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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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At th