London, 12 February 1895 
41 Regent’s Park Road, N. W. 

Dear Fischer, 

If you yourself are of the opinion that the difference in price as between 60 
Pfennigs and | Mark will make little difference so far as sales are concerned, 
I am, of course, in favour of selling the edition for 1 Mark. In return for a fee 
of 400 Marks I therefore assign you the right to bring out an edition of up to 
3,000 copies and you may start printing straight away. *’ I shall get down to 
the Introduction forthwith and let you have it very shortly. The copy I have 
of the Neue Rheinische Zeitungs-Revue came into my possession on the strict 
understanding that it would not leave this house, besides which it is most 
necessary to me for the correction of proofs, since the relevant text was 
corrected in Hamburg and contains a mass of misprints—it was copied from 
Marx’s manuscript. It is equally necessary to me for purposes of comparison 
in respect of the Introduction. So please send me the first proofs in galley 
form and I can then insert the necessary explanatory notes. °'! 

N. B., thirty-six free copies should be reserved for myself; a considerable 
number of them have to be passed on to the heirs. 

So for the time being I shall leave Lassalle’s letters ““* on one side. The 
explanatory introduction and notes call for a good deal of rummaging about 
amongst my papers and I cannot therefore say in advance when it will be 
done. 

When printing Marx’s articles, please note that, in the original, 
Konstitution, Klasse, Kollision, etc. are generally spelt with a ‘C but also 
probably with a ‘K’. Please put ‘K’ throughout; that will save a great deal of 
Korrigiererei." 

Congratulations on your maiden speech; *'” it will have made the bour- 
geois pretty furious! 

* correction 

Many regards from everyone. 
Yours, 
F. Engels 

The various pamphlets—two lots—arrived safely. Very many thanks.