London, 8 November 1884 
122 Regent’s Park Road, N. W. 

Dear Sir, 

On receiving your kind letter of 27th last ?!3 I sent you a copy of 
my pamphlet The Origin etc.,> and I would have sent it sooner had 
I known for certain that your last address was still valid. 

I congratulate you on the splendid progress you have made in your 
study of the German language. I entrust you with the Italian transla- 
tion of The Origin with pleasure and confidence. I have received in the 
meantime an earlier and similar offer from another quarter,” which 
I have not yet accepted. In order to reject it definitively, it would be 
useful for me to know whether you have at your disposal a publisher 
who will print and publish your translation without delay.*!* 

I remain with respect your devoted 

F, Engels