CONTENTS.

Translator’s  Preface  (ix.)

INTRODUCTION.
THE  PROGRESS  OF  SOCIALISM.
Ubiquity  of  Socialism  (xiii.)—What  is  Socialism?  (xiv.)—Causes  of  the
origin  and  growth  of  Socialism  (xv.)—Christianity  and  Socialism  (xvi.)
—Socialistic  utterances  of  the  Fathers  of  the  Church  (xviii.)—Darwinism ­
  the  logical  antithesis  of  both  Christianity  and  Socialism  (xix.)
How  religious  Socialism  became  political  (xx.)—The  French  Revolution
and  social  equality  (xxi.)—Changes  in  the  methods  of  production  (xxii.)
—Mediaeval  craftsmen  and  modern  factory-hands  (xxv.)—Mediaeval
society  stationary  but  stable  (xxvii.)—Competition  the  cause  at  once  of
progress  and  instability  (xxviii.)—“  The  iron  law  of  wages  ”  (xxix.)—
Internationalism  (xxx.)—Summary  of  the  situation  created  by  economic
progress  (xxxi.)—Macaulay’s  prophecy  (xxxii.)—Effect  of  the  decay  of
religious  faith  (xxxiii.)—Political  Economy,  the  arsenal  of  Socialism
(xxxiv.  )  Socialism  gaining  ground  with  the  upper  classes  (xxxv.)—and
promoted  by  Militarism  (xxxvi.  )—The  true  and  the  false  in  Socialism
(xxxvii.)—The  demands  of  Socialism  (xxxix.)—Effect  of  Socialism  on
Political  Economy  (xlii.  )—Fundamental  errors  of  Socialists  (xliii.)

CHAPTER  I.
CONTEMPORARY  SOCIALISM  IN  GERMANY.
Coercive  measures  against  Socialists  (i)—Two  Socialistic  Associations
formed  in  Germany  (2)—The  Congress  of  Gotha,  1872,  and  its  programme ­
  (3)—Wide  diffusion  of  Socialism  in  Germany  (4).