V. I.

Lenin

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To:   HIS SISTER MARIA [2]

Mlle M. Oulianoff, Rue des Minimes, 40, Bruxelles, Belgique

December 22, 1898

I have received Kovalevsky’s book from you, Manyasha, but not a single letter. This surprises me (and all of us);
since that first letter from you we have not had another.
Are letters being lost? Or, perhaps, you are so full of your
new life that no time is left for-letters? I have had
Kovalevsky’s book for a long time; I got it in November, when
I ordered it from a Petersburg shop; I started reading it
but, I must admit, did not finish it—it is a boring compilation. Write and tell us when you think of coming for the
summer, what newspapers and journals you are reading, and whether you have got to know Brussels properly and
the publishing business there. Send me Journal officiel , [3]
when it contains interesting parliamentary speeches. I intend writing you a long letter after Christmas, to celebrate
which we are going to Minusinsk in a few days.

Yours,

V. U.

Nadya sends regards.

I received your letter of
December 20. [1]

I am now in
Minusinsk. I will reply on return.

Yours,

V. U.