{Manchester, 1 May 1851] 

Dear Lupus, 

From the date on your letter which Marx brought me when he 
visited me here in Manchester a few days ago, I am horrified to 
see that it is nearly a month old. However Marx tells me that he 
wrote to you at once.‘ 

As to your American plans,** dismiss them from your mind. 
They are superfluous and you'll find something in London 
straight away, since you know English and there is a demand for 
people as well-grounded as yourself in ancient languages, especial- 
ly if you have your testimonials with you. After all, quite 
insignificant persons have been given the most excellent positions. 
The American journal? affair is nothing but humbug; do you 
imagine that if there were anything in it, the fellow would write 
to Europe for an editor and wait so long? Who knows what is 
really the case and what has happened in the meantime? You 
might have to wait till doomsday before being advanced the 
money for your trip. Moreover at best the thing isn’t such as 
to warrant your going to Chicago on the strength of it; 4 dol- 

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lars a week is less than the lowliest wood-cutter’s daily wage, 
and, on top of that, one week’s notice, which is very general 
there! 

[...] I hope that you'll have it by now and, as soon as it is in your 
possession, pack your bags, obtain a passport to London and up 
anchor. I see that newspapers on the Continent are implying that 
the British Government are not admitting any more refugees. 
Stuff! Don’t let anything put you off, not even, say, a directive 
from the police that you must have a visa from the British 
Ambassador in Berne. You need nothing of the kind. All you 
need is a visa enabling you to cross France, i.e. from the French 
Embassy, which the Swiss will procure for you. You simply pass 
through the country and cross over here. Even should the 
French—and they’re quite capable of this—direct you to Le 
Havre and thence to America, all you have to do at Le Havre is 
board the steamer for Southampton or London. You know that no 
one is ever stopped at a port of entry here, and despite all the 
empty chatter in the reactionary press, I hope to see you in 
London for the Exhibition.* As I have told you, don’t let anything 
put you off but, whatever happens, insist on going to London. 
Should you experience difficulties over transit with the French 
Government, and if funds permit, it might even be preferable to 
take the route I took [...] write Lorenzo Chiozza [...] very nice letter 
saying you have been given his address by a compatriot of his, and 
would be much obliged if he would advise you whether any vessels 
and which, bound for England, are lying there (sailing vessels, 
there are also steamers) and approximately when they are due to 
sail. Ask him, too, for the names of the captains. Then you can 
either communicate with these captains by letter (addressed to 
them aboard their vessels), or go to them direct. My passage, — 
including food, cost me six pounds (150 French fr.). You might 
get one cheaper. The trip to Genoa isn’t expensive provided you 
do as much as possible of the journey to Turin on foot—up to 
that point the country is wonderful—via Geneva and Mont Cenis 
or, more direct, via the Great St Bernhard (Martigny-Ivrea). From 
Turin you have the railway almost to the foot of the Apennines. 
Or by footpath (even more direct) via the Reuss Valley, the Furka, 
the Simplon, straight to Alessandria. These are all very beautiful 
trips, the weather is now splendid for a sea voyage (easterlies 

@ Great Exhibition in 1851 

predominating), and the Mediterranean passage most diverting. If 
possible an English vessel. In my opinion the whole thing could be 
done on 250 fr., certainly on 300. But whether the people in 
Cologne* will be able to manage this is debatable. But in any case 
you must get to England. I am on the point of writing to Marx, 
asking him to write once more to Cologne about the money’; if 
you haven’t got it yet, it could do no harm if you, too, were to 
write again to Daniels or Burgers. 

As regards the fares from England to New York, they are 
devilish high—’tween-deck passengers often come off very badly, 
one such case being still before Parliament— Ist class cabin usually 
costs £15-20; this we discovered when we _ ourselves were 
proposing to press on further.“ 2nd class on the Southampton 
steamers is good and cheap; there are also a few screw-steamers 
aboard which you could travel 2nd class quickly and cheaply if you 
chanced on one. But whatever the case, I hope that you will come 
here and stay here. You would have more opportunities here than 
in America and it’s not so easy, once you’re there, to come back 
again. It’s frightful in America where the greatest man is Heinzen 
and where, too, the prolix Struve is now about to inundate 
the whole country with his piddle. The devil take the public 
there. Sooner a galley-slave in Turkey than a journalist in 
America. 

Send us word soon and come soon yourself. 

Your 
F. E. 
F. Engels 
Address: Ermen & Engels, 
Manchester