,

F. E.

[On the side reserved for the address]

Monsieur P. Lavroff 328 rue St Jacques Paris France

  1. ↑ On 15 and 17 June and 10, 12, 14 and 17 October 1877, the Vorwärts (Nos 69, 70 and 119-22) carried a series of anonymous articles under the general heading 'Aus Heuchelland. Stille Beobachtungen eines Berliners in London'.
  2. ↑ Eleanor Marx