London, 15 October 1868 

Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the Lafargue FamiLy is 
leaving for Paris. This will greatly reduce our HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES. 

I have written to A. Frank et Co. in Paris. Since I know that he 
has sold copies or my Anti-Proudhon™ as recently as in the past few 
weeks, I asked in my letter for accounts of the whole affair, 
REMINDING Mr Frank that he and Vogler were only my agents de 
vente* and that I had paid all the printing costs. Thereupon I 
received, a few days ago, the following reply: 

4 selling agents 

‘Jai ’honneur, Monsieur, de vous informer que j’ai racheté la Maison A. Frank 
le 21 Oct. 1865, sans actifs et passifs.—I] y avait a cette Epoque 92 exemplaires de 
votre brochure Misére de la philosophie en magasin que je tiens 4 votre 
disposition.— Quant a ce qui pourrait vous revenir de solde, il faudra vous adresser 
soit 4.M" Vogler soit au curateur de la succession de mon prédécesseur, M* Bassot, 
58 rue de Bondy, Paris, etc. per F. Vieweg, propriétaire actuel de la maison 
A. Frank.’4 

I shall now grant Lafargue power of attorney to collect the 92 
exemplaires, which he will sell amongst his friends. For the 
remainder (there were 1,500 exemplaires), 1 am granting Schily 
power of attorney to start legal proceedings. I do not know 
Vogler’s whereabouts, but his former associé Shee still has a 
librairie> in Brussels, where I can mobilise a handful of young 
lawyers belonging to our Association. It would be nice if I could 
still squeeze out some cash. 

Attached packet of the Social-Demokrat, upon which you should 
please write me a few marginal notes (regarding the Trades unions 
stories) since I did not have the time to read the stuff. The let- 
ter to Schweitzer has gone off.° Enclosed also the latest number of 
Lanierne and a pamphlet about Plon-Plon, said to be written by 
Charras.* 

Apropos. I had a meeting with Beesly. The sus-eprror of Mor- 
ley (the eprror for the screntiric Department) declared that the 
argument was irrefutable. However, the article '' was too ‘pry’ for a 
macaziIne. Beesly asked me to put it in a more popular form, 
without sacrificing the scientiric points. This is RATHER DIFFICULT. 
However, I'll try. In particular, he wants a longer introduction, 
including personalia about my past and the book’s impact in 
Germany. This, or course, you must write. But there is time for this 
until I send you the suck of the article. The whole shit is then to 
go into The Westminster Review. 

Salut. 

Your 

a ‘I have the honour to inform you, Sir,that I repurchased the Maison A. Frank on 
21 Oct. 1865, without assets and liabilities.— At that time, 92 copies of your pamphlet 
The Poverty of Philosophy were in stock, and I hold them at your disposal.— With regard 
to any possible balance due to you, you should address yourself to Mr Vogler or to my 
predecessor's executor, Mr Bassot, 58 rue de Bondy, Paris, etc. F. Vieweg, current 
owner of the Maison A. Frank.’ Marx quotes Vieweg’s letter of 12 October 
1868. - > bookshop - © See this volume, pp. 132-35. - 4 [J. B. A. Charras,] Monsieur 
Napoléon Bonaparte (férdme). 

Have you read A. Slade: ‘Turkey and the Crimean War’? It appears 
that ‘Bosh’ is a Turkish word, since Slade says: ‘bosh lakerdeh’ 
(empty words).*