AT LE PERREUX 

London, 2 October 1891 

My dear Laura, 

Today I sent to you and to Ravé the sheets 7 to 12 (end) of Ur- 
sprung © with the alterations marked in red. I hope this will be the end 
of your trouble !°° for which I do not know how to thank you. May 
the effect be such as to reward you to some extent for your work. 

* See this volume, pp. 237-38, 248-49, 252.-° Katharina Sorge-° the fourth German 
edition of The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State 

I hope Paul is out by this time, the furlough will be very useful to 
him and to the cause, ‘le Nord’ is hot and ought to be forged while it 
is so.3!? 

Boulanger was so dead that he evidently could no longer bear life. 
He died as he lived—en homme entretenu.* The loss of his beloved 
M-me de Bonnemain he might have borne, but the loss of her for- 
tune (which the English papers say was not left to him)—ah, c’était 
autre chose”! ; 

Nobody will be more glad of this comical event than Rochefort, le 
brav’ général had gradually become a veritable nightmare for him. 

Now, my dear Laura, what in the name of all that used to be sa- 
cred am I to write to that Almanach* where, if the advertisements 
speak true, there is to be more than a Sammelsurium of men, princip- 
les and things? The progress of socialism in Germany, why that’s 
a book! And other interesting subjects? the most interesting and most 
important are such that in the mouth of a foreigner they would appear 
an insult to French readers. Besides you leave me in ignorance of 
when the thing is wanted, and how much space it is expected to occu- 
py.3!3 However I am fully occupied with work, urgent work so far 
and could not have written a scratch. So there is no time lost. 

Last Monday“ Percy brought the children over and since then we 
have had the whole family here. Lily has had a fall and hurt her back 
a little, so she is going to have a support made as a matter of precau- 
tion, and that will last a few days yet. Percy is leaving today. 

Louise’s Hyaena-paper *'* will not appear before 15th instant, 
your, Tussy’s and Louise’s articles will create a sensation among the 
women’s rights women in Germany and Austria, as the real question 
has never been put and answered so plainly as you three do it. And 
both Louise and Tussy tell me they have heiligen Schrecken vor den deutsch- 
en (Berliner) Frauenrechtsweibern.' But the reign of these is not to last 
much longer. Bebel writes quite enthusiastically about the ardour 
with which the working women in Germany now rush into the move- 
ment, and if that is the case, the antiquated semi-bourgeois women’s 
rights dnesses will soon be ordered to the rear. 

Gilles continues issuing flysheets against Edward. More in a day or 
two. We are trying to bring the slanders home to Hyndman who is us- 

a b 

souteneur-? that’s another matter-° Almanach du Parti Ouvrier~4 conglomeration 

-° 28 September-' sacred awe of the German (Berlin) women’s rights women 
-* asses 

ing Gilles as his tool—_and who we hope will not be able to wash off 
the dirt which the dirty Gilles has spattered involuntarily on the man 
who uses such a tool.* 

Love from Pumps and Louise and the children. 

Ever yours, 

F. E. 

[From Louise Kautsky, in German] 

My dear Laura, 

Sincere thanks for your letter. As the General” has told you, our ‘epoch-making’ 
paper will not be coming out until 15/X, probably due to Victor’s Bohemian court pro- 
ceedings. When will I get some more? since I assume that you, dear Laura, having 
begun with A, will also say B. Anything will be welcome to us. With warm greetings to 
yourself and the M.P. for Lille.‘ 

Yours, 
Louise