Letter from Friedrich Engels to Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky in New York, London, 4 February 1885. Written in English. Text from: F. A. Sorge (ed.), Briefe und Auszüge aus Briefen von Joh. Phil. Becker, Jos. Dietzgen, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx u. A. an F. A. Sorge und Andere (Stuttgart, 1906), p. 200. Sorge omits the first sentence of the letter. Spanish translation
122 Regents Park Road, NW
London, February 4th 1885.
Dear Madam.
... I now forward to you, registered, the Ms. you sent to me, and only regret that press of work prevented my returning it earlier. I have looked it over carefully, and entered some corrections and suggestions in pencil, in order to show you how I should like it translated. Here and there you may find that my suggestions, taken together with the rest of the sentences, will not turn out to be correct English; in these cases I left it to you to set that right.
As for the technical terms, if you will be good enough to forward me from time to time a list of them with the pages on which they occur, I shall be glad to give you the English equivalents.
The German preface (as well as the English dedication) I would in your place, leave out entirely. They contain nothing of interest now. The first part of the preface refers to a phase of intellectual development in Germany and elsewhere which is now almost forgotten, and the second part is in our days superfluous.
As to translations of my other writings you will understand as a matter of course that I cannot now make any positive agreement. There are people here who also wish to translate one thing or another, and I have consented conditionally, that is to say if they find a publisher and really undertake the work.
The English preface I shall write when things are a little more advanced.
In the mean time I remain yours very truly
Fr. Engels.