[London,] 11 September 1867 

Dear Frep, 

Regarding the ‘transatlantic Ocean’, it is a matter for the final 
corrector to put right such lapsus pennae? I see that the Zukunft 
has reprinted this splendid ‘flow along with the greater part of 
the preface.? 

The translation in The Bee-Hive‘ is by Eccarius. I believe that 
most of the errors stem not from him, but, because of his bad 
hand-writing, from The Bee-Hive’s correctors. I would naturally 
have preferred you to do the translation. However, as Eccarius 
offered his services de prime abord,’ and is now on the staff of The 
Bee-Hive, that was not feasible. 

I shall personally deliver the coup de grace to those Proudhonist 
jackasses at the next congress in Brussels. I have diplomatically 

a slips of the pen-°> to the first volume of Capital (Die Zukunft, No. 206, 
4 September 1867) - < of a part of the preface to the first volume of Capital (The 
Bee-Hive Newspaper, No. 308, 7 September 1867) - 4 initially 

MANAGED the whole affair and did not want to come out personally 
before my book appears and our Association is firmly rooted. By 
the by, I shall give them a caning in the Orricia, Report of the 
General Counc. (despite all their efforts, the Parisian wind-bags 
were unable to prevent our re-election *”). 

Meanwhile our Association has made great progress. The 
wretched Star, which wanted to ignore us entirely, announced in 
its leading article yesterday that we are more important than the 
Peace Concress.*°' Schulze-Delitzsch could not prevent his ‘ Workers’ 
Association’ in Berlin from joining us.‘ Those wretches from 
among the English rape Unionists, who think we are too 
‘extreme’, are coming flocking. Besides the Courrier frangais, 
there have been reports on our congress in Girardin’s Liberté, 
Siécle, Mode, Gazette de France, etc. Les choses marchent.2 And when 
the next revolution comes, and that will perhaps be sooner than 
might appear, we (i.e., you and I) will have this mighty engine at 
our disposal. Compare WITH THIS THE RESULTS OF MazzInrs, ETC., OPERATIONS 
since 30 years! And with no money to boot! And with the intrigues 
of the Proudhonists in Paris, Mazzini in Italy and the jealous 
Odger, Cremer, Potter in London, with the Schulze-Delitzsch and 
the Lassalleans in Germany! We can be well satisfied! 

My children arrived back safe and in good spirits with Lafargue 
yesterday.” He has brought an enormous crystal goblet (holds 11/, 
pots) back with him for you. He appears to be impressed with your 
‘transatlantic Ocean’. 

In these days, Lafargue would like to visit you for 3 days at this 
time before his lectures begin again. The most awkward thing 
about it is that he is demanding (of course, not being 1n THE secret 
OF MY Money-affairs) that I should accompany him, and I have not yet 
found a satisfactory excuse for turning down this tour, which I 
just cannot manage. 

I am exceedingly vexed with Meissner. He has wasted weeks in 
bringing out the book. Why? 

Salut. 

Your 

2nd letter from Lessner enclosed.*” : 
Apropos. Our plump poet’s‘ begging-campaign, which, vide* the 
latest Hermann,* is not proceeding quite as desired, has had one 

a Things are going ahead. - > See this volume, pp. 396-97. - © Ferdinand Freilig- 
rath - 7 see - © Hermann, 7 September 1867. 

good result.” Katchen of the sturdy calves* is to get married. 

Notice of betrothal to a certain Kréker (a most poetic name) in the 

Zukunft!