ENGELS TO PYOTR LAVROV 
IN PARIS
London, 14 February 1884
My dear Lavrov,
I have noted what you say about the Russian translation of the 2nd 
volume of Capital. I shall revert to this at the appropriate mo­
ment. 168
As to the German edition, you will be aware that over there we are 
under threat from absolute despotism and that anything is liable to be 
suppressed. Marx never allowed himself to be inhibited by the legisla­
tion of the day; he always spoke his mind and it would be truly mira­
culous if the 2nd volume did not contain enough confiscable and sup- 
pressible material to fall foul of the law of 1878.37 But that is a risk we 
must run and, as for myself, I certainly have no intention of watering 
anything down.
When Германъ Лопатинъa was hereb he told me that Nikolai Da­
nielson wanted me to return him a book entitled Труды Комиссш для 
изсльдовангя хльбной промышленности въ PocciuP I have now found sev­
eral books on the marketing and production of grain: the title most 
closely resembling the one he quotes is Труды экспедиции, снаряженной 
императорскими Волънымъ экономическимъ и Русскимъ географическимъ 
обществами, для изсльдовангя хльбной торговли и производительности въ 
Россги,А Volume 2, 1870.
Might that be the book he is referring to? If so I shall return it to 27 
Мойка,e St Petersburg as soon as I have your confirmation.
I hope to send off your booksf next week; I have kept some of them.
a (Russ.) Hermann L opatin-8 See' this volume, p. 59.-c Proceedings o f the Com­
mittee o f Inquiry into Bakeries in Russia. - d (Russ.) Trudy... (Papers of an Expedition 
Sponsored by the Imperial Free Economic and Russian Geographical Societies for 
Studying Grain Cultivation and the Grain Trade in Russia). - c (Russ.) Moika S t.- 
f See this volume, p. 88.

If I find I don’t need them for the 2nd volume, I shall despatch them 
to you later.
Yours ever,
F. Engels