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Title: Peasant Tales of Russia
Author: V.I. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko
Translator: Claud Field
Release Date: June 9, 2010 [EBook #32755]
Language: English
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PEASANT TALES OF RUSSIA
BY
V. I. NEMIROVITCH-DANTCHENKO
TRANSLATED BY
CLAUD FIELD, M.A.
Editor of "Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages."
[Illustration: [_Frontispiece._
"Holding his torch high, Ivan skirted the precipice."]
[Illustration]
PEASANT TALES
OF RUSSIA
[Illustration]
LONDON: ROBERT SCOTT
ROXBURGHE HOUSE
PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
_All rights reserved_
MCMXVII
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE DESERTED MINE 3
MAHMOUD'S FAMILY 61
A MISUNDERSTANDING 91
THE LUCK OF IVAN THE FORGETFUL 129
_LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_
PAGE
"Holding his torch high, Ivan skirted the
precipice" _Frontispiece_
"Your prediction is fulfilled. The Turk has
escaped" 60
"From all directions nuns came gliding
towards the lighted portal" 90
"A strange sight brought her to a standstill" 128
"At the edge of the wood lay a dead woman,
with a little living creature sobbing over
her" 145
_THE DESERTED MINE_
[Illustration]
_THE DESERTED MINE_
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