Wagner may have changed, he never became careless and he never
became indifferent.  I have therefore inserted a new section in
which I show how the revolutionary history of Western Europe from
the Liberal explosion of 1848 to the confused attempt at a
socialist, military, and municipal administration in Paris in
1871 (that is to say, from the beginning of The Niblung's Ring by
Wagner to the long-delayed completion of Night Falls On The
Gods), demonstrated practically that the passing away of the
present order was going to be a much more complicated business
than it appears in Wagner's Siegfried.  I have therefore
interpolated a new chapter which will perhaps induce some readers
of the original English text to read the book again in German. 

For some time to come, indeed, I shall have to refer English
readers to this German edition as the most complete in
existence. 

My obligation to Herr Trebitsch for making me a living German
author instead of merely a translated English one is so great
that I am bound to point out that he is not responsible for my