IN HOTTINGEN-ZURICH 

London, 23 September 1885 

Dear Mr Schliiter, 

I. You will have received all the proofs of the Dühring.?°* They 
were sent off from here on the 13th and 14th. If anything is mis- 
sing kindly let me know; the type-setting was such that there could 
be absolutely no question of its being printed unless corrected 
by me. 

The last clean proof to arrive here was No. 14. I await the remaind- 
er for the list of printing errors. Enclosed a provisional list which 
corrects a great deal of nonsense, much of which I myself had doubt- 
less allowed to stand. However I shall go through the whole thing 
once again. 

Herewith also and at long last the preface* which caused me much 
toil and sweat. In the first place there were numerous interruptions. 
But then again my knowledge of natural science was very rusty 
and there was much [I had to look up. 

* Engels’ preface to the second edition of Ant:-Dühring. 

II. Please send me if possible (along with the preface) proofs (in 
duplicate) of Marx vor den Geschwornen,* or at any rate clean proofs for 
the list of printing errors. The original edition is not devoid of bad er- 
rors; indeed, the worthy compositors sometimes exercise their minds 
more than the author would wish. 

III. ‘Preface’,” etc., to the Communist Trial‘ will follow this week 

provided there are no interruptions. 

IV. Immediately after that I shall put Lupus’ * biography to rights 
for the Schlesische Milliarde as well as anything else appertaining to 
it.*!8 This will follow in a few days. 

Please send me clean proofs of everything as well as proofs of my 
prefaces, etc. Also 12 copies of each of the above. 

I am also seeing to Marx’s photograph. 

Then I shall get on with re-writing the Peasant War?'? as soon as 
I have got the revision of the French *** and English translations ° off 
my back. 

Now that I am back home *?! the correction of proofs will be attend- 
ed to speedily and punctually. 

I have had a good few bones to pick with Mr Meissner about the 
get-up of the 2nd volume of Capital. In the preface and text the type 
is all jumbled up, although I had already gone a long way towards 
sorting this out in the proofs, so far as it was possible to do so. No ex- 
cuse for that. Moreover, there are 500 copies with no index at all. 
I enclose one copy for the archives..!*+ 

0‘ is incorrigible.* His appeal to his papa is touching **°; the old 
man will take a stick to him. 

With best wishes, 

Yours, 
F. Engels