Obvious typesetting errors have been corrected. Questionable or vintage spelling has been left as printed in the original publication. Variations in spelling have been left as printed, unless otherwise noted in the following.

In the original publication, each chapter listed in the Contents section was preceded by a "title page" containing only the chapter title as listed in the Contents, followed by a blank page. The chapter title was repeated on the first page in each chapter. The chapter title pages and blank pages have not been reproduced in this transcription and the page numbers listed in the Contents section have been adjusted to match the page where the chapter text begins. For chapters that commence with editorial commentary, a blank page followed the commentary. These blank pages have also not been reproduced in this transcription.
Page numbers in the margin of this transcription do not include the page numbers for the chapter title pages or blank pages; however, all page numbers in this transcription's margins accurately reflect the pagination of the original publication.

Page 90: The following phrase, beginning a quotation, has no closing quotation mark in the original publication: "the struggle for the interests of Russia as a whole...."

Page 145: Transcribed "on" as "of" to match the quoted phrase on p. 106: "private ownership of the means of production". Originally printed as: "'private ownership on the means of production'".

Page 174: Transcribed "Caucasas" as "Caucasus". As originally printed: "the insurrection on the Caucasas and in the Lettish provinces."

Page 193: Supplied "to" in the following phrase, shown in brackets: "Yet he had to speak [to] them...."