{London,}] 8 December 1864 
Dear Engels, 

You will find enclosed 

1. Free Press? 

2. Swabian Beobachter. 

(With the latter, I have managed to get the fellow at least to 
adopt an ironical tone towards Blind again, whereas, as a result of 
the letter transmitted by Bronner,” he was so bowled over by 
Blind’s boasting—I have sent the scrawl to Weydemeyer—that he 
absolutely drew in his horns and paid compliments to the ‘excellent 
man’. Incidentally, the editor—hinc illae lacrimae‘—is the man 
whom I referred to in Herr Vogt as the ‘garrulous Swabian, Karl 
Mayer’,‘ and who is moreover the son of that Mayer the Swabian 
so incessantly derided by Heine.”) 

3. Letter enclosed from Red Becker.‘ I had, you see, sent a copy 
of the statement’ to the Rheinische Zeitung. Please return Becker’s 
letter to me.”4 

Apropos Liebknecht. At the end of the year he is, of course, in a very 
tight spot. I have sent him money several times in the course of the 
Last six months and now I want to send his wife something in the 
form of a Christmas present for the children, since I know they are 
in dire straits. I would appreciate it if you would make a 
contribution, too. But you must let me know quickly, as periculum in 
mora.” I would then send the whole lot to Frau Liebknecht at the 
same time. 

Salut. Your 
K. M.