Letter to Karl Kautsky, January 12, 1895

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 12 January 1895


First published in: Aus der Frühzeit des Marxismus. Engels Briefwechsel mit Kautsky, Prag, 1935
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 50


ENGELS TO KARL KAUTSKY

IN STUTTGART

[London,] 12 January 1895
41 Regent's Park Road N. W.

Dear Baron,

Just now I received a registered letter from Mr Stiebeling containing a curious reply to my preface[1] and the even more curious request that I should arrange for it to be published in the Neue Zeit.[2] All I can tell the man is that the columns of the Neue Zeit are not at my disposal, but that I should be very glad if the editors were to disseminate this, his reply, as widely as possible. And with that I bid Mr Stiebeling a fond farewell and leave him to his fate.

As regards the subversion debate, Nazi[3] appears to have done a very good job.[4] Incidentally, we can thank our lucky stars that there should still be jackasses in Berlin!

Yours

F.E.

  1. ↑ to the third volume of Capital
  2. ↑ See this volume, p. 475
  3. ↑ Ignaz Auer
  4. ↑ See this volume, p. 476