ENGELS TO GEORG VON GIZYCKI*”” 

[Draft] 
Eastbourne *’, 17 February 1894 
28, Marine Parade 

Dear Sir, 

In thanking you for your esteemed note of the 14" of this month, I can 
only say that for a long time to come I shall be so overwhelmed with work as 
to be unable to undertake any work even for the periodical press of my own 
party. It would be all the less admissible if I were to contribute to journals 
which, however genuine and honourable the views they represent, are none 
the less further removed from my own immediate standpoint. 

For this and other reasons I must regretfully refuse your kind invitation, 
while remaining 

Yours very sincerely, 

F.E.