V. I.

Lenin

1901

TO V. P. NOGIN

January 3, 1901

Dear Comrade, I have received Revolution and Counter-Revolution , [2] and
am very grateful to you for sending this booklet. As regards
transport we cannot at this moment undertake any definite
obligations. Our routes are just now being arranged and
will evidently be arranged satisfactorily; but it remains
to be seen how they will function. In all probability we
shall be able to give you quite a definite reply in 2 or 3 weeks
at the outside, and will be happy to undertake the shipment
of your booklet, if we can. We know nothing of Max Menkus,
and are not doing our business through him. Your letters
and reports have been received. We have already used some
of them for the paper. Incidentally, the first issue should
be ready in a few days, and I shall then send you a copy. [3]
We expect our Poltava friend to arrive here in the very near
future. All the best. Oh yes, there is also this. Having
learned that we have completed a translation of Kautsky’s
book, Bernstein and the Social-Democratic Programme , a
member of the Rabocheye Znamya group approached a member of our group in Russia offering to publish the
translation. [4] But we should like to publish it ourselves, in our
own name. Therefore would the persons who made the offer agree to give us the money for its publication, if only some of it? Please write to tell us whether you are able and
willing to write to them about it.

Yours, Petrov [1]

We propose to publish Hyndman’s article in the near future with a footnote that “it has been sent to us in the
author’s MS. through the good offices of a member of the Rabocheye Znamya group in St. Petersburg ”. [5] If you have
anything to say about the underlined words, please inform
us immediately .

All the best, Petrov