London, 30 November 1867 

Dear Kugelmann, 

Ill-health alone is to blame for my not replying sooner. I have 
been laid low again for weeks now. 

Firstly, my best thanks for your efforts. Engels has written to 
Liebknecht (or will be doing so). Liebknecht, incidentally, was 
intending (in conjunction with G6tz, and others) to make a de- 
mand in the Reichstag for an Enquiry into the conditions of the workers. 
He wrote to me about his intention, and at his request I sent him 
a few relevant English Acts of Parliament. The plan came to 
nothing because owing to the procedure there was no time left for 
it. On one point you are better placed to write to Liebknecht 
than either Engels or myself. And that is that it really is his duty 
to draw attention to my book” at workers’ meetings. If he fails to do 
so, the Lassalleans will seize upon the thing and misconstrue it. 

Contzen (lecturer at Leipzig, a pupil and follower of Roscher) 
has requested a copy of the book from me via Liebknecht and 
promised a detailed review of it, from his point of view, in return. 
Meissner thereupon sent him the book. This could be a good 

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start.—I was pleased about the misprint “Taucher’ in place of 
‘Faucher’* in your notice.’ Faucher is one of those ‘travelling 
preachers’ of political economy. The fellow has no place among 
the ‘scholarly’ German economists such as Roscher, Rau, Mohl, 
and others. It is doing him too great an honour even to mention 
him. And I have consequently never allowed him a role as a noun 
but only as a verb.‘ 

Please be so kind as to tell your good wife‘ that the chapters on 
the ‘Working Day’, ‘Co-operation, Division of Labour and Machin- 
ery’ and finally on ‘Primitive Accumulation’ are the most 
immediately readable. You will have to explain any incomprehen- 
sible terminology to her. If there are any other doubtful points, I 
shall be glad to help. 

In France (Paris) there are the best prospects that the book will 
be discussed in detail (in the Courrier francais, a Proudhonist paper 
unfortunately!) and even translated.*”° 

As soon as I am better, I will write more. Meanwhile I hope you 
will write frequently. I always find it has a spurring effect on me. 

Your 
K. M. 

{From Eleanor Marx, in English] 

My dear Franzchen 

As Papa is in a hurry to send off his letter I have only time to send you my best 
love. 

Your affectionate 
Eleanor Marx