[London,] 18 November [1864]
Dear Fred,
1. I am sending the stuff for the solicitor. You will have to copy
the enclosed inventory and put it into whatever shape you think 
fit.“
2. Ad vocemb Solingen. I had put the letter out ready when I 
sent you the last but one letter-package, and it hasn’t been ‘seen 
any more since then’.' I suspect it has ensconced itself in a 
notebook and will turn up one fine morning.
3. Ad vocem Schweitzer.
Is a Dr of Law, formerly of Frankfurt am Main. Published a 
confused pamphlet against Vogt in 1859.d Subsequently, a social 
novel I have not read.e Declared his vigorous support for Lassalle. 
Later, during Lassalle’s lifetime, he got to know sundry writings of 
ours at Liebknecht’s house while staying in Berlin and, even at 
that time, sent me a message through Liebknecht saying how 
amazed he was at finding that everything about Lassalle that he 
liked had been plagiarised.
a See this volume, pp. 20, 23. - b With regard to - c J. W. Goethe, ‘Der Fischer’. - 
d J. B. Schweitzer, 
Widerlegung von Carl Vogt's Studien zur gegenwärtigen Lage
Europe's. - e J. B. Schweitzer, Lucinde oder Capital und Arbeit.

I have written, like you, concerning the prospectus of contributors.^ 
Have sent Liebknecht German translation of the address of the 
International Committee at the same time, with a view to eventual
publication in the paper. (The stuff will appear today or tomorrow 
and will be sent to you.a)
As far as Lassalle’s apotheosis is concerned,13 the Hamburg 
Nordstern, edited by that jackass Bruhn (who at the same time 
continues to print Heinzen’s élucubrations, as though nothing had
happened), is exclusively dedicated to this matter just as before, 
and the Social-Demokrat can scarcely compete with it in that 
respect.
Old Hatzfeldt seems to be most disappointed by the letter I sent 
in reply to her ‘ploy’,c although it was most delicate and 
considerate in tone. Since that time, she has—kept silence.
Social-Demokrat is a bad title. But there is no need to throw away 
the best tides immediately on things that may prove to be failures.
Wilhelm Liebknecht is an unquestionably big man among the 
Berlin workers, as you can see from the Berlin correspondence of 
The Morning Star. I am only afraid he will soon be sent packing.
4. 
Ad vocem Peritonitis, it says in Andral: ‘Clinique Médicale 
‘La Péritonite aiguë ... en certains cas un petit nombre d’heures 
s’écoulent entre l’époque de l’invasion de la maladie et celle de la 
mort, tandis que d’autres fois la péritonite, toujours aiguë par ses 
symptômes, ne devient mortelle qu’au bout de 30 à 40 jours.’e
And under the rubric:
‘Péritonite par violence extérieure,f he describes the case of a 
Parisian worker who was kicked in the stomach by a horse, in the 
region of his navel. Was only taken to the Charitég le surlende­
main, ‘offre tous les symptômes d’une phlegmasie aiguë du 
péritoine’h (later confirmed by ouverture du cadavre'). Died du 5-eme 
au 6-ème jour,1 and amongst the general observations concerning this
case, it says: ‘jusqu’au dernier moment, on n’observe aucun trouble
des facultés intellectuelles et sensoriales.’kaK. Marx, ‘Inaugural Address of the Working Men’s International Association’. - 
b See this volume, pp. 20, 24. - c ibid., p. 12. - d ibid., p. 24. - e ‘Acute peritonitis 
... in some cases just a few hours elapse between the onset of the disease and death, 
whereas on other occasions peritonitis, which is always acute in its symptoms, does not 
cause death for from 30 to 40 days.’ - f ‘Peritonitis due to external violence’ - 
s hospital in Paris - h two days later, ‘exhibits all the symptoms of acute phlegmasia of 
the peritoneum’ - ' autopsy - i on the 5th or 6th day - k ‘until the very last, no 
disturbance of the mind or senses is observed’ (see G. Andral, Clinique médicale, ou
choix d’observations recueillies à l’hôpital de la Charité (clinique de M. Lerminier), t. 4,
Paris, 1827, pp. 511, 532, 533)

5. Take care to keep the enclosed memorandum for student 
Blind published in a rag in which he has puffed himself up with 
surpassing zeal since 1859.38 This ‘Beobachter’ est le ‘grand’ organe 
de la démocratie Suabaise'l
6. Prof. Huber has held his ‘labour convention’ with about 100
workers’ associations. He is conservative in politics but a co-
operator as far as Political Economy is concerned. His Leipzig
Convention nearly ended in a real ‘thrashing’ for Huber and his 
comrades, with the great majority declaring themselves to be 
‘radical’ in politics.39
7. I gather all kinds of things have been published by the
committee in Manchester about the
cotton-famine 40—I mean
in
regard to the working men. Can you get hold of it for me?
8. My chest still hurts me when I write and lean forward. Hence 
this ‘itemised’ letter.
Regards to Gumpert.
Ditto to Madame Lizzy.b
Your
K. M.
[Enclosure: List relating to W. Wolff’s Legacy]
Silver  watch  .......................................................................................................................................... £ 2
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a is the ‘grand’ organ of Swabian democracy - b Lizzy Burns

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102 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOOKS ...............................................................................................£31
I have put a much higher valuation on the stuff than it would 
fetch if sold, what with the selling-price of secondhand books in
England. On the other hand, all kinds of things are missing that I 
have not been able to remember. There is thus compensation. If you
want to add anything regarding the other goods and chattels, 
please do so.