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Scholarly Introductions to Russell’s Books

Pages Place Notes
ABC of Atoms, The Ellwood, David Alexandre "Introduction" 2024?? ?? Nottingham Spokesman
ABC of Relativity Clark, Peter "Introduction" 1997 10 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Analysis of Matter, The [as Philosophie der Materie] Grelling, Kurt "Geleitwork zur deutschen Űbersetzung" 1929 3 Leipzig and Berlin B. G. Teubner Dated January 1929.
Analysis of Matter, The Denonn, Lester E. "Introduction" 1954 4 New York Dover Omitted in 1992 edition.
Analysis of Matter, The [as L'Analyse de la Matière] Devaux, Philippe "Avant-Propos à l'Édition française" 1965 2 Paris Payot
Analysis of Matter, The Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1992 6 London Routledge Replaced Denonn's intro. but omitted in Spokesman edition.
Analysis of Mind, The Baldwin, Thomas "Introduction" 1995 11 London Routledge Omitted in Spokesman edition.
Authority and the Individual Willis, Kirk "Introduction" 1995 10 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, The Foot, Michael "Introduction" 1998 7 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, The Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1992 5 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare Coates, Ken 2001 21 London Routledge Routledge Classics Also a 2-paragraph blurb by Noam Chomsky on p. [vi].
Conquest of Happiness, The Dennett, Daniel C. "Introduction" 2023 ?? London Liveright
Conquest of Happiness, The Grayling, A.C. "Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition" 2006 5 London Routledge Routledge Classics New index, replacing that of 1930.
Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz, A Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1992 6 London Routledge Omitted in Spokesman edition.
Essay on the Foundations of Geometry, An Potter, Michael "Foreword" 2022 ?? London Routledge Routledge Classics An index is added ??
Essay on the Foundations of Geometry, An Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1996 1996 London Routledge Omitted in Spokesman edition.
Fact and Fiction Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1994 6 London Routledge Routledge Classics
German Social Democracy Coates, Ken "Preface to new edition" 2000 3 Nottingham Spokesman
Has Man a Future? Galtung, Johan "Foreword" 2001 8 Nottingham Spokesman
History of Western Philosophy Gottlieb, Anthony "Introduction" 2009 6? London Routledge Routledge Classics Not in paperback edition.
History of Western Philosophy and Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from Earliest Times to the Present Day Grayling, A.C. "Introduction" 2004 6 London Folio Society
History of Western Philosophy [in Dutch as Geschiedenis van de westerse Filosofie] Keizer, Bert "Voorwoord" 2008 4 Utrecht Servire
Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1992 5 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Human Society in Ethics and Politics Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1992 7 London Routledge Routledge Classics Name index by K. Blackwell from Russell (1991).
Impact of Science on Society, The Shuckin, Tim "Preface" 2016 ?? London Routledge Routledge Classics
Impact de la science: promesses et perils, L' Baillargeon, Normand "??" 2023 ?? London Baconniere, La
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Woodhouse, Howard "Introduction" 1996 13 London Routledge
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Gottlieb, Anthony "Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition" 2004 4 London Routledge Routledge Classics Woodhouse's intro. is retained. Indexed for the first time.
Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, An Baldwin, Thomas "Critical Introduction" 1995 11 London Routledge Omitted in Spokesman edition.
Introduction à la philosophie mathématique Rivenc, François "Avant-propos" 1991 20 Paris Payot Each chapter is preceded by a few pages of introductory notes, once by Amy Dahan-Dalmedico.
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy Potter, Michael "Foreword" 2022 ?? London Routledge Routledge Classics
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy [as Einführung in die mathematische Philosophie] Hilbert, David "Vorwort" 1923 1 Munich Drei Masken Verlag
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1993 7 London Routledge Omitted in Spokesman edition.
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy Hagar, Amit "Introduction" 2005 6 New York Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading
Marriage and Morals [as Ehe und Moral] Blackwell, Kenneth; Mirjam H. Hausen "Foreword"; "Bertrand Russell neu entdecken" 1984 2; 5 Darmstadt, Germany Verlag Darmstädter Blätter Both German and English texts of the Foreword.
Mortals and Others, [Vol. 1:] American Essays, 1931–1935 Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1996 8 London Routledge Routledge Classics, combining Vols. 1 & 2
My Philosophical Development Baldwin, Thomas "Introduction" 1995 10 London Routledge Omitted in Spokesman edition.
My Philosophical Development Griffin, Nicholas "Foreword" 2022 8 London Routledge Routledge Classics
New Hopes for a Changing World Bone, Andrew G. "Introduction" + 3 Appendices 2023 11 + 13 Nottingham Spokesman Index by R. Hutchinson from Russell (2001)
Our Knowledge of the External World Slater, John G. "Introduction" 1993 9 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Our Knowledge of the External World Hagar, Amit "Introduction" 2008 7 New York Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading Apparently the text of the 1914 edition.
