Letter to Friedrich Engels, August 28, 1879

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Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 28 August 1879


First published abridged in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 4, Stuttgart, 1913 and in full in MEGA, Abt. III, Bd. 4, Berlin, 1931
Printed according to the original
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 45
Keywords : Letter, Friedrich Engels


MARX TO ENGELS

IN LONDON

[Ramsgate,] 28 August 1879

DEAR FRED,

The enclosed letter from Master Most, forwarded by Tussy,[1] has just arrived. You must let me know by return what sort of answer you consider suitable. What Most wants is obviously something which he for his part might 'misuse'; on the other hand what Mr Lübeck does is inspired by Mr Bernstein.3

A beautiful morning today; whether the weather will hold for the rest of the day is another matter.

Salut.

Your

Moor

PLEASE RETURN THE MOST LETTER. Yesterday evening, after the rain had stopped, we took Johnny[2] down to the beach. Some people said: 'That little boy looks like a prince.' Johnny turned fiercely round and retorted: 'I look like a little Jollymeyer!'

From a letter received from the house Lafargue I see that the other Meyer—not the Jollymeyer—had another scene at Lafargues. Poor fellow!

  1. ↑ On 24 August 1879, Johann Most wrote to Marx that the Chicagoer Arbeiter Zeitung had published Carl Lübeck's report alleging Marx and Engels had made an official statement against the Freiheit. Johann Most asked Marx to let him know whether or not this was true.
  2. ↑ Jean Longuet
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