University Hall24 Oct 1870 My dear Sir

I received your noteNicht überlieferter Brief von Marx an E. S. Beesly, geschrieben am 23. oder 24. Oktober 1870. this morning & therefore did not call on you. I am glad you are satisfied with the articleVermutlich Entwurf/Korrekturbogen von E. S. Beesly: The International Working Men's Association. In: The Fortnightly Review. London. New series. No. 47, 1. November 1870. S. 517–535. Abdruck in: MEGA² I/21. S. 1067–1086 (vgl. Marx an E. Beesly, 16.9.1870). Siehe E. S. Beesly an Marx, 21.10.1870 und E. S. Beesly an Marx, 23.10.1870.. One always has to omit materials one would like to employ, & I have as it is exceeded the usual limits of a Fortnightly article. I made no reference to the Census of the International because to have done so without making some precise & incontrovertible statement as to the number of English members would have had, in my judgment, a bad effect.

I have written to Morley to ask if you may have a dozen slips. He tells me that there is to be an article by Colonel Chesney Siehe Charles C. Chesney: England and the French Republic: [a letter] to the Editor of the Fortnightly Review. In. The Fortnightly Review. London, Vol. 14, November 1870. S. 581–588. (the military critic of the Saturday I believe) against the Jacobin phantom.

ys sincerelyE S Beesly