Histoire diplomatique secrète du XVIIIe siècle

Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) SECRET DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY * * * * * _Demy 8vo, pp._ 656, xvi. 10_s._ 6_d._ THE EASTERN QUESTION. Letters written 1853-1856 dealing with the events of the Crimean War. By KARL MARX. Edited by ELEANOR MARX AVELING and EDWARD AVELING. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "With all Marx's faults and his extravagant abuse of high political personages, one cannot but admire the man's strength of mind, the courage of his opinions, and his scorn and contempt for everything small, petty, and mean. Although many and great changes have taken place since these papers appeared, they are still valuable not only for the elucidation of the past, but also for throwing a clearer light upon the present as also upon the future."--_Westminster Review._ "All that Marx's hand set itself to do, it did with all its might, and in this volume, as in the rest of his work, we see the indefatigable energy, the wonderful grasp of detail, and the keen and marvellous foresight of a master mind."--_Justice._ "A very masterly analysis of the condition, political, economic and social, of the Turkish Empire, which is as true to-day as when it was written."--_Daily Chronicle._ "The letters contain an enormous amount of well-digested information, and display great critical acumen, amounting in some cases almost to prevision. The biographical interest of the volume is also pronounced, for prominent men of that period are dissected and analysed with a vigour and freedom which are as refreshing to readers as they would be disconcerting to their subjects were they alive.…