V. I.

Lenin

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To:   A. V. LUNACHARSKY

Dear An. V., I am sending you a new pamphlet by Plekhanov. How petty are his sallies
and “digs” at the Machists! For me this is all the more disappointing
since essentially Plekhanov’s criticism of Mach is, I believe, correct.

I am thinking of writing a short article entitled “G. Plekhanov’s
Latest
Contribution”. [2]

Prepare the introduction to your pamphlet Sketches on the History of the Revolutionary Struggle of the West-European Proletariat . [3] We shall put out a special one about the February
revolution. [4]

We have C.C. letters from Russia looking forward to writings by
you. [5] It is very difficult for us without your regular, close collaboration. The paper, true, comes out, but it is
somewhat monotonous as well. That’s one thing. Secondly, there are no
pamphlets, especially popular ones. You ought to continue in the vein of
How the Petersburg Workers Went To Petition the Tsar .

My pamphlet will come out this week. [1]

I shall send it to you.

The Congress minutes will probably come out in August.

Vas. Vas. is swamped with routine work and does not write, which is a
great pity.

Best regards, Yours, Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution (see present edition, Vol. 9, pp. 15–140).— Ed .

[3]
Sketches on the History of the Revolutionary Struggle of the European Proletariat were printed in Vperyod and
Proletary and later published in pamphlet form in Geneva with an
afterword by the author.

[4]

A. V. Lunacharsky’s article “The February Revolution and Its
Consequences”, dealing with the events of 1848, was printed in
Proletary No. 20, October 10 (September 27), 1905.

[5]
A reference to a letter dated May 26, 1905, from D. S. Postolovsky, a
member of the C.C., R.S.D.L.P., in which he wrote: “It would be most
desirable fur Voinov to write, under your guidance, at least once a week a
political leaflet which could be sent in manuscript form to the
organisations for printing.”