{[Manchester,] 1 March 1868 

Dear Moor, 

The whole of last week I worked like a slave from morning till 
night in commerce so that I was good for nothing at all. This has 
now passed, I think, and this week I should get back on to the 
rails. 

Enclosure from Meissner. His draft is naturally absolutely 
unusable: I shall see whether I cannot knock together something 
better for him. Now I am sorry that I sent him the articles, I 
should already have prepared something for him from them.* 

I shall write something for Wilhelmchen’; verbatim extracts 
would be difficult, but I can spin out some main points to some 
extent for his public.’ I, too, have seen only 3 numbers of the 
rag,’ and these could have been edited by Gustav Struve. Since 
Wilhelmchen was left to his own devices his South German basic 
federative republicanism (how earnest“ the man is) has broken out 
again in full glory. The fellow even re-prints Karl Grün.*” 

How is your carbuncle faring? Let us hope that this is finally the 
last. 

a See this volume, p. 534. - » Wilhelm Liebknecht - ¢ Demokratisches Wochenblatt - 
d Ernscht in the original; Engels is punning on the Saxon pronunciation of ernst. 

Mr Goegg obstinately sends me the Les Etats-Unis d’Europe (the 
fellow wants me to get an agency for him, thus the devotion). 
Since the paper appears simultaneously and with the same 
contents in German and French, it would not be bad at all to 
announce your book* there and Goegg has promised to insert 
articles by you or me. What do you think of that? 

Best greetings to your wife, the girls and Lafargue. 

Your 
F. E.