Letter to Karl Marx, June 1, 1853
| Author(s) | Friedrich Engels |
|---|---|
| Written | 1 June 1853 |
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39
ENGELS TO MARX
IN LONDON
[Manchester, 1 June 1853]
Dear Marx,
Herewith half the £20 note — P/E 90 138. The other half by the 2nd post as I don't know any other address.
The fellow who cashed the bill has gone away for a few days, which means we can't get the money. But so as not to keep you waiting I have got hold of this £20. Settlement of the bill, then, will be effected early next week.
The dirty dog[1] has docked us about £18 for cigars and wine bought from him partly by Charles[2] as a speculation and partly by me for my own consumption, so this has also involved paying debts.
Yesterday I read your article on The Times and the refugees (with the quotation from Dante)[3] in an old number of the Tribune published at the beginning of April. Je t'en fais mon compliment.[4] The English isn't merely good; it's brilliant. Every now and again there's a key word which doesn't fit in quite coulant[5] enough, but that's about the worst that can be said of the article. Pieper is hardly in evidence at all and I can't conceive what you still need him for.
Your
F. E.