Manchester, 26 May 1856 

Dear Marx, 

Herewith the article,'' but you should read it over first. Today 
the office again prevented me from doing so myself. 

Bazancourt* will be of some use—Bonaparte’s  Bat- 
rachomyomachia.” But Vol. I absolutely essential. I shall send you 
6/- worth of stamps for it tomorrow, or rather, they are enclosed 
herewith. 

I would advise you to pack your bags at once, taking such 
papers as are absolutely necessary. Then you can work here as 
well as in Scotland, at least on certain subjects. We could do 
Bazancourt +? together. Admittedly, you would have to do most 
of the work for, with business expanding rapidly, commerce 1s 
making such demands on me that there can be no thought of 
regular and sustained work. If you finished this thing here (1 
article would of course suffice), you could always either do 
parliamentary articles here, or else take a trip to Scotland and get 
down to some hard work here on your return. Until the 
Pan-Slavism is finished I should be reluctant to saddle myself with 

a Bazancourt, L’expédition de Crimée jusqu’ a la prise de Sébastopol. - > more or less 

any other promises which I might eventually be unable to fulfil; 
but after all, your health is also a consideration and, as to that, I 
think I have something good for you—viz. light Bavarian beer 
and another dozen or so bottles of Bordeaux. Better, at all 
events—with a change of air—than HALF AND HALF, etc. 

I may drop you another line tomorrow. Let me know what you 
decide to do. 

Your 
F. E.