Letter to Karl Kautsky, January 28, 1892
| Author(s) | Friedrich Engels |
|---|---|
| Written | 28 January 1892 |
First published in Aus der Frühzeit des Marxismus. Engels Briefwechsel mit Kautsky, Prague, 1935
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 49
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 49
ENGELS TO KARL KAUTSKY
IN STUTTGART
London, 28 January 1892
Dear Baron,
Your omission of Bebel and Liebknecht ALL RIGHT.[1] It makes no difference at all to the thing.
Six Centuries, etc.[2] would probably be worth translating, more so at any rate than the same author's Economic Interpretation of History, most of which he undoubtedly cribbed from Capital; it is somewhat pedantically written although it does contain individual insights. In Six Centuries there is much that is unknown in Germany—genuine material but a number of false interpretations, as is inevitable with a bourgeois. But I should have thought you'd have found writing works of your own pleasanter and more necessary than translating.
Kindest regards from
Your
General