{London,] 2 October 1860 

Dear Engels, 

One of my letters must have failed to reach you, for I wrote and 
told you that my family was spending a week at the srasinr.* 

As regards Dana’s pages,” one of your large pages (e.g. in 
Artillery) was the equivalent of one of Dana’s. 

My impression of Siebel’s letter was exactly the opposite of 
yours, namely his helplessness. Meissner, by reason of the 
Demokratische Studien, is actually in the enemy camp. Moreover, it 
would appear from his private conversation with Siebel that he 
expected a ‘dignified’ discussion and regards Vogt as a great man. 
O. Wigand is a personal enemy of mine and, years ago, on my 
offering to entrust him with the Eighteenth Brumatire (even for 
nothing), wrote me a churlish reply.2** Oelbermann in Bonn is a 
mere fantasy. I know the meridian of Bonn. All in all, the 
pamphlet‘ is pretty well unpublishable in Germany (especially as 

a See this volume, pp. 195, 196, 198. - > ibid., pp. 196, 199. - © ibid., p. 199. 
dK. Marx, Herr Vogt. 

Siebel has no connections with Leipzig publishers), judging by the 
style that has become established during the 10 years of reaction. 
And then to have the manuscript actually hawked round from one 
man to the next, thereby causing the whole thing to be blabbed 
out, without finding a taker—or only after protracted wanderings! 
I should, of course, prefer Cotta, Brockhaus or even Campe to Mr 
Petsch; but circumstances being what they are, I still regard him as 
a winpratt. Borkheim, who is a very good businessman, has great 
faith in Petsch. Finally, our last experiences in Germany were 
hardly encouraging. 

Printing will go ahead more quickly this week at Hirschfeld’s. 
He still had all kinds of stuff that had to be finished. 

I shall think about the title again. The fact that Da-Da will puzzle 
your philistine pleases me and fits in with my system or Mockery and 
contempt.” Nevertheless (the title will, of course, be printed last), I 
shall again discuss it exhaustively with my critical conscience.” 
Contents are as follows: I. The Brimstone Gang. II. The Bristlers. 
III. Police Matters. 1. Confession. 2. The Revolutionary Congress in 
Murten. 3. Cherval. 4. The Communist Trial in Cologne. 5. Joint 
Workers’ Festival in Lausanne. 6. Miscellany. [V. Techow’s Letter. 
V. Imperial Regent and Count Palatine. VI. Vogt and the Neue 
Rheinische Zeitung. VII. The Augsburg Campaign. VIII. Vogt’s 
Studien. IX. Agency. X. Patrons and Accomplices. XI. Lawsuit 
against the Nattonal-Zeitung. XII. Appendices. 

As you have no time just now for articles, write to me privately 
when anything of a military nature happens in Italy, informing 
me, quite briefly, of the chief points. I shall then myself popce what 
is necessary into shape. 

J. Ph. Becker wants to go to Naples‘ (accompanied by Schily). 
He wants to raise a German volunteer corps there. (!!!) 

I am completely broke. If you could send me a £ or two before 
the week is out, it would be very welcome. 

Salut. 

Your 
K. M. 

The effrontery of The Times (yesterday’s) in suggesting that 
Garibaldi inspired ‘confidence’ so long ‘as HE COULD BE BELIEVED TO BE THE 
AGENT OF THE SECRET INTENTIONS OF Napoleon TIP," is truly staggering. 

a See this volume, p. 84. - > Marx apparently means his wife Jenny. - © See this 
volume, pp. 237, 246. -4 The Times, No. 23739, 1 October 1860, leading article. 

Edwin James, the clown, was in such a runx that he fled all the way 
back to London, arriving the day before yesterday.*” In the 
Plon-Plonist Opinion nationale Kossuth has addressed a letter to 
Garibaldi, which was written both in the spirit and at the behest of 
the Bonapartists. 

Your rite article* has gone the rounds of the London press *° 
and has even been discussed in the pro-government Observer. This 
WaS a SENSATION.