[Manchester,] 3 January 1869 

Caro Moro,’ 

Happy New Year! and my best wishes on the occasion of the 
Paris New Year gift. I expect you and your wife cannot look at 
each other without laughing about the new dignity. 

The Basle business is not quite clear to me from the Vorbote,” so 
I am waiting anxiously for the promised additions, and also the 
further course of the Bakuniad. Bakunin’s speeches in the Kolokol 
are very stupid.“ The fellow does not appear to have learned 
anything for donkey’s years. I was interested to learn from the 
above that he and Herzen are still in collusion with each other. 
Hence Herzen must be completely done for, otherwise he would 
not give up Koaoxoas.** Incidentally, the fellow now writes un 
frangais a lui,’ which is quite appalling—and this although the 
chap lives in a French-speaking country! Bakunin’s French is 
much better. 

Thanks for Cloche and Diable à 4; the arrogance is indeed very 

a Dear Moor - > See the previous letter. - © [M.] Bakounine, ‘Discours de Bakounine 
au deuxieme congrés de la paix, 4 Berne’, Kolokol, No. 14-15, 1 December 
1868. - 4 Engels gives the name in Cyrillic letters. - © a French of his own 

great. A few Orleanist millions scattered among the generals 
would now be very desirable. 
Best greetings and congratulations to the whole family. 

Your 
F. E.