Letter to John Lincoln Mahon, February 21, 1889

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 21 February 1889


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVIII, Moscow, 1940
Reproduced from the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 48


ENGELS TO JOHN LINCOLN MAHON[1]

IN LONDON

[London], 21 February 1889
122 Regent's Park Road, N. W.

Dear Mahon,

I had a letter from Harney.[2] He is still at Macclesfield (58 Bridge St.) suffering from his old complaint, rheumatic gout, so badly that he had to dictate his letter. He says in his present condition he is

'in no mood to meet people', and, 'as you see, little fitted to write however briefly. But do not think I can be of any service to Mr Atherley Jones in his laudable object and very proper filial duty, that of collecting his father's writings for re-issue'.

So I must leave you and Mr A. Jones to make the best of it, as far as Harney is concerned.

I may have a few odd numbers of The People's Paper but, if so, shall not be able to lay my hands on them until I find time for a re-arrange- ment of my collection of old papers, pamphlets, etc.

Faithfully yours,

F. Engels

  1. ↑ This letter was first published, in the language of the original (English), in Edward Thompson's book, William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary, Lawrence and Wishart, London, 1955.
  2. ↑ See this volume, p.265