and letters (many
published for the first time) belonging to the last fifteen
years of Tolstoy's career, the period in which he has
devoted himself exclusively to humanitarian labors.
Therefore each has a definite altruistic purpose. In the
letters in particular we have, in the words of the
translator, "Tolstoy's opinions in application to certain
definite conditions. They thus help to bridge the gulf
between theory and practise."

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well-known views in his always forceful
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personality."--_The Mirror, St. Louis._

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Tolstoy's Plays

Also Annotated List of Works

This volume, a new translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude,
contains Tolstoy's three great plays, together with the
Russian folk-tale of which one of them is the dramatized
version. It also includes a complete annotated and
chronological list of Tolstoy's works of special
helpfulness to all readers and students of the great
Russian writer.

LIST OF THE PLAYS

=The Power of Darkness=; or, If a Claw is Caught the Bird
is Lost--A drama in five acts.

=The First Distiller=--A comedy in six acts.

=Fruits of Culture=--A comedy in four acts.

INCLUDING ALSO

=The Imp and the Crust=--This is a Russian folk-tale, of
which "The First Distiller" is the dramatized version.

=Their High Literary and Dramatic Value=

To their literary merit Tolstoy's plays add the quality of
being excellent acting dramas, as their success both in
Russia and elsewhere has abundantly shown. Mr. Laurence
Irving lately wrote: "I suppose England is the only country
in Europe where 'The Po