London, 17 October 1874 
1 Maitland Park Road, N. W. 

Dear Mr Oppenheim, 

A few days ago I posted off one Capital and one 18th Brumaire 
of Louis Bonaparte for you and one copy of each of these books for 
Dr Gans jun. Would you be so kind as to send his copies on to 
him; he lives in Rosengasse, No. 17, Ist floor, Prague. 

When I took my departure from Karlsbad, I did so with the 
intention of proceeding directly to Hamburg in order to settle my 
business with the bookseller* there and then to return to London 

a Peasant War -> F. Engels, ‘Supplement to the Preface of 1870 for The Peasant War 
in Germany’. - © Lizzie Burns - 4 Otto Meissner 

33. Engels to Hermann Lopatin. About 20 October 1874 53 

as soon as possible to resume my work. I soon discovered, 
however, that the after-treatment following the strict regime of 
Karlsbad is not to be taken lightly and so had to spend almost 
another two weeks romping around Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin and 
Hamburg.* Had I foreseen this—and my daughter* and I both 
regret our mistake—I would have first come to see you in Prague. 
Mais Vhomme propose et le chemin de fer dispose.” 

I hope that your health has improved and that your business 
may one day soon bring you in this direction. 

My daughter sends you her best regards. 

Yours very sincerely, 
K. Marx