"Tolstoy's short stories, of all the works which this great man and artist has written, have made the strongest impression upon me. I regard them as the most perfect tales ever written. In these popular stories a thought of the highest purity reaches us, which to my mind is far more eloquent than the subtlest forms. The highest art is given us, and it will survive all times, like Dante, Shakespeare, the Bible, for here is the Eternal Truth. It surprises me that people speak more about the so-called greater works of Tolstoy than of these little jewels, which are quite unique. If Tolstoy had written nothing but these short stories, he would still have belonged to the greatest men of the world. When writing them he could not have had a base thought, must have been a friend of suffering humanity, and a real Christian." THE FREE AGE PRESS Editor: V. TCHERTKOFF, Christchurch, Hants. Publisher: C. W. DANIEL, 3 Amen Corner, London, E. C. Five Recent Stories by Tolstoy IN ONE VOLUME Paper Covers, 6d. net; Postage 1d. Cloth 1/6 net; Postage 2d. THE DIVINE AND THE HUMAN The first and second of these stories deal with the Revolution and its victims. Here is a sympathetic account of their sufferings while in prison or _en route_ to the place of exile, with a description of the psychological processes whereby a young revolutionist, condemned to death by hanging, is led to a full and satisfactory understanding of the meaning of Life by reading the Beatitudes. There is an immediate response from within, and Svetlogoub endures the cross, forgives his murderers, and dies with a smile on his face. Another revolutionist, a materialist, becoming convinced of the stupidity of existence and the hopelessness of the struggle against reaction, commits suicide in his cell, while an old sectarian prisoner dies happily, invoking the Lamb of God. Here also is the story of a young Pole, who, on being banished to a distant province, tries to escape, but is recaptured, sentenced to receive "a thousand stripes," and finally sent to Siberia for life. THE FREE AGE PRESS Editor: V. TCHERTKOFF, Christchurch, Hants. Publisher: C. W. DANIEL, 3 Amen Corner, London, E. C. Tolstoy on the Land Question To the WORKING PEOPLE THE INIQUITY OF PRIVATE OWNERSHIP THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO LAND THE MISTAKES OF PSEUDO REFORMERS Price One Penny. Postage ½d. THE ROOT OF THE EVIL