London, 2 April 1891 

Dear Friend, 

It will be perfectly acceptable to me if Fantuzzi publishes the Socia- 
lismo utopistico,* though I shall write and tell him‘ not to inflict on me 
prefaces by unknown quantities @ la Gori.?°’ The biographical 
sketch from Lo Sviluppo can also be used. ?°% I have just had my 

“ in short - ° See this volume, pp. 140-42.-° K. Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of 
Political Economy.-" of Capital-* the Italian edition of Engels’ Socialism: Utopian 
and Scientific - ' See next letter. 

photograph taken again and shall send you one as soon as I myself re- 
ceive the prints. 

So as to assist you in your English studies I have sent you the Eng- 
lish edition of the Communist Manifesto* and shall get hold of a copy of 
the English edition of Capital? for you. Just now there is no English 
socialist periodical worth reading. From time to time, however, 
I shall send you a copy of a—if possible interesting — bourgeois 
newspaper for you to study. With an English grammar and a diction- 
ary you will then make good progress. Admittedly you won’t learn 
the pronunciation unless you have a good teacher. However the lan- 
guage is very easy, since it has virtually no grammar. 

If you would like to have a copy of the Manifesto in German, let me 
know by postcard. 

With most cordial regards, 
Yours, 
F. Engels