London, 4 February 1884 

Dear Kautsky, 

A quick line before the post goes. 

Please write and tell me by return what sort of version you propose 
to do of Deville !*7—- word for word, including all the titles, or ab- 
ridged, as I suggested?“ As soon as I know this, I can put the matter to 
Meissner; I must have something definite to tell him. A copy has been 
ordered for Meissner in Paris; by the time it arrives, your answer may 
have got here as well. 

@ of the third German edition of Volume I of Capital- Engels’ and Eleanor 
Marx’s-° See previous letter.-“ See this volume, pp. 76-77. 

I shall be glad to look over the theoretical part, although I can 
hardly suppose it is necessary. There’s no point in my looking over 
the descriptive part, as you won’t have any difficulty in avoiding 
Deville’s mistakes. Of these the chief is his presenting as absolute, 
Marxian propositions which, in Marx, hold good only with qualifica- 
tions (omitted by Deville) and which therefore appear false. 

All other matters in a day or two. 

Yours, 
F.E.