IN HOTTINGEN-ZURICH 

London, 21 December 1885 

Dear Mr Schliiter, 
20 Dührings (in all) and 4 of the Peasant War received with thanks. “ 

Kindly tell Mrs Wischnewetzky that, as agreed, I shall be prepared 
to go over the ms. of her translation 349 and write the preface “ as soon 

4 See this volume, p. 374. - > F. Engels, ‘Karl Marx’, Volks-Kalender, Brunswick, 
1878. - © See this volume, p. 371. - 4 F. Engels, ‘The Labor Movement in America. 
Preface to the American Edition of The Condition of the Working Class in England. 

as she has made a firm arrangement with a publisher. I’m so snowed 
under with work that it’s downright impossible to take on anything 
else unless it’s urgently required. 

I shan’t be able to turn my mind to a new German edition * until 
I have shed considerable part of my present load of work. In January 
I have to revise the English translation of Capital, negotiate with the 
publishers, etc. After that there’s the Peasant War?'* and numerous 
other incidental jobs. Then comes the very urgent matter of the Capr- 
tal, Volume III. Once I’ve cleared the decks to that extent, I’ll be 
able to turn my mind to the old book." 

I cannot recall the pamphlet mentioned by Bucher. °°° Peel died in 
1850. Marx’s pamphlets ° appeared in 1855. Nor isit likely that Palmer- 
ston would have given some writer or other 100 guineas and a cask of 
sherry to provide proof that Palmerston was a Russian agent. It is 
possible that Tucker, when alluding to the earlier piece, suggested the 
same title for one of Marx’s pamphlets; that would explain everything. 
Nor were there any woodcuts in Marx’s pamphlet's. 

Kindest regards. 

Yours, 
F. Engels 

Martignetti wants to translate Wage Labour and Capital’ into 
Italian along with a biography of Marx which he hasn’t got, as the 
few scrappy items in the Socialiste°°> are inadequate. Could you 
send him Bracke’s Volks-Kalender containing my biography of 
Marx“? I think it’s in the 1878 volume, but you’ll find it easily 
enough. The address is 

Paolo* Martignetti 
Benevento, Italia.