| Preface |
xiii |
| The Bedouin |
3 |
| To the Enemies |
5 |
| Book Wisdom |
6 |
| Letters from Wuppertal |
7 |
| To the Bremen Courier |
26 |
| Open Letter to Dr. Runkel |
27 |
| F. W. Krummacher's Sermon on Joshua |
29 |
| From Elberfeld |
30 |
| German Volksbucher |
39 |
| Karl Beck |
41 |
| Retrograde Signs of the Times |
41 |
| Platen |
47 |
| On the Invention of Printing |
53 |
| Joel Jacoby |
55 |
| Requiem for the German Adelszeitung |
66 |
| Modern Literary Life |
71 |
I. Karl Gutzkow as Dramatist |
71 |
II. Modern Polemics |
81 |
| On Anastasius Grun |
94 |
| Landscapes |
95 |
| Reports from Bremen |
101 |
Theatre. Publishing Festival |
102 |
Literature |
104 |
| An Evening |
107 |
| Reports from Bremen |
112 |
An Outing to Bremerhaven |
112 |
| Two Sermons by F. W. Krummacher |
121 |
| On the Death of Immermann |
123 |
| Reports from Bremen |
126 |
Rationalism and Pietism |
126 |
Shipping Project. Theatre. Manoeuvres |
128 |
| St. Helena |
131 |
| Siegfried's Native Town |
132 |
| Ernst Moritz Arndt |
137 |
| Night Ride |
151 |
| The Emperor's Procession |
153 |
| Reports from Bremen |
155 |
Ecclesiastical Controversy |
155 |
Relation to Literature. Music |
158 |
Low German |
159 |
| Immermann's Memorabilien |
161 |
| Wanderings in Lombardy |
170 |
Over the Alps |
170 |
| Schelling on Hegel |
181 |
| Schelling and Revelation |
189 |
| Schelling, Philosopher in Christ |
241 |
| North- and South-German Liberalism |
265 |
| Diary of a Guest Student |
268 |
| Rhenish Festivals |
274 |
| Marginalia to Texts of Our Time |
277 |
| Polemic Against Leo |
281 |
| Alexander Jung, "Lectures on Modern German Literature" |
284 |
| Participation in the Debates of the Baden Chamber of Deputies |
298 |
| The Liberalism of the Spenersche Zeitung |
300 |
| The End of the Criminalistische Zeitung |
302 |
| On the Critique of the Prussian Press Laws |
313 |
| The Insolently Threatened Yet Miraculously Rescued Bible |
326 |
Canto the Second |
334 |
Canto the Third |
344 |
Canto the Fourth |
344 |
| F W Andrea and the High Nobility of Germany |
352 |
| Berlin Miscellany |
353 |
| Centralisation and Freedom |
355 |
| Frederick William IV, King of Prussia |
360 |
| The English View of the Internal Crises |
368 |
| The Internal Crises |
370 |
| The Position of the Political Parties |
375 |
| The Condition of the Working Class in England |
378 |
| The Corn Laws |
380 |
Letters
August 1838-August 1842 |
| 1838 |
|
To Marie Engels, Aug 28-29 |
385 |
To Friedrich and Wilhelm Graeber, September 1 |
388 |
To Marie Engels, September 11 |
390 |
To Friedrich and Wilhelm Graeber, September 17 |
392 |
To Marie Engels, October 9-10 |
399 |
To Marie Engels, November 13 |
402 |
To Marie Engels, end of December |
403 |
| 1839 |
|
To Marie Engels, January 7 |
405 |
To Friedrich Graeber, January 20 |
407 |
To Friedrich Graeber, February 19 |
414 |
To Hermann Engels, March 11-12 |
417 |
To Marie Engels, March 12 |
419 |
To Friedrich Graeber, April 8-9 |
420 |
To Marie Engels, April 10 |
423 |
To Friedrich Graeber, about April 23-May |
425 |
To Marie Engels, April 28 |
437 |
To Wilhelm Graeber, about April 28-30 |
442 |
To Marie Engels, May 23 |
447 |
To Wilhelm Graeber, May 24 - June 15 |
448 |
