Letter to Filippo Turati, January 7, 1893

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 7 January 1893


First published, in the language of the original (French), in K. Marx, P. Engels, Scritti italiani, Milano-Roma, 1955
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 50


ENGELS TO FILIPPO TURATI

IN MILAN

[London,] 7 January 1893

Dear citizen Turati,

I was very pleased to see the translation of the Manifesto in the Lotta di classe but I am so overloaded with work that I have not been able to compare it with the original. In a few days I will send you a copy of the most recent German edition (London), with the complete prefaces, for your pamphlet edition.

As for my writing a preface, here is my position. Another Italian friend, whom you no doubt know, is preparing a translation, and perhaps a lengthier work on this writing.[1] As he told me of his intention before the publication of the first issue of Lotta di classe I feel I must consult him before giving you a definitive answer. Moreover, I am beginning to find these prefaces an embarrassment. Only recently I had to write one for a Polish translation. I really have nothing new left to say.

Best wishes to yourself and Mme Kulisbov from Mme Kautsky, from Bebel, who is with us at the moment, and from myself, insieme coi nostri auguri il nuovo anno.[2]

Sempre vostro[3]

F. Engels

  1. ↑ A. Labriola, In memoria del Manifesto dei comunisti
  2. ↑ accept also our Happy New Year greetings and best wishes
  3. ↑ Ever yours