The first publication of the true “Lectures” was due to the energy and work of my listeners at the Military-Juridical Academy— I. A. Blinov and R. R. von Raupach. They collected and put in order all those “lithographed notes” that had been issued by students in different years of my teaching. Although some parts of these “notes” were compiled from texts submitted by me, in general the first editions of the “Lectures” lacked both internal coherence and external polish, presenting a collection of educational notes compiled at different times and of different quality. Thanks to the works of I. A. Blinov, the fourth edition of the “Lectures” acquired a much more corrected form, and for the subsequent editions the text of the “Lectures” was reviewed and revised personally by me.