[London,] 7 February 1886 

My dear Lavrov, 

Please tell me what meaning you attach to the word ‘wortuizs’. 
When uttered by you I should hesitate to assign to it the philistine 

2 F. A. Mignet, Histoire de la révolution frangaise, depuis 1789 jusqu’en 1814. 
> A. Thiers, F. Bodin, Histotre de la révolution frangaise.... Vols. 1-2; A. Thiers, 
Histoire de la révolution frangaise.... Vols. 3-10. Bougeard in the origi- 
nal. - “ F. Chévremont, Jean-Paul Marat. 

meaning which is virtually the official meaning over here and which 
embraces a whole gamut ranging from a Faraday to a Peabody or 
a Lady Burdett-Coutts. However I shall try and find what you want. 

The manuscript of the English translation of Volume I is at last to 
hand; I shall revise it straight away. After that I shall start final 
editing of Volume III.* This will be hard, but I shall manage it in the 
end. 

Yours ever, 
F.E. 

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