Manchester, 14 February 1859 
Dear Marx, 

Something I forgot to mention. Certainly you must reserve the 
translation rights on your book.‘ Even if only to stop some jackass 
or industrialist from massacring the thing. Moreover it is now a 

« poor - > K. Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. - ° See this 
volume, pp. 370-71.-4 F. Engels, ‘German Resources for War’. - © K. Marx, 
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. 

mere legal formality which anyone can accomplish without any 
hesitation. 

Statesman Blind has a friend in the telegraph office who 
occasionally sends the provincial papers some pretty tall stories by 
telegraph. More about this anon. 

Your 
F. E.