London, 23 April 1885 

Dear Sir, 

I have received your kind letter of the 9/21 last month and am very 
much obliged for the very interesting information it contains. °°! 
That the law of wages being in inverse proportion to the length of 
working time should also be verified in Russia is a very interesting 
fact indeed. So also is the rapid disintegration of the mips’ by the 
progress of modern industry and financing, as shown in the increasing 
number of the 6esxossiicrsenupre xossesa.” All such facts are of the 
highest importance to me, and I shall feel very much obliged if you 
will communicate to me, from time to time, what you may know 
about the economical condition and development of your great coun- 
try. Unfortunately at present all my time is taken up with the publi- 
cation of the manuscripts, © so much so that I have to interrupt not 
only independent work but even my studies, and can scarcely find 

4 (Russ.) rural community - ° (Russ.) farmless peasants - © of the third volume of 
Capital 

time for correspondence; so you see I cannot take advantage just now 
of your kind offer to send me original Russian works on economical 
subjects, I should really not have the time to make use of them. But 
I hope you will not blame me, if hereafter at the first opportunity 
I take the liberty of reminding you of your kind promise. In the 
meantime these inestimable manuscripts are to me a source of the 
highest scientific Genuss,* and no doubt so will the proofs be to 
you. 9°! Of these I forwarded to you Nos. 5-9 about 3 weeks ago 
27th March and yesterday Nos. 10-14. I shall again forward a set 
shortly, always registered. The whole of No. II will be about 37 sheets 
and will be out by end of May. I am now busy with No. III which is 
the concluding and crowning part, and will eclipse even No. I. I dic- 
tate from the original, which is positively illegible to any living man 
except myself, and shall have no rest until it is all transferred to 
a manuscript which at all events will be legible to others. Then I can 
take my time with the final redaction, which will be no easy task, see- 
ing the imperfect state of the original. But anyhow, even if I should 
not be spared to finish that, it would be saved from being utterly lost, 
and could be published as it is in case of need. This No. III is the most 
astounding thing I ever read, and it is a thousand pities that the au- 
thor did not live to work it out and publish it himself and see the effect 
it is destined to create. After this lucid exposition, no candid opposi- 
tion is any longer possible. The most difficult points are cleared up 
and disentangled as if they were a mere child’s play, and the whole 
system acquires a new and simple aspect. I am afraid this No. II will 
fill two volumes. Besides that I have an old manuscript which treats 
the history of the theory and will also require a good deal of work. !7! 
So you see I have my hands full. 

Very sincerely yours, 
P. W. Rosher 3°