PART SECOND CHAPTER I 196 CHAPTER II 201 CHAPTER III 203 CHAPTER IV 207 CHAPTER V 210 CHAPTER VI 215 CHAPTER VII 219 CHAPTER VIII 220 CHAPTER IX 226 CHAPTER X 231 CHAPTER XI 235 CHAPTER XII 238 CHAPTER XIII 241 CHAPTER XIV 244 CHAPTER XV 248 CHAPTER XVI 250 CHAPTER XVII 254 CHAPTER XVIII 260 CHAPTER XIX 264 CHAPTER XX 266 CHAPTER XXI 271 CHAPTER XXII 274 CHAPTER XXIII 279 CHAPTER XXIV 282 CHAPTER XXV 287 PART THIRD CHAPTER I 290 CHAPTER II 292 CHAPTER III 294 CHAPTER IV 295 CHAPTER V 297 CHAPTER VI 301 CHAPTER VII 304 CHAPTER VIII 311 CHAPTER IX 314 CHAPTER X 316 TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS COUNT LEO TOLSTOI PRINCE NEKHLUDOFF THE PRISONERS EASTER SERVICES WARDEN AND MATRON PLAYS Complete Edition, Including the Posthumous Plays By Leo Tolstoy Translator: Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude ILLUSTRATIONS Leo Tolstoy (Photogravure Portrait) Frontispiece Matryóna gives Anísya the powders Facing page 12 I'm not ashamed of my parent Facing page 51 Her box is full as it is Facing page 53 You tell me not to fear men? Facing page 91 Well, dear, and what progression is our business making? Facing page 174 There, you see! You are being made a fool of Facing page 223 CONTENTS PAGE Preface ix Plays published during Tolstoy's life The Power of Darkness (1886) 3 The First Distiller (1886) 97 Fruits of Culture (1889) 125 Posthumous Plays The Live Corpse 229 The Cause of it All 303 The Light Shines in Darkness 321 FABLES FOR CHILDREN ? STORIES FOR CHILDREN ? NATURAL SCIENCE STORIES ? POPULAR EDUCATION ? DECEMBRISTS ? MORAL TALES ? ? ? By Count Lev N. T´olstóy Translated By Leo Wiener CONTENTS FABLES FOR CHILDREN Æsop's Fables 3 Adaptations and Imitations of Hindoo Fables 19 STORIES FOR CHILDREN The Foundling 39 The Peasant and the Cucumbers 40 The Fire 41 The Old Horse 43 How I Learned to Ride 46 The Willow 49 Búlka 51 Búlka and the Wild Boar 53 Pheasants 56 Milton and Búlka 58 The Turtle 60 Búlka and the Wolf 62 What Happened to Búlka in Pyatigórsk 65 Búlka's and Milton's End 68 The Gray Hare 70 God Sees the Truth, but Does Not Tell at Once 72 Hunting Worse than Slavery 82 A Prisoner of the Caucasus 92 Ermák 124 NATURAL SCIENCE STORIES Stories From Physics: [Pg vi]The Magnet 137 Moisture 140 The Different Connection of Particles 142 Crystals 143 Injurious Air 146 How Balloons Are Made 150 Galvanism 152 The Sun's Heat 156 Stories From Zoology: The Owl and the Hare 159 How the Wolves Teach Their Whelps 160 Hares and Wolves 161 The Scent 162 Touch and Sight 164 The Silkworm 165