V. I.

Lenin

187

To:   HIS SISTER ANNA

April 5, 1909

Dear Anyuta, Yesterday I received the made-up pages of signatures
14–20 (pp. 209–320) which I already have (the only page
proofs I have not now received is signature 10, i.e., pp. 177-
192) and today I got galleys 226–234 (pp. 784–809 of the
MS).

I am sending the misprints in signature 14 (pp. 209–224)
—the misprints in the other signatures have already been
sent—and corrections to the galleys. Actually there is one
important correction here; in galley 234 (end of the first
paragraph in Section 7 “on a Russian ’idealist physicist”’)
—page 809 of the manuscript—the words “materialist and thinker, Professor V. I. Vernadsky” have been set. This
completely distorts the meaning. It should read “natural
scientist and thinker”, etc. [4]

If it is too late to correct it, there absolutely must be a
notice of this misprint on a separate sheet since it distorts
the meaning.

In answer to your question “where to put pages 802a and 802b and where are they? They are not in the
manuscript”—those pages were sent separately (from Geneva)
and they must be placed as a footnote to the word “object”
on line 7 in the paragraph (in Section 6) that begins with
the words “Rey became muddled because” (this is galley
232 and page 802 of the manuscript). [1]

In any case (i.e., in case these specially sent addenda [2] did not reach you) I am sending them again. You must not , of course, delay the book on account of them. It seems
that the book is “delaying itself” sickeningly at the publisher’s ... ad infinitum . Obviously it will not come out
before Easter!...

Very best regards. I send Mother kisses and hope you will both soon be in the Crimea.

Yours,

V. U. [3]

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