Practicable Socialism, New Series

Part 27

Chapter 27350 wordsPublic domain

1. Footnotes have been placed close to their respective markers and renumbered sequentially within each chapter. 2. Page 5: 'When, however we come to the third constituent' ... A comma has been inserted after 'however'. [There is extra space in the line as printed, where a comma would be expected.] 3. Page 32 (footnote): 'Fom' changed to 'From'. 4. Page 50: Changed ’ to ” after 'respect'. [Quote opens with “] 5. Page 54: Changed 'some unmeaning task, work die unfreed,' to '... taskwork, die unfreed'. [The reference is to the poem 'A Summer Night' by Matthew Arnold: 'Their lives to some unmeaning taskwork give,' ...] 6. Page 95 (bottom line): 'Henrietta A. Barnett' changed to 'Henrietta O. Barnett'. 7. Page 137: 'labouror' changed to 'labourer'. [The spelling has been checked in a facsimile (not e-text) of the 1834 document being quoted] 8. Page 141: 'satifies' changed to 'satisfies'. 9. Page 156: 'The corresponding mortality ... it between two and three times' changed to 'is between ...'. 10. Page 205: Removed quote mark before 'Mr. Williams said:' 11. Page 212: 'motthering' changed to 'mothering'. 12. Page 230: Footnote index 1 inserted in front of 'From “The Contemporary Review”'. 13. Page 249: 'between £160 and £200 per annum' changed to 'between £160 and £700'. [Figures verified from the work cited: Riches and Poverty, by E. Chiozza Money (1905), p. 42.] 14. Page 271: Inserted comma after 'Why' in 'Why what would the men have to lean against?' 15. Page 328: '5·300' changed to '5,300'. 16. Page 332 (bottom line): 'Samuel H. Barnett' changed to 'Samuel A. Barnett'.

The following anomalies in the printed text are noted, but no change has been made:

1. Inconsistent hyphenations, spellings and punctuation have been retained as printed, where not definitely erroneous. [These are discrete essays, written at different times by two hands and reprinted from a range of publications.] 2. In the children’s writings quoted in Chapter 4, all non-standard spelling, punctuation and grammar have been retained as printed. 3. Table of contents: Chapter 33 begins on page 327, not 320 as printed. Chapter 34 begins on page 333, not 327.