{[London,] 21 September 1857 
9 Grafton Terrace, Maitland Park, 
Haverstock Hill 

Dear Engels, 

Nothing could please me more than to hear that your health is 
progressing. 

Last Friday, a letter arrived from Dana, cool and curt. I replied 
that I would complain to the Post Office at once. Further, having 
‘Algeria’ and ‘Ammunition’ to hand, I sent them off °07 with the 
comment that I had copies of them; also that I had ‘Army’ in the 
original, and would send it off immediately a fresh copy had been 
made (I did this because in recent letters you have several times 
mentioned that ‘Army’ was almost finished); also, that ‘Artillery’ 
would for the most part come under the History oF CANNON and that 
I no longer had the manuscript. The only A’s now remaining—and 
these I would send on the off-chance, although it is probably by 
now too late—were, all told, ‘Army’, ‘Armada’ and ‘Ayacucho’. I 
mentioned the last 2 because you can keep them quite short, while 
the material I have sent you will provide some original stuff on 
the Armada and Ayacucho (about Espartero). That’s how matters 
stand. 

Tomorrow I shall send off 3 more biographies.* 

My circumstances won’t permit me to come to Brighton, still less 
accompany you to Jersey. 

On closer examination I find that all I want from you on the 
generals under B is an answer to my question about Bernadotte 
together with the essentials concerning Blücher, Bugeaud, Bosquet 
(in the Crimean War). I have enough on the other Frenchmen. 
Finally, Sir G. Brown, about whom I know nothing. Not much 
needed on the man. 

I have sent Dana your B and C lists. 

Salut. 

Your 
K. M.