Manchester, 23 May 1873 

Dear Friend, 

I am staying up here for a day or two, but would rather not put 
off answering your letter until my return to London. 

I have sent 2/6d in srames for a membership card to a member 
of the British Federal Council, Serraillier, so that it will, in a few 
days’ time (the Federal Council meets only once a week), be sent to 
Oxford. 

If Thomas, your friend there, would care to write to me direct, 
I shall be very glad to get in touch with him. 

In a week or two the 2nd German edition of Capital, which 
came out in instalments, will be published in one volume*” and I 
should be pleased to present it to you as a memento, and likewise 
such instalments of the Paris translation as have so far appeared.*”° 

Madame and Mr Longuet have asked me to send you their 
warm regards. 

Salut fraternel. 

Karl Marx