Trotzky's writings, besides their theoretical and political value, represent a vigor of style and a clarity of expression unique in Russian revolutionary literature.

M.J. Olgin.

New York, February 16th, 1918.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[Biographical Notes][3]
[The Proletariat and the Revolution][25]
[The Events in Petersburg][49]
[Prospects of a Labor Dictatorship][65]
[The Soviet and the Revolution][149]
[Preface to My Round Trip][164]
[The Lessons of the Great Year][170]
[On the Eve of a Revolution][180]
[Two Faces][189]
[The Growing Conflict][201]
[War or Peace?][207]
[Trotzky on the Platform in Petrograd][215]

LEON TROTZKY