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At last I am in the position to fulfill my promise stated at the conclusion of my preface to the first edition of "The Rights of Women," namely: "to continue the publication in English translation of the immortal treasures of Heinzen's thoughts and thus make them accessible to the American reading public." Seven years have elapsed since, and I feel in duty bound to say that adverse circumstances of a peculiar nature, which I do not care to enlarge upon here, were responsible for the long delay in publishing the enlarged volume, the manuscript whereof had been ready for the press a long time ago. However, I desire to say this much: Said delay was not due to an insufficient or a tardy sale of the book, which, on the contrary, sold so well that the 2,500 copies of the first edition were disposed of within a month after publication, and a second edition had to be printed. I cherish the hope that the present work will fare as well, for its excellent contents certainly merit it, the