“Well worthy to remain the standard text-book on Socialism.”—British Weekly.

“Marked by great candour and much independence of thought, as well as by a wide knowledge of his subject.”—Newcastle Leader.

“Practically indispensable to any one who wishes to acquire an adequate grasp of the leading phases of historic socialism.”—Freeman’s Journal.

“Sound, original work.”—Aberdeen Free Press.

“Nothing could be more timely than Mr. Kirkup’s very able and lucid though concise ‘History of Socialism.’”—Literary World.

“Apropos of Socialism, I do not know where you will find a more brilliant account or a more lucid criticism of this on-coming movement than in Mr. Thomas Kirkup’s ‘History of Socialism.’”—Truth.


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Transcriber’s Note (continued)

Minor typographical errors have been corrected in this transcription. Other errors and unusual or variable spelling and hyphenation have been left unchanged except as noted below.