Outline of Philosophy, An Slater, John G. Introduction" 1995 6 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Philosophy of Logical Atomism, The [as Russell's Logical Atomism] Pears, David "Introduction" 1972 34 London Fontana/Collins Routledge Classics as The Philosophy of Logical Atomism Republished in 1985 as The Philosophy of Logical Atomism (La Salle, Ill.: Open Court).
Philosophy of Logical Atomism, The [as Philosophie des logischen Atomismus: Aufsätze zur Logik und Erkenntnistheorie 1908–1918, Die] Sinnreich, Johannes "Einleitung" 1976 15 Munich Nymphenburger The editor has interspersed notes of his own with Russell's, all gathered at the back; and added a bibliography and index.
Politische Ideale Einstein, Albert "Vorwort" 1922 1 Berlin Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft für Politik und Geschicte m. b. h. An original anthology.
Politische Ideale von Borries, Achim "Zu Bertrand Russell's `Political Ideals'" 1989 6 Darmstädt, Germany Darmstädter Blätter This edition omits much in the first edition but retains Einstein's foreword.
Politische Ideale Gumbel, E.J. "I. Einleitung; Bertrand Russells wissenschaftliche Bedeutung" 1922 7 Berlin Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft für Politik und Geschicte m. b. h.
Politische Ideale Gumbel, E.J. "II. Das Problem des Krieges; Bertrand Russell und die englischen Pazifisten im Krieg" 1922 12 Berlin Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft für Politik und Geschicte m. b. h.
Portraits from Memory and Other Essays Griffin, Nicholas "Foreword" 2020 6?? London Routledge Routledge Classics An index is added ??
Power: a New Social Analysis Willis, Kirk "Introduction" 1995 8 London Routledge
Power: a New Social Analysis Brittan, Samuel "Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition" 2004 9 London Routledge Routledge Classics Retains introduction by Willis. The index is a new one.
Practice and Theory of Bolshevism, The Coates, Ken "Foreword" 1995 3 Nottingham Spokesman
Practice and Theory of Bolshevism, The [as Die Praxis und Theorie des Bolschewismus] Fetscher, Iring "Vorwort" 1987 8 Darmstädt, Germany Darmstädter Blätter Also "Zur Einführing", from W. Laqueur's Mythos der Revolution (Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 1967).
Principles of Social Reconstruction [as Principes de reconstruction sociale] Baillargeon, Normand "Introduction" 2007 22 Laval, Qué. Presses de l'Université Laval Also annotations, letter from A.G. West, and a bibliography.
Principles of Mathematics, The Slater, John G. Introduction" 1992 5 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Principles of Social Reconstruction Rempel, Richard A. "Introduction" 1997 8 London Routledge Routledge Classics as Why Men Fight
Problem of China, The Coates, Ken "Foreword" 1993 7 Nottingham Spokesman
Problem of China, The (as La Chine) Bergeron, Régis "La Chine à l'ère de Mao Tsé-toung (1922-1968)" 1968 80 Paris Éditions Planète Bergeron has added notes at the end of each chapter.
Problem of China, The Linsky, Bernard "Introduction" 2021 ?? London Routledge Routledge Classics
Problèmes de philosophie Rivenc, François "Introduction" 1989 20 Paris Èditions Payot
Problems of Philosophy, The Perry, John "Introduction" 1997 20 New York Oxford U. P.
Problems of Philosophy, The Skorupski, John "Introduction" 1998 10 Oxford Oxford U. P.
Problems of Philosophy, The Kim, Hye-Kyung "Introduction" 2004 11 New York Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading
Prospects of Industrial Civilization, The Greenspan, Louis "Introduction" 1996 11 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Religion and Science Ruse, Michael "Introduction" 1997 19 New York Oxford U. P.
Roads to Freedom Rempel, Richard A. "Critical Introduction" 1996 8 London Routledge
Sceptical Essays Gray, John "Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition" 2004 5 London Routledge Routledge Classics An index is added.
Scientific Outlook, The Papineau, David "Preface" 2001 17 London Routledge Routledge Classics
Theory of Knowledge: the 1913 Manuscript Eames, Elizabeth Ramsden "Introduction" 1984 31 London Allen and Unwin The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Vol. 7 Full scholarly paraphernalia accompany the previously unpublished text of this book.
Unpopular Essays Willis, Kirk "Introduction" 1995 9 London Routledge Routledge Classics
What I Believe Ryan, Alan "Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition" 2004 11 London Routledge Routledge Classics An index is added
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Blackburn, Simon "Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition" 2004 9 London Routledge Routledge Classics The index is new;  Edwards' Introduction is retained.

Compiled by K.Blackwell (updated 24.10.23).