V. I. Lenin

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To:   HIS SISTER MARIA

December 13, 1894

I have not had a letter from home for a long time. How are you, Manyasha? They did write that you are going to
school again.

You ought to force yourself to take a walk for about two
hours every day. It is not worth while poring over your
lessons so industriously—you will ruin your health.

What do you do apart from school work? What are you reading? Do you see
M.I.? [1]

Is she going to the Crimea or not? And write to me, if it is convenient, about what
happened to Klyuchevsky at the University. They say he delivered a lecture of some sort and then published a book.
I have not seen even the title of the book—it would be interesting to know about
it. [4]

How is your new acquaintanceship proceeding?

Yours,

V. U.

I wrote a long time ago asking someone to find out about
Volume III of Capital . It has been promised me (an acquaintance, [2] whom
Mark [5] knows). Now I do not know anything.
Will he fulfil his promise? Does he still promise or does
he now refuse? I should like to know because it is not easy
to get that book. Tell Mark this, please.

Regards to everybody.

Is Mother well? Kiss her for me.

I shall be expecting a letter from you.

Tell
Anyuta [6] [3]

I have been to Al. Andreyevich and it was a waste of time. He has received a promise and is
waiting, but whether he will wait in vain or not, nobody knows.