V. I.

Lenin

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To:   A. V. LUNACHARSKY

27.II. 08

Dear Anatoly Vasilyevich, I remind you again and again about Ferri. If you haven’t sent it yet,
it’s too bad!

Besides we would very much like to ask you to write an article about
the Paris Commune [1] for Proletary No. 3 (23) (the anniversary
issue). Perhaps you have the new book by Jaurès and Dubreuil—although
these gentlemen could hardly give a correct appraisal of the
Commune. Marx’s letters to Kugelmann which we have frequently discussed
should of course be mentioned again and quoted for the edification of the
opportunists.

The size of this anniversary article—15,000 characters maximum. Deadline, next Wednesday (March 4). Please reply at once whether you will send it.

Please send it!

Best regards, Yours, Lenin