London, 21 May [1859] 
Dear Sir, 

From a communication I have received from North America *” 
I see that about 100 copies of the first instalment‘ have been ordered 

4 From Lucan’s Pharsalia, 1, 255.-% So much the better. -¢ End of letter 
missing. - ¢ K. Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. 

by party friends of mine. Whether you have already received the 
order, I do not know. However, I was advised at the same time that 
we can count on 100 more copies being ordered in the same circles as 
soon as the price is known. I would therefore request you to advise 
me of the latter by return. This does not, of course, mean that the 
work could not be advertised for the benefit of the general public in 
North America at some later date. 

The slowness with which the matter is being handled would not 
appear to be in your own interest. It is certainly not in mine. 

In the list of printer’s errors for the sheets I have had I would 
request you to include the following: ...*