Brussels, [beginning of April 1846] 
rue de l’Alhance, 5, 
hors de la porte de Louvain 

My dear Heine, 

I am taking advantage of the passage through here of Mr 
Annenkov, a most engaging and cultured Russian and the bearer 
of this note, to convey my kindest regards to you. 

@ Friedrich - » Mary Burns - © concerning the contents of this letter 

A few days ago a short lampoon against you happened to fall 
into my hands—posthumous letters of Bdérne’s.* I should never 
have held him to be so dull, petty and inept as he here reads in 
black and white. And what miserable rubbish, too, the addendum 
by Gutzkow, etc. I shall be writing a detailed review of your book 
on Borne’ for a German periodical. A more clumsy treatment 
than that suffered by this book at the hands of these Christian- 
Teutonic jackasses would be hard to find in any period of 
literature, and yet there’s no lack of clumsiness in Germany of 
whatever period. 

If perchance you should have anything ‘special’ to tell me about 
your piece, do’ so quickly. 

Yours 
K. Marx