London, 2 September 1891 
My dear Sir, 

Today I return to you six more letters which include everything to 
end of 1878— remainder will follow.?°° 

Your prophecy about the famine has but too soon been verified, 
and we here in England, too, will have to suffer severely. The crop 
seemed excellent on the whole, when about 10 days ago terrible 
weather set in—just as corn cutting began in the South of Eng- 
land — and played terrible havoc with both cut and uncut corn, 20 
to 30 per cent of the crop are said to be severely damaged if not 
ruined. There is but one advantage connected with this calamity: it will 
render a war impossible for-some 20 months to come, and that, in the 
present state of universal armament and mutual distrust, is a blessing. 

Allow me to return, on another occasion, to your very interesting 
communication of | May.?°! Today I am on the eve of a journey and 
my principal object is to request you in future to address all your let- 
ters to 

Mrs Kautsky, 122 Regent’s Park Road, N. W. London. 

The letters will be handed to me unopened, so there is no necessity for 
a second cover (enveloppe). The fact is I shall be so often absent from 
London ?§* that I am afraid letters addressed in the usual way might 

miscarry; I should have to trust to the intelligence and punctuality of 
servants. 

My health is on the whole excellent; but I require once a year a hol- 
iday of about eight weeks and a considerable change of air. A sea 
voyage is always the best remedy for me. If I keep as well as I expect 
to be in a month, I shall set at once about the 3rd volume,’ it must be 
finished. But I better not make any promises as to time. 

Very truly yours, 
P. W. Rosher?