London, 2 April 1891] 

Dear Kautsky, 

In great haste on the most urgent matters. At last a letter from 
Bebel, quite amiable, though with sundry reservations, but the 
tone is as warm as ever and he expresses the wish to let bygones be 
bygones. ?°° 

I have written Meissner a most peremptory letter about the 4th 
edition and again asked him to send it to you. Also about the clean 
proofs for you of my concoction on Brentano * °* —if I don’t get them 

* In the ms., the first, deleted version of this sentence reads: ‘I don’t believe that I shall 

ever again find myself in the position of taking a step immediately affecting the Ger- 

man party without first having consulted you.’-° of the first volume of Capital - 

* F. Engels, In the Case of Brentano Versus Marx. 

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soon I shall send you — enfin, * I'd better do it straight away — I shall 
send you the master proof corrected by me so that you’ll at least be 
able to see what the thing is like in the raw. 

No doubt you will have got the introduction to the Civil War; it 
went off a few days ago. Perhaps you would be so good as to write the 
introductory note. ?°6 

Everything has been straightened out with Lafargue. I pointed out 
to him? that his arguments from Ricardo and A. Smith had been 
anticipated long before in the Critique‘ and my preface to the 2nd vo- 
lume,’ whereupon he seems to have promptly calmed down. 

Schorlemmer is here and sends you his best wishes. It’s now time 
for our meal and Aveling is coming — he is a grass widower, as Tussy 
is in Norwich drumming up support —so adieu. 

Your 
F.E.