Manchester, 19 March 1868 

Dear Moor, 

Enclosed £40 in two twenties, which, it is to be hoped, will 
suffice at least for the most urgent purposes. I had not expected 
that Léhrchen‘ would be making a honeymoon trip to America. 
So the wedding is on 8 April, a Wednesday; had it been Friday, 
Saturday or Monday I could have got away easily. 

The things from orp Maurer are very nice‘; it is really 
remarkable how much material already exists on these subjects, 
and how lite the professors have been able to make of it. 

} shall try to discover the Anglo-Saxon word,* but, since no 
Anglo-Saxon dictionary is available to me here, I shall have to 
make do with other sources, which are very dubious, in view of 
the large and peculiar stock of words in Anglo-Saxon. First of all, 
the correct spelling must be determined, With regard to Wiffa, a 
question: where is it found, so we might know whether it has Low 
German or High German sound shifts. If it is High German you 
should compare Graff’s Althochdeutscher Sprachschatz, the Bayerisches 
Worterbuch by Schmeller or the Swiss dictionary by Stalder. Does it 
not occur in Grimm’s Rechtsalterthiimer'? 

4 Here a sign to declare the land defended -> is erected, this sign we call 
Wiffa- © Laura Marx - 4 See this volume, pp. 547-49. -¢ Ibid., pp. 553-54. - 
f J. Grimm, Deutsche Rechtsalterthiimer. 

The accursed business with the ill-fated Schiller Institute here,” 
which Gumpert once pushed me into and then did nothing 
further, is finally reaching a crisis, and the matter will be decided by 
Wednesday. During these days I must— étant engagé*— make a great 
effort; I shall therefore scarcely be left with time in this period to 
write the English article. From the middle of next week onwards I 
shall have peace, and will press ahead without pause. Regarding this 
business here, there is every prospect that I—and everything 
depends upon me—shall bring everything to a happy conclusion 
despite Borchardt and various other German cliques. Since I have 
been involved in the business for 4 years, and victory or defeat fall on 
my head, I simply must. 

Since you say nothing about carbuncles, I assume that every- 
thing is fading without further issue. 

The most conscientious reader of your book? here is Sam 
Moore; he has really worked his way thoroughly through over 600 
pages and is grinding indefatigably on. 

Best greetings. 

Your 
F. E. 

So, Plon-Plon, according to The Times, should inaugurate the 
Russian-Prussian-French alliance. This Bonaparte seems to get into 
a worse position every day. The stupid Prussians are continually 
making arrests and searching houses in the annexed lands.*” The 
proofs* and the Dihring* will be dispatched today or tomorrow.