[Ventnor,] 4 December 1882 

Dear Fred, 

Herewith Bebel’s letter *°9 which I found most interesting. I do not 
believe an industrial crisis will supervene as soon as all that. 

The weather in November was good on the whole, though very 
changeable. The first days of December alternated between bitter 
cold and a nasty, damp mugginess. Today it is fine, but I am never- 
theless condemned to remain in my room. In the last few days I have 
suffered from hoarseness (certainly not due to talking) and an un- 
pleasant sensation in my gullet; I have also been coughing more and 
not sleeping very well, despite my long, regular and constant walks. 
Hence I have again called in the doctor.* These gentlemen cannot 
be shaken off so easily! It is only a tracheal catarrh, but all the same 
he thought I ought to keep within doors until the inflammation 
has gone. Besides giving me some soothing medicine to take, he 
has ordered me to inhale vapour of benzoin (with something else 
added — seems to me something like chloroform). Today he again 
auscultated and percussed me—for the 3rd time since my arriv- 
al—and found that everything was otherwise in order. He will 
drop in again in a few days’ time to see if I can be released from my 
confinement. 

What is remarkable about the stuff in the Plebe concerning 
my theory of value is the rubbish talked by all 3, Laveleye, Cafiero 
and Candelari, **? in mutual opposition Pun contre Vautre.” In the 
quotation concerning my aforementioned theory of value which 
Candelari adduced from Malon’s Histoire critique de Péconomie politique, 
Malon’s superficiality is such that it actually surpasses that of all 3 
smatterers. 

*] hope that all right in 41, Maitland Park Road.* I was ex- 

* James M. Williamson -> 

don 

one against the other-° Marx’s address in Lon- 

pecting a line or two from there, but I know that poor Tussy over. 
WORKED. 

Salut. 
Moor