(London,] 9 July 1872 

Dear Kugelmann, 

My best thanks for the gift of £15 for Jennychen. I have worked 
myself so much into the ground that today (in 2 hours) I am 
leaving London with Engels for 4 or 5 days, and going to the 
seaside (Ramsgate).*° From the date of my return until 2 Sep- 
tember (when the international Congress is to meet at The 
Hague *”) I shall have my hands more than full, but from then on 
I shall have more free time again. But this freedom will not begin 
until mid-September, because I myself shall go to The Hague. 

Perhaps we could see each other later (that is, you could see me, 
for I would not be safe in Germany). 

Adio. 

Your 
Karl Marx 

As soon as the first instalments* (whether German’ or 
French ***) are out, you will of course receive them. I am highly 
dissatisfied with Meissner. He has led me by the nose—first 
overworked me due to the sudden haste with which he announced 
the 2nd edition (late November 1871); then wasted months and let 
the best time slip by. He is a lazy little philistine. 

4 of Volume I of Capital 

To punish Meissner it would be good if you were to write him on the 
pretext of wanting to know when the ‘first’ instalment will finally 
appear. You can then remark, quite en passant, that from my last 
letters it seemed to you that I was feeling very embittered towards 
Meissner and very dissatisfied with him; what is the reason for that? 
It is not my usual manner! The fellow has really annoyed me very 
much by his ‘if you don’t come today, you'll come tomorrow’ 
attitude.