London, 5 October 1871 

My dear Friend, 

I found your Ietter on my return from Ramsgate, where 
Johnson* and I had just been spending a couple of days.*”” 

As to the money that is still owing to me, might I request you, 
first, before the end of this month to take out another quarterly 
subscription for me to the Gazette des Tribuneaux. My subscription 
expires on 31 October. Later on I may, perhaps, wish you to make 
some other purchases in Paris, so do not hasten to remit any 
money to me. As for the Buckle,” etc., I am always at your 
command. I shall also send you The Eastern Post whenever there is 
anything of interest. 

As for the firm of Tpx6eps,° it is perfectly sound and reliable, 
and you may therefore deliver goods to it without the slightest 
misgivings. The address was certainly written by Johnson and it 
was certainly Cep.* who delivered it to the person in question. 
Moreover, it was supplied over here with a goodly assortment of 
engravings. We are temporarily rather short of this article and 
shall not be able to make any deliveries just now. 

I conveyed your letter to our friend in Lower Charles St.° He no 
longer deals with the matter in question, which has passed into 
other hands and has thus lost much of the interest it held for us. 

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@ Marx -> H. T. Buckle, History of Civilization in England. -¢ Triber (written in 
Cyrillic in the original) - 4 Serraillier (written in Cyrillic in the original) - ¢ Hermann 

Jung 

141, Marx to Jung. 1] October 1871 223 

To give you more precise information would involve entering into 
endless detail; suffice it to say that a few of the people on whose 
behalf the business was to be undertaken have behaved in a 
shameful manner, and refuse, despite our admonitions, to break 
with individuals undeserving either of credit or of trust, and even 
go so far as to accept their guidance in their speculations.** As a 
result, their closest acquaintances have pulled out in the belief that 
it would be throwing money down the drain to encourage them in 
undertakings which would either end badly or merely serve to 
benefit out-and-out rogues. The individuals in question have, by 
the way, or so I believe, obtained what they needed elsewhere. But 
there are always a number of good honest lads whose business is 
gravely hampered by want of capital and if some way could be 
found of providing them with funds, we should be delighted. An 
approach might be made to Johnson who, as you know, is the 
genera] intermediary in such matters. 
My salutations to all our friends. 
Yours ever, 

F. E.