ENGELS TO MARX!” 

{Paris], 2 November [1846] 
23, rue de Lille 

Where is the long letter you promised so long ago? Make sure 
you send Bernays the manuscript, he only needs what you have '** 
since he still has the printed stuff. He has sent nothing to 
America; whatever may have appeared there was printed without 
his knowledge or consent.* However a lot of copies were printed, 
and some may have gone as presents from Leske to all points of 
the compass. We shall investigate the matter. Perhaps through 
Grün or Bérnstein. I have written to Switzerland about the 
manuscripts,” but it would seem that the cur‘ has no intention of 
replying.’ Apart from him, there’s no one but Jenni; I’ve played 
a prank on him and would rather not write, enclose a short note 
for the fellow in your next. I shall send it on, but it’s only for 
form’s sake, the fellow’s almost certain to refuse. The first man I 

a [K. L. Bernays,] ‘Das entschleierte Geheimniss der Criminal-Justiz. Eine 
kommunistische Anschauungsweise’, Der Volks-Tribun, Nos. 26 and 27, 27 June and 4 
July 1846.-5 A reference to K. Marx and F. Engels, The German Ideology. - 
¢ J. M. Schlapter.