BIBLIOGRAPHY
I. GENERAL STUDIES ON SOCIALISM
1. Independent.
Mr. Kirkup's two books—An Inquiry into Socialism, 1908, Longmans, 4/6 net, and A History of Socialism, 1909, Black, 7/6 net—are satisfactory and reliable.
2. Socialism Explained by Socialists.
The great text-book of modern Socialism is, of course, the three volumes of Capital, by Karl Marx, 10/6 per volume. The first two are published by Sonnenschein, the third by the Independent Labour Party.
The Socialist Library, Independent Labour Party, 1/6 per volume. Vol. 1. Socialism and Modern Science, by Prof. Ferri. This is a Marxian statement in terms of Darwinism. Vol. 2. Socialism and Society, by J. Ramsay MacDonald. An explanation of Socialist theory from the point of view of biological evolution. Vol. 3. Studies in Socialism, by Jean Jaurés. Vol. 5. Collectivism and Industrial Evolution, by E. Vandervelde. One of the most important contributions made in defence of Socialism since the publication of Marx's Capital. Vol. 7. Evolutionary Socialism, by Edward Bernstein. The book which created the modern Revisionist movement in Germany.
F. Engels. Socialism, Utopian and Scientific—1892, Sonnenschein, 2/6—still remains a most effective statement.
Fabian Essays in Socialism. 1890, Fabian Society, 1/6.
R. C. Ensor. Modern Socialism. 1907, Harper, 5/- net. A compilation of speeches and pronouncements by leading Socialists with a useful introduction.
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