[London,] 10 June 1861 
Dear Frederic, 

I have had a letter from Vienna today. To start with, 
Friedlander’ wants me to send him 2 articles, 1 about the business 
in America (in which I am to provide a brief political and military 
résumé of the whole mess, for 1 or 2 leaders) and 1 on the 
situation in England. Later (i.e. when he has had these articles) he 
will let me have his further suggestions; and, in fact, I am to get 
£1 for each article, 10/- for mere news-letters. This is good pay by 
German standards and I shall have to agree to the thing, car il faut 
vivre. Since I should like to get the 2 sample articles off this week, 
you must do*the military part about America for me.‘ I will then 
fit it into the political part. 

A week ago I made a serious start on my book.*'” Have heard 
nothing more of Lassalle, save. what his cousin Friedlander‘ 
(Lassalle does not and must not know anything about the 
transactions with the Presse) wrote and told me from Berlin, 
namely: 

‘Since his return from Breslau, F. Lassalle has been partly busying himself with 
the affair of your naturalisation, whose satisfactory outcome I believe he prejudices 

a Thucydides, De bello peloponnesiaco. -» Max Friedlander -‘ for one’s got to 
live - ¢ See this volume, pp. 294-96. - © Julius Fricdlander - £ Polish name: Wroclaw 

by his excessive zeal and his memoranda tending to prove too much, and partly 
spending his time perusing and reading out loud the numerous letters that pour in 
from professors and privy councillors thanking him for a book so fine, so interesting 
and so witty, etc.2 These letters provide him with a grand opportunity to make 
conversation about his “excellent” book, thus proving that he is quite insensible to 
litle titillations of this kind and wholly immune to vanity. The poor countess,» who 
is fighting off a severe attack of influenza, finds it ever more difficult to play her 
official role of opposer, and I, too, am beginning to tire of acting as seconder.’ 

So much for Friedlander. 

As regards the goings-on in. the so-called National Association *” 
down here and Kinkel’s consequent downfall, I shall write 
tomorrow, having still to write to Berlin and Vienna today. 

Salut. Regards to Lupus. 

Cavour's death! Quen pensez-vous?* Garibaldi, the Jackass, has 
made a fool of himself by a solidarity letter*!! to the Yankees.*” 

Your 
K. M.