Manchester,“* 22 June [1859] 

Dear Sir, 

I would request you to send the balance of the fee for my book” 
without delay to my wife in London. 

In the letter you wrote me at the end of May you said that the 
book would come out and the fee be paid ‘next week’. Neither the 
one nor the other was done until today, 22 June. Your principle 
would seem to be that a ‘strictly scientific work’ can never come out 
too late and, more particularly, that one should wait until such time 
as the general spread of the war *” has stimulated a ‘strictly scientific’ 
interest. 

The same circumstances as have induced you to sanction this 
further postponement might, perhaps, justify a postponement 
until 1860, particularly in view of what you say in your letter, 
namely that, in the case of scientific works in respect of which there is 
no undertaking as to the time of publication, it is customary for 
German publishers to place an embargo on their appearance in 
favour of topical works whenever this would seem to be 
opportune. 

a See this volume, pp. 459-60. - > A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy 

Since it is impossible for me to reply privately to the many 
inquiries I receive—ain connection with these delays—I shall, after 

waiting a few days longer, issue a public statement.’ 
Yours very faithfully, 
Dr K. Marx