SIXPENCE NET Cloth Bound, 1s. net THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE AND OTHER SKETCHES BY LEO TOLSTOY These sketches are written in the style of Tolstoy's "Popular Stories and Legends," and give the reader various glimpses into modern village life in Russia THE FREE AGE PRESS Publisher: C. W. DANIEL 3 Amen Corner, London, E. C. THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE _And Other Sketches_ _No Rights Reserved_ THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE _And Other Sketches_ _Written from September 1909 to July 1910_ BY LEO TOLSTOY _Translated by_ L. _and_ A. MAUDE LONDON THE FREE AGE PRESS (C. W. DANIEL) 3 AMEN CORNER, E. C. 1910 CONTENTS PAGE THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE-- FIRST DAY--TRAMPS 7 SECOND DAY--THE LIVING AND THE DYING 20 THIRD DAY--TAXES 33 CONCLUSION--A DREAM 41 SINGING IN THE VILLAGE 55 TRAVELLER AND PEASANT 63 A TALK WITH A WAYFARER 75 FROM THE DIARY 79 THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE _FIRST DAY_ TRAMPS Something entirely new, unseen and unheard-of formerly, has lately shown itself in our country districts. To our village, consisting of eighty homesteads, from half a dozen to a dozen cold, hungry, tattered tramps come every day, wanting a night's lodging.