IN HOTTINGEN-ZURICH 

Eastbourne, 20 August 1886 
4 Cavendish Place 

Dear Mr Schliiter, 

Now it’s your turn at last. I had to give up writing letters until the 
English ms.° had been finished. 

Firstly, therefore, your letter of 10 March. 

1) Funds received at last. Receipt made out in duplicate.* 

2) Have read Lexis.* The man is far from stupid, but he’s an out- 
and-out rascal and knows it. 

3) The Origin'— Dietz’s way of going about things gave me fresh 
proof of how arbitrarily he behaves in business matters and I shall be 
guided by this in future dealings with him. Apart from that, the out- 

* See this volume, p. 467.-> Karl Kautsky-° of the first volume of Capital 
(see Note 56)-4 See this volume, pp. 418-19.-° W. Lexis, ‘Die Marx’sche 
Kapitaltheorie’, Jahrbiicher für Nationalékonomie und Statistik, Vol. 11, Jena, 
1885.-' F, Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. 

come has been satisfactory and has enabled the thing to reappear in 
the bookshops.°>° 

4) General Council’s Addresses. Whether I have them all I shall 
only know when my friends give me sufficient time to put Marx’s 
letters, etc., in order. So until then I shan’t be able to help 
you. 15 

5) Chartist ms.°°? will be finished as soon as I get back to London 
after the 28th.°°° I shall probably have a chance to consult our old 
friend Harney about doubtful points; he is sure to be in London now. 
The article in the Rheinische Jahrbücher is by Weerth and you may 
name him.? 

Postcard of 8/6.— You might send me the letters from the late Hef’ 
papers when convenient, though they’re unlikely to amount to more 
than tittle-tattle. After 1848 the good Moses ceased to be connected 
with any real movement and merely did a bit of Lassalling for a time 
under Schweitzer. 

Letter 16/8.— I shall be glad to look over The Housing Question; the 
thing can be reprinted pretty well as it stands (so far as I am able to 
judge from memory). A word or two will be necessary by way of intro- 
duction. 

A re-issue of the Mordspatrioten would certainly be a very good idea. 
The thing is by Borkheim and I would write a short biographical 
note* to go with it. But as I have only one copy, likewise of The 
Housing Question, and as both of them will probably call for notes, I 
should be grateful if you would send me one copy of each (to Lon- 
don). 

Would you kindly give the enclosed line to Ede. 

Yours, 
F. Engels