V. I.

Lenin

100

To:   HIS MOTHER

October 17, 1899

This week I have received a lot of interesting things from home, Mother dearest, and send you many thanks for
them all. I was very glad to make the acquaintance of the
new French journal, which promises to be very interesting;
the mere fact of its appearance under the editorship of
Longuet is noteworthy. [1] I am finishing reading the
Stuttgart minutes, also with considerable interest. And then,
the booklet on the professional congress in Moscow (which
I received on Friday) was also very interesting and instructive. [2]

There is a lull in the literary news. I believe I have already written about reading of the publication of Volume I
of Webb and ordering one for myself because they apparently think it superfluous to send me one. I have heard
about a new St. Petersburg paper— Severny Kuryer [3] —and
intend to order it as soon as I see announcements in the
press. Yuly wrote to me from Turukhansk that a lengthy article by M. Engelhardt had been published in Novosti ;
it was called “The Cards Are Being Revealed” and it simply tore Ilyin’s book on capitalism to pieces. It would be
interesting to read it if finding and purchasing that particular issue in Moscow would not be too much trouble. I
rarely see Zhizn ; the seventh issue was sent to me quite
unexpectedly direct from St. Petersburg, maybe even direct
from the editorial room ( sic!!??!! ). Comrades sometimes
send me Naucknoye Obozreniye ; people living near here whom I am sometimes able to meet receive it.

There have been no changes here. How have you fixed yourselves up in Moscow? Who is going abroad, Anya or
Manyasha, and when? Did you leave Mitya alone in Podolsk?

Many kisses for you and regards to everybody.

Yours,

V. U.