The independent., 1903-06-18
A BUNCH OF NEW BOOKS.

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number of books on socialism, which
have been listed and are ready to be
loaned to members OF the school, Inc
deposit in each case Is the retail prsce
of the book. Borrower may keep the
book thirty days and will then prepay
hostage on to the next reader, whose
name and address will be furnished
by The Director; ar borrower is then
entitled to a refund Of 80 per cent OF
his deposit; or it may be used as de-
post for a new book. When the
books are fully paid for il this way
they become free books (the same
as donations) and borrowers are re-
quired simply to pay postage on to
the next reader. The new volumes are:
137. The Ethics of Socialism, by
E. Relfort Bax. Cloth, 220 pp.; 81.
The Westminster Review calls Bax
"by all odds the ablest OF the BRUSH
exponents of socialism"
1873. The French Revolution, by t.
Belfort Bax. Clotu; l19 pp.; 81. De
signed primarily as guide to those
who, not having the time to study
larger works ON the subject, yet wish
during these centennial years to nave
in small compass a connected de-
scription of the main events OF the
French revolution" ...-.
.139. Revolution and Counter Revo-
luton by Karl Marx. Cloth, l4S pp.;
81. A compilation by the authors
daughter, Eleanor Marx Aveling, in
1896. of q series Of articles written for
the New York Tribune in 1851 and
1852.
14O. Overproduction and Crises, by
Karl Rodbertus.e Cloth, 140 pp.; 81.
Introduction by Prof. John B. Clark
of Columbia University. Kerr & Co.
say this is "a socialist solution, pub
lished in 1851, OF problem which Is
battling orthodox economists today.
This volume will be of interest to
those who read carefully the address
of Chancellor Andrews on socialism
before the Nebraska State Bar asso-
citation early last winter.
al. Ferdinand La Sale, by Ed
ward Bernstein. Cloth, 81. A valua-
ble historical work touching upon La
Sale as a social reformer.
142 Work and Wages, by Thorold
Rogers. Cloth, 2v6 pp.; 81. This IS
eight chapters taken from Prof. Rog-
ers' larger work entitled "Six Centur-
les of Work and Wages" and "shOWs
that the real wages of the laborer, as
measured by his standard of living,
are actually lower now than in the
fifteenth century"
143. Condition of the Working Class
in England in 1874, by Frederick En-
gels. Cloth, 300 pp.; $1.25. A social
study of the highest Importance. Kerr
&: Co. say ''the reader cannot fail to
note the analogy between conditions
in England in 1874 and in South Caro-
lima today"
144. The Evolution of Property, by
Paul Lafargue. Cloth, 174 pp.; 81.
Covers the evolution of property from
savagery to civilization and shows
that our present system, far from be-
ing eternal and Interchangeable, is real
ly a recent innovation and contains
within itself the germs of better civ
ilization that is to follow"
145. The Students Marx, by DR..
; Edward Aveling Cloth, 180 pp.; ST.
This is an introduction and an aid to
the study of Karl Marks Capital"
146 Bismarck and State Socialism,
by w. H. Dawson. Cloth, ITO pp.; 81.
An historical work giving an exposi-
ton of the social and economic leg
islation of Germany since 1870.
14S. Communist Manifesto, by Karl
Marx and Frederick Engels. Cloth,
64 pp.; so cents. Written in 1848,
and has been translated into every
European language. Considered "be-
yond comparison the most important
political document ever issued" For
the benefit of our single tax friends it
may not be amiss to state that Marx
and Engels advocate number of
measures (which appear economically
insufficient and untenable, but which,
fin the course Of the movement, out
strip themselves, necessitate further
inroads upon the old social order, and
are unavoidable as means of en-
tirely revolutionizing the mode Of
production" and the first measure
mentioned is:
abolition of property in land and
application of all rents of land to
public purposes"
$50. Collective m and Industrial
Evolution, by Emile Vandervelde,
member of the Belgian chamber of