[London,] 6 March 1868 
Dear Frep, 

Best THANKS FOR THE £10. 

The copies of Social-Demokrat promised by Meissner have not 
arrived. This shows that he is not at all precise. Thus for instance 
the copies for Paris have not been dispatched either. There the 
worthy Moses* has prevaricated for so long? that the Courrier 
frangais has now finally announced that as the result of the many 
amendes, etc., it will soon completely quit the stage. 

I have not seen Eichhoff’s lucubrations and anyway not the 
Zukunft for a very long time. Since Eichhoff’s brother‘ is a 
bookseller and specialises in political economy (he is the publisher 
of several opera of Dr Duthring), this is reason enough for 
Eichhoff to deliver lectures on the same subject. 

My head is in a sorry state. But that should ‘disappear’ sy anp sy, 
as soon as the last traces of carbuncledom have gone. 

I wrote to Holland'!' again yesterday since the matter is 
becoming brilante.* Old Lafargue* has dealt with the necessary 
marriage BaNns, etc., in Bordeaux, and has sent all the papers here. 
He now expects that the wedding will take place here at the 
beginning of next month, and that the pair will go to Paris, to 
which he will later move. We, however, have not yet risked taking 
the necessary steps here for the sanns, since my wife has not yet 
been able to acquire even the most essential things for Laura. For 
worthy Freiligrath all this went very smoothly, but then he is 
‘noble’. 

As soon as this affair is serr.ep, it will be a great relief for the 
entire household, since Lafargue is as good as living with us, 
which perceptibly increases Expenses. 

As far as the ‘reviews’ are concerned, I think that after you have 
supplied Liebknecht™? you should abandon the German ones and 
only pursue the English. First, the echo of an English review in 
Germany is more powerful than vice versa, and secondly this is, 
after all, the only country where finally money can be made from 
the business. 

2 Moses Hess - > fines - © Albert Eichhoff - 4 urgent - © Francois Lafargue 

Mr Macleod has nevertheless achieved a 2nd edition of his lousy 
and pedantic-scholastic book on sanxs.* He is a very stilted jackass 
who expresses every banal tautology 1. in algebraic form, and 2. 
constructs it geometrically. I have already given him a passing kick 
in the pamphlet published by Duncker.” His ‘great’ discovery is: 
credit ts capital. 

Salut. 
Your 
K. M.