London, 5 July 1894 
122 Regent’s Park Road, N. W. My 

Dear Schorlemmer, 
Now that the final manuscript of Volume II I of Capital is in the print- 

* the best thing in the whole of Vorwdirts -° [P. Lafargue,] Gallus, ‘Prasident Carnot’, Vorwdirts, 
No. 151, 3 July 1894 -° See this volume, p. 262 - “ Prohibited 

ers’ hands, I am once again able to turn my attention to your affairs, '”’ and 
can let you have the much delayed reply to your note of 25.4. 

There are certain snags about the continuation of Carl’s major work, 
brought out by the Vieweg Verlag, and this also applies to all the rest of his 
other stuff held by that firm. When I went down to Manchester I took a look 
at the contracts which stipulate that if, for instance, Carl were to die before 
completion of the whole, Vieweg might have the work completed by a person 
of his own choosing. This is the reason for his silence and also for his failure 
to publish the work left behind by Carl; he obviously wishes to retain a 
completely free hand. Nor can he be expected to pay any further royalties. 
For 1. by the terms of the contract, he will pay only for mos. that are ready 
for press, i.e. no unfinished stuff, and 2. will pay no royalties in respect of 
new editions to which no changes have been made. 

In short, Vieweg can do exactly as he likes and will, if he is to bring out 
Vol. V, in any case have to find another author for the German edition. *'! 

As regards Carl’s work on the history of chemistry, Siebold has written to 
tell me that, because of constant illness, he has not yet been able to prepare 
the ms. for press, nor has he yet completed his English translation. *'’ The 
poor devil has had rotten luck with his health, his nerves being again in a very 
poor state, and will need a long rest and plenty of fresh air if he is to recover. 
As far as money matters are concerned there is no need for you to worry; they 
are in good hands and, as things are now, Roscoe is also in control of this 
aspect so that ultimately one must content oneself with the particulars he 
supplies in respect of payments made for work such as revision, etc. It is 
possible that Roscoe’s task has been made somewhat easier by his having 
dealt with Siebold direct instead of with myself as promised, but it won’t 
make much difference since I should in any case have had to refer him to 
Siebold and Klepsch in respect of all settlements and should, in the end, have 
had to make do with his assurances. A vital factor here is that, with the rapid 
advances made in chemistry, any textbook becomes out of date within a year 
unless constantly revised and thus, where this sort of literature is concerned, 
only a living author can keep his end up vis-a-vis either publishers or readers. 

I had hoped I might again visit Germany this summer but shall not be able 
to, the reason being that precisely during the summer months and because of 
matters connected with my lease I must remain in the vicinity of London so 
as to be able to return there at any moment should need 

arise; indeed, I don’t even know when, if at all, I shall be able to repair to the 
seaside. I really ought to have got all this settled last year but I missed the 
opportunity while on the Continent '*’ and, by the time I got back, it was too 
late. 

You will shortly be able to read two chapters from Vol. II I of Capital* in 
the Neue Zeit, and possibly something of mine as well.” 

Liebknecht left on Monday, having been here for over a week. 

It is tremendously hot as it is no doubt where you are. In Paris the heat is 
said to be intolerable. 

Many regards from 

Yours, 
F. Engels