Ryde, 5 September 1892 

Dear Kugelmann, 

There will be no trip to Germany for me this year. I have gone 
lame and must take it easy for the next fortnight at least before I can 
so much as begin to move about again. Meanwhile I shall be return- 
ing to London tomorrow.°3° However I still intend to make another 
tour of inspection of my native land next year, but whether I shall 
also manage to take in Hanover is impossible to say so far in advance, 
the more so as I have seen this summer how quickly all such plans can 
come to nothing, for this year I have been cheated out of a long and 
delightful trip and who can tell whether we shall still be alive next 
year. But you may rest assured that I shall leave the ‘Pomeranian 
grandees’ to others. The last of them I saw was an alleged Baron 
Grumbkow, a seedy looking individual who in the role of professional 

beggar tried to touch me for a loan some six months ago but was 
thrown out. Cela me suffit." With many regards. 

Your 
F. Engels 
Please let Singer have the enclosed.