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Contents
Preface XVII
FREDERICK ENGEL S
LETTERS
April 1883-December 1886
1883
1. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 2 April 3
2. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 11 April 4
3. Engels to Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis. 11 April . . . . 6
4. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 14 April 7
5. Engels to Thomas James Knöwles. 17 April 8
6. Engels to Philipp Van Patten. 18 April 9
7. Engels to Thomas James Knowles. 20 April 12
8. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 23 April 12
9. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 24 April 13
10. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 28 April 15
11. Engels to August Bebel. 30 April 16
12. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 1 May 18
13. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 10 May 19
14. Engels to August Bebel. 10-11 May 20
15. Engels to Achille Loria. 20 May 24
16. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 22 May 25
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17. Engels to Ludwig Klopfer. 22 May 27
18. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 22 May 28
19. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 2 June 30
20. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 12-13 June 32
21. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 19 June 37
22. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 22 June 38
23. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 24 June 39
24. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 29 June 42
25. Engels to Gabriel Deville. 12 August 44
26. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 19 August 45
27. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht,. 21 August 47
28. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 22 August 48
29. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 27 August 49
30. Engels to August Bebel. 30 August 52
31. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 18 September 55
32. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 19 September 58
33. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 3 October 60
34. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 15 October 62
35. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 8 November 63
36. Engels to Vera Zasulich. 13 November 65
37. Engels to Max Quarck. 13 November 66
38. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 13 November 67
39. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 30 November 69
40. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 1 December 70
41. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 13 December 70
42. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 22 December 72
1884
43. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. / January 73
44. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 9 January 75
45. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 14 January 78
46. Engels to August Bebel. 18 January 80
47. Engels to August Bebel. 23 January 83
48. Engels to Charles Fitzgerald. Between 26 and 28 January . . . 84
49. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 28 January 85
50. Engels to Ludwik Krzywicki. 28 January 87
Contents VII
51. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 28 January 87
52. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 4 February 89
53. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 5 February 90
54. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 5 February 92
55. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 5 February 94
56. Engels to Heinrich Nonne. Between 9 and 21 February . . . . 97
57. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 14 February 98
58. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 14 February 100
59. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 16 February 101
60. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 16 February 104
61. Engels to John Darbyshire. Not earlier than 17 February . . . 106
62. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 21 February 106
63. Engels to Heinrich Nonne. About 26 February 108
64. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 3 March . . .' 109
65. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 3 March 110
66. Engels to Vera Zasulich. 6 March Ill
67. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 7 March 113
68. Engels to Paul Lafargue. // and 15 March 116
69. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 24 March 118
70. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 24 March 120
71. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 31 March 121
72. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 11 April 123
73. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 11 April 125
74. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 18 April 127
75. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 18 April 129
76. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 22 April 131
77. Engels to- Karl Kautsky. 26 April 131
78. Engels to Ludwig Kugelmann. 4 May 133
79. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 10 May 134
80. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 17 May 135
81. Engels to Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky. 22 May . . . 136
82. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 23 May 137
83. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 23 May 139
84. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 26 May 142
85. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 5 June 144
86. Engels to August Bebel. 6 June 147
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87. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 20 June 151
88. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 21-22 June 153
89. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 26 June 155
90. Engels to Evgenia Papritz. 26 June 157
91. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 29 June 159
92. Engels to Sarah Allen. About 6 July 161
93. Engels to Gabriel Deville. 8 July 162
94. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 11 July 162
95. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 19 July 164
96. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 22 July 166
97. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. Mot earlier than 25 July . . . . 169
98. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 26 July 170
99. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 28 July 171
100. Engels to James Leigh Joynes. 30 July 172
101. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. July 173
102. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 1 August 174
103. Engels to Karl Kautsky. / August 175
104. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 6 August 176
105. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 6 August 178
106. Engels to Paul Lafargue. About 11 August 179
107. Engels to Georg Heinrich von Vollmar. 13 August 184
108. Engels to Marya Jankowska (S. Leonowicz). Mid-August . . 185
109. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 22 August 186
110. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 22 August 188
111. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 30 August 189
112. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 13-15 September . . . . . . . 190
113. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 20 September 193
114. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 1 October 196
115. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 3 October 196
116. Engels to August Bebel. 11 October 197
117. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 13 October 200
118. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 15 October 201
119. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 15 October 203
120. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 17 October 205
121. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 20 October 206
122. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 22 October 208
Contents IX
123. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 23 October 209
124. Engels to August Bebel. 29 October 210
125. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 8 November 212
126. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 8 November 215
127. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 11 November 216
128. Engels to Hermann Engels. // November 218
129. Engels to August Bebel. 18 November 220
130. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 23 November 224
131. Engels to John Lincoln Mahon. 28 November 227
132. Engels to Charlotte Engels. 1 December 228
133. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 9 December 230
134. Engels to August Bebel. 11-12 December . 231
135. Engels to Paul Lafargue. Mid-December 235
136. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 29 December 236
137. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 29 December 239
138. Engels to August Bebel. 30 December 240
139. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 30 December 243
140. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 31 December 244
141. Engels to Joseph Dietzgen. 31 December 246
1885
142. Engels to Laura Lafargue. / January 247
143. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. / January 248
144. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 13 January 250
145. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 13 January 251
146. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 17 January 252
147. Engels to August Bebel. 19 January . .• 253
148. Engels to Paul Lafargue. About 25 January 255
149. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 4 February. . . . 257
150. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 4 February 258
151. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 10 February . . . 259
152. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 11 February 260
153. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 12 February 261
154. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 14 February 262
155. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 22 February 263
156. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 8 March 264
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157. Engels to Richard Stegemann. 26 March 266
158. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 2 April 267
159. Engels to August Bebel. 4 April 269
160. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 11 April 272
161. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 16 April 272
162. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 16-17 April 273
163. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. After 16 April 276
164. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 23 April 277
165. Engels to Vera Zasulich. 23 April 279
166. Engels to Richard Stegemann. 5 May 282
167. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 15 May 283
168. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 15 May 286
169. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 19 May 288
170. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 19 May 291
171. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 29 May 292
172. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 3 June 294
173. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 3 June 295
174. Engels to John Lincoln Mahon. Between 10 and 12 June . . . 298
175. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 13 June 298
176. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 15 June 299
177. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 16 June 301
178. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 16 June 302
179. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 16 June 304
180. Engels to Augusb Bebel. 22-24 June 306
181. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 1 July 309
182. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 4 July 310
183. Engels to Gertrud Guillaume-Schack. About 5 July . . . . 311
184. Engels to John Lincoln Mahon. Not earlier than 11 July . . . 312
185. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 23 July 313
186. Engels to August Bebel. 24 July 315
187. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 24 July 318
188. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 8 August 318
189. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 8 August 319
190. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 16 August 321
191. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 25 August 322
192. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 26 August 322
193. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 6 September 323
Contents XI
194. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 9 September 324
195. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 10 September 325
196. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 22 September 325
197. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 23 September 327
198. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 8 October 329
199. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 9 October 331
200. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 13 October 333
201. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 14 October 334
202. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 20 October- 337
203. Engels to Salo Faerber. 22 October 337
204. Engels to August Bebel. 28 Ottober 340
205. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 7 November 344
206. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 11 November 346
207. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 13 November 347
208. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 14 November 350
209. Engels to August Bebel. 17 November 352
210. Engels to Minna Kautsky. 26 November 355
211. Engels to Paul La vigne. 1 December 358
212. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. / December 359
213. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 2 December 362
214. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 5 December 363
215. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 5 December 365
216. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 7 December 366
217. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 7 December 368
218. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 7 December J371
219. Engels to Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis. 19 December . . . 372
220. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 21 December 373
221. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 21 December 373
222. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 22 December 375
223. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 28 December 377
224. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 28 December 379
1886
225. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 2 January 380
226. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 7 January . . . . 382
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227. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 7 January 383
228. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 17 January 384
229. Engels to August Bebel. 20-23 January 386
230. Engels to Edward Pease. 27 January 392
231. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 29 January 393
232. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 3 February.... 395
233. Engels to Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis. 4 February . . . 397
234. Engels to Pyotr Lavrov. 7 February 399
235. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 8 February 400
236. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 9 February 402
237. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 9 February 403
238. Engels to August Bebel. 15 February 406
239. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 16 February 410
240. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 24 February 414
241. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 25 February . . . 415
242. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 25 February 417
243. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 3 March 418
244. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 12 March . . . . 419
245. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 12 March 420
246. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 12 March 421
247. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 15-16 March 423
248. Engels to August Bebel. 18 March 426
249. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 20 March 430
250. Engels to Vera Zasulich. 31 March 432
251. Engels to August Bebel. 12 April 433
252. Engels to Philipp Victor Pauli. 12 April 436
253. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 28 April 436
254. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 29 April 439
255. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 7 May 444
256. Engels to Wilhelm Liebknecht. 12 May 445
257. Engels to F. H. Nestler & Melle's Verlag. 13 May 447
258. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 22 May 448
259. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 23 May 450
260. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 3 June 451
261. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 3 June 453
262. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 2 July 454
Contents XIII
263. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 4 July 454
264. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 8 July 455
265. Engels to Johann Philipp Becker. 9 July 456
266. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 26 July 458
267. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 31 July 459
268. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 3 August 460
269. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 6 August 460
270. Engels to Karl Kautsky. // August 462
271. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 13-14 August . . . 463
272. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 14 August 466
273. Engels to August Bebel. 18 August 468
274. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 20 August 472
275. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 20 August 473
276. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 20 August 474
277. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 23 August 476
278. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 24 August 476
279. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 24 August 477
280. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 25 August 478
281. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 26 August 479
282. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 6 September 480
283. Engels to F. H. Nestler & Melle's Verlag. About 11 September . 481
284. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 13 September 482
285. Engels to August Bebel. 13-14 September 485
286. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 16-17 September 490
287. Engels to Pasquale Martignetti. 17 September 493
288. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 24 September 494
289. Engels to Natalie Liebknecht. 25 September 495
290. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 2 October 496
291. Engels to August Bebel. 8 October 498
292. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 9 October 500
293. Engels to Eduard Bernstein. 22 October 504
294. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 23 October 506
295. Engels to August Bebel. 23 and 25 October 509
296. Engels to Paul Lafargue. 25-26 October 512
297. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 2 November 521
298. Engels to Nikolai Danielson. 9 November 522
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299. Engels to E. T. About 13 November 523 •
300. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 23 November 524
301. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 24 November 524
302. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 26 November 528
303. Engels to Karl Kautsky. 29 November 530
304. Engels to Friedrich Adolph Sorge. 29 November 531
305. Engels to Hermann Schlüter. 7 December 535
306. Engels to Halliday Sparling. 7 December 535
307. Engels to Laura Lafargue. 13 December 536
308. Engels to Emil Engels Jun. 22 December 538
309. Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky. 28 December . . . 540
310. Engels to Eleanor Marx-Aveling. 25 March 1886 543
APPENDIX
1. Eleanor Marx-Aveling to Horatio Bryan Donkin. 8 February 1886 547
NOTES AND INDEXES
Notes 551
Name Index. . - 638
Index of Quoted and Mentioned Literature 668
Index of Periodicals 695
Subject Index 701
ILLUSTRATIONS
Engels in his sickbed working on the manuscript of Volume II
of Marx's Capital (October 1883-June 1884) 64-65
Helene Demuth 104-05
Laura Lafargue. Latter half of the 1880s 176-77
Engels' correspondents: Paul Lafargue, Edward Aveling,
Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky, Friedrich Adolph Sor-
ge, Vera Zasulich, Nikolai Danielson and Pyotr Lavrov . . 256-57
Title page of the first edition of Marx's Capital, Volume II,
with Engels' dedication to Pyotr Lavrov 335
Miners on strike in Decazeville, January 1886 411
Eleanor Marx-Aveling. 1886 440-41
Eleanor Marx-Aveling and Wilhelm Liebknecht. 1886 . . . . 448-49