To Friedrich Graeber, June 15 |
453 |
To Friedrich Graeber, July 12-27 |
457 |
To Friedrich Graeber, after July 27 |
463 |
To Wilhelm Graeber, July 30 |
464 |
To Marie Engels, September 28 |
469 |
To Wilhelm Graeber, October 8 |
471 |
To Wilhelm Graeber, October 20-21 |
474 |
To Friedrich Graeber, October 29 |
476 |
To Wilhelm Graeber, November 13-20 |
481 |
To Friedrich Graeber, December 9. 1839 - February 5 1840 |
487 |
| 1840 |
|
To Levin Schucking, June 18 |
494 |
To Levin Schucking, July 2 |
496 |
To Marie Engels, July 7-9 |
498 |
To Marie Engels, August 4 |
501 |
To Marie Engels, August 20-25 |
503 |
To Marie Engels, September 18-19 |
507 |
To Marie Engels, October 29 |
510 |
To Wilhelm Graeber, November 20 |
513 |
To Marie Engels, December 6-9 |
516 |
To Marie Engels, December 21-28 |
519 |
| 1841 |
|
To Marie Engels, February 18 |
523 |
To Friedrich Graeber, February 22 |
525 |
To Marie Engels, March 8-11 |
528 |
To Marie Engels, April 5 |
531 |
To Marie Engels, about the beginning of May |
532 |
To Marie Engels, about the end of August |
533 |
To Marie Engels, September 9 |
534 |
| 1842 |
|
To Marie Engels, January 5-6 |
536 |
To Marie Engels, April 14-16 |
539 |
To Marie Engels |
542 |
To Arnold Ruge, June 15 |
543 |
To Marie Engels, July 2 |
544 |
To Arnold Ruge, July 26 |
545 |
To Marie Engels, August 2-8 |
546 |
Early Literary Experiments 1833-1837 |
| To My Grandfather |
553 |
| Poem, 1836 |
554 |
| Poem, probably written early in 1837 |
555 |
| A Pirate Tale |
557 |
| The Single Combat of Eteocles and Polynices |
572 |
Appendices |
| Birth Certificate of Friedrich Engels |
577 |
| Friedrich Engels Senior to Karl Snethlage, December 1, 1820 |
578 |
| Baptism Certificate of Friedrich Engels |
580 |
| Friedrich Engels Senior to His Wife Elise, August 27, 1835 |
581 |
| School-Leaving Reference for Prima Pupil Friedrich Engels |
584 |
| Friedrich Engels Senior to Karl Snethlage, October 5, 1842 |
586 |
| Certificate of Conduct for the One-Year Volunteer Friedrich Engels |
588 |
Notes & Indexes |
| Notes |
591 |
| Name Index |
621 |
| Index of Quoted and Mentioned Literature |
646 |
| Index of Periodicals. |
662 |
Illustrations |
| Frederick Engels in 1839 |
8-9 |
| Pages 208 and 209 of the Gutenbergs-Album containing M. J. Quintana's poem A la invencion de la imprenta and Engels' translation |
57 |
| Title-page of Engels' pamphlet Schelling and Revelation |
193 |
| Title-page of Engels' pamphlet Schelling, Philosopher in Christ |
245 |
| Title-page of Engels' pamphlet The Insolently Threatened Yet Miraculously Rescued Bible |
317 |
| Engels' caricature of "The Free", the Berlin group of Young Hegelians |
329 |
| Frederick Engels in the 1840s |
376-7 |
| Facsimile of Engels' letter to Wilhelm Graeber of April 28-30, 1839 |
440-1 |
| Facsimile of the beginning of Engels' letter to Marie Engels of December 9,1840 |
520-1 |
| Facsimile of the end of Engels' letter to Marie Engels of December |
520-1 |
| Engels' mother and father |
552-3 |
| The house in Barmen where Engels was born |
552-3 |
| Cover of Engels' history exercise book |
569 |
| Drawing by Engels from his history exercise book |
570 |
| The gymnasium in Elberfeld where Engels studied |
584-5 |
