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Rh "Flashlights of the Amsterdam Congress," by Daniel De Leon; "Launching of the I.W.W.," by Paul F. Brissenden; and "Proceedings of the First Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World, Chicago, 1905."

Fully equipped with the various subjects and phases constituting the theoretical system of Marxism, and being also somewhat familiar with the various stages and periods of social development, the student is now amply prepared to take up the study of works usually considered too ponderous or "academic" for the unprepared worker. These works form the basis of the theoretical structure of Marxism, and their study is, therefore, synonymous with imbibing the Socialist philosophy at its "original sources." The first of this class of works to be assiduously studied is Frederick Engels' "Landmarks of Scientific Socialism" (Anti-Duehring). In conjunction with this invaluable gem of Socialist literature "Feuerbach, Roots of Socialist Philosophy," by the same author; and "A Critique to Political Economy" and "Poverty of Philosophy," by Karl Marx should be read; Special attention being given to the Preface of the "Critique." In this connection "The Theoretical System of Karl Marx," by Louis B. Boudin, will also serve as very effective and profitable supplementary reading.

The next and final work to be taken up in this course of reading will be the study of "Capital," the so-called foundation or basic work of Socialist Political Economy. Before, however, commencing this important and tedious task, the student should do some additional preliminary reading and rehearse his studies in Economics. He should, for example, reread "Wage, Labor and Capital," "Value, Price and Profit," etc., and particularly seek to master the contents of Marx's "A Critique to Political Economy," already referred to above. Furthermore, a perusal of works of a critical and more or less controversial nature, occupying themselves with the various phases of Marxism as formulated and substantiated in "Capital," will be of great assistance