{London,] 10 July 1873 

Dear Citizen, 

After a lengthy interval, I have just sent off some of the 
manuscript (Part VI) and some proofs” to Mr Lahure. 

As you will know, the most dangerous thing about an illness is a 
relapse, but I am now in a condition to set to work seriously once 
more on Mr Roy’s manuscript *°—of which a great deal has now 
accumulated. 

However, the disruption caused by my illness cannot be to 
blame for the delay in the publication of fascicle TV and for the 
non-publication of fascicle V. 

At a time when I was very unwell I passed sheet 27 for press, 

a F. Engels, ‘From the International’. - > of the French edition of Volume I of 

Capital 

but since it cannot be stereotyped without the ensuing instalment 
VI, I should be glad to have another proof. 

Yours ever, 
Karl Marx