Mr.
J.
Roy
set
himself
the
task
of
producing
a
version
that
would
be
as
exact
and
even
literal
as
possible,
and
has
scrupulously
fulfilled
it.But
his
very
scrupulosity
has
compelled
me
to
modify
his
text,
with
a
view
to
rendering
it
more
intelligible
to
the
reader.
These
alterations,
introduced
from
day
to
day,
as
the
book
was
published
in
parts,
were
not
made
with
equal
care
and
were
bound
to
result
in
a
lack
of
harmony
in
style.
Having
once
undertaken
this
work
of
revision,
I
was
led
to
apply
it
also
to
the
basic
original
text
(the
second
German
edition),
to
simplify
some
arguments,to
complete
others,
to
give
additional
historical
or
statistical
material,
to
add
critical
suggestions,
etc.Hence,
whatever
the
literary
defects
of
this
French
edition
may
be,
it
possesses
a
scientific
value
independent
of
the
original
and
should
be
consulted
even
by
readers
familiar
with
German.
Below
I
give
the
passages
in
the
Afterword
to
the
second
German
edition
which
treat
of
the
development
of
Political
Economy
in
Germany
and
the
method
employed
in
the
present
work.
Karl
Marx
London
April
28,
1875