Manchester, 4 May 1852 

Dear Marx, 

Your fat American parcel has not yet arrived.* I have made 
inquiries at Pickford’s, since the houses in my street have been 
renumbered, which gives rise to confusion. But at Pickford’s there 

@ which direction these barbs are coming from - > we shall see. £25 is well worth a 
bit of a row. - © See this volume, p. 93. - 4 See this volume, pp. 91 and 100. 

is no parcel for me. Either you didn’t send the thing off or, if by 
post, perhaps not in the prescribed manner, or else something has 
happened to it. So try and find out what has become of the thing. 

I shall be having a visit from my respected pater here this week, 
when the whole bloody matter of the firm will be settled and my 
position, too, will be further regulated. Either the contract will be 
renewed and the firm will continue as it is, which is not very 
probable, or I shall try so to arrange matters that my old man 
quits by the end of the year at the latest, and perhaps even by the 
end of June. Then there'll be the hellish liquidation which, 
however, should be more or less completed in 6 to 8 months, after 
which I shall turn my hand to something else, either go to 
Liverpool or God knows what. This will probably be decided 
within the next fortnight. I am glad that my old man will soon be 
here so that the inevitable mess is over as soon as possible and I 
know where I am, 

I return Cluss’ letter herewith. I have Jones’ articles here, but 
not those of Harney, which you might send me some time so that 
I can acquaint myself with both sides and observe Father Harney 
in his new role. The industrious Jones will soon drive this indolent 
cur from the field if only he can hang on for a while. And he will 
certainly be able to raise the circulation* to 4,000 a week, which 
alone means a profit (3,600 covers costs). 

The arrival of my old man will, of course, put back my Dana 
plans” by a week or a fortnight. On the other hand you could 
meanwhile continue, through Szemere, to negotiate with the 
publisher over the sketches, to look through your correspondence 
and the N. Rh. Z. (especially votes and speeches in the National 
Assembly) apropos the heroes to be depicted and, if the matter 
reaches a favourable conclusion, you could come up here for a 
week and we'd have a go at the thing.° I really think it could be 
done in such a way that no one will discover its paternité* and even 
if they did, little harm would be done. 

According to a letter from Ebner, he is still negotiating over 
your Economy ** with Léwenthal, who wants to establish himself in 
Brussels and in the meantime remains a partner in the Frankfurt 
business. 

How is Freiligrath progressing with my brother-in-law?* Don’t 

a of The People’s Paper -» i.e. work on the series Revolution and Counter-Revolution 
in Germany. - © K. Marx and F. Engels, The Great Men of the Exile. - 4 here: 
authorship - ¢ Emil Blank (see this volume, p. 89). 

forget to let me know about Pindar, c’est une béte ennuyeuse et assez 
confuse." Is he a member of the League?” 
The copies of the Turn-Zeitung advised by Weydemeyer have 
still not arrived; there must have been some oversight on his part. 
Write soon. 

Your 
F. E. 

In the case of parcels which do not go by post, it would be best 
if, instead of the old No. 70, you include the old and new nos. In 
the address, thus: 

No. 44/70, Great Ducie St., Strangeways, Manchester. 

Szerelmey’s thing‘ tomorrow perhaps.