Manchester, 28 May 1857 

Dear Marx, 

Dana must be out of his mind to stipulate I page for aesthetics. 
Nor has the chap any inkling of military matters. See list of articles 
overleaf, occurring to me exclusively from Brockhaus and from 
memory. But since I must first check it against an English military 
encyclopaedia it can’t be final; how could anyone remember all the 
technical expressions which in English begin with A? Apropos, 
there is an encyclopaedia of this kind by a hack of the most 
wretched variety, one J. H. Stocqueler.* Could you make inquiries 
about price, scope, etc., etc.? 

a J. H. Stocqueler, The Military Encyclopaedia. 

And then, if you please, he wants to have the articles—of the 
desired thoroughness and brevity—over there by I July. Once 
again, typical Yankee. Anyway, it proves that they are counting 
more on show than on real substance, as is already evident from 
the $2 per page. 

Send Dana the list—as a provisional one—and point out that 
since it’s impossible to work On speculation at this PAY, he must say 
what he wants. (It’s precisely these patched together articles, being 
the easiest, that make the pay acceptable.) A 2nd list of technical 
expressions for A will follow very shortly. Once this is serttep he 
might just as well let us have the list up to D, E or G so that we 
can get on with it. 

I know nothing about Airey’s (General) former career. You 
might look it up in an Army List, which will at least provide the 
bare bones. 

I know nothing about the Spanish Armada either, but this could 
be found—likewise Ayacucho. 

I’m not yet in sufficiently good shape to be able to come up 
tomorrow, and propose to leave on Saturday.’ Can one take a cas 
from Camden Station (to which one books the Tickers) to your 
place? And how far is it? 

I shall bring Miquel’s letter with me; because of my illness I 
haven’t seen Lupus for a whole week. 

More when we meet. As you can imagine, I have my hands 
really full, what with arrears, etc., etc. 

Your 
F. E. 

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Acre (St. Jean-d’-Siéges Of) oo. eeeeereneeeeees 1/4 ditto a lo 
Actium (battle Of) ...ccccccccccssssesceceesssssseessesees Vg-3q 
Adjutant?.. .vscdedeivseene neared dade hhiieetens VWfq-l/y 
Afghanistan (invasion by English) ..............0 2 
Aland Isles see Bomarsund 
Albuera (battle) voc cccecceccscssessccssscereteerseseseenes 4 
Aldenhoven ditto 1797 .....ceeceseesseeetteeteees fy 
Alessandria (fortress and si€ges) ........:ccseeee Vy 
Algeria (French conquest of and English 

bombardment Of) ........ccceeseeceesessseeeeseeeeeseees 2-3 
Almeida (siege of in Peninsular War) I/4 

Amusette (artillery) .......cccccesecesessseeseetseeeseeeeses Myo