[11] _War and Revolution._ [12] Perhaps this refers to the History of a Doukhobor, the title of which figures in the list of Tolstoy's unpublished works. [13] "Suppose that all the men who had the truth were to be installed all together on an island. Would that be life?" (To a friend, March, 1901. _Further Letters._) [14] December 1, 1910. [15] May 16, 1892. Tolstoy's wife was then mourning the loss of a little boy, and he could do nothing to console her. [16] Letter of January, 1883. [17] "I should never reproach any one for having no religion. The shocking thing is when men lie and pretend to religion." And further: "May God preserve us from pretending to love; it is worse than hatred." [18] _Revue des Deux Mondes,_ December 15, 1910. [19] _Ibid._ [20] To a friend, December 10, 1903. [21] _Figaro,_ December 27, 1910. It was found among Tolstoy's papers after his death. [22] This state of suffering dates, as we see, from 1881; that is, from the winter passed in Moscow, and Tolstoy's discovery of social wretchedness. [23] Letter to a friend, 1895 (the French version being published in _Plaisirs cruels,_ 1895). [24] It seems that during his last few years, and especially during the last few months, he was influenced by Vladimir-Grigorovitch Tchertkoff, a devoted friend, who, long established in England, had consecrated his fortune to the publication and distribution of Tolstoy's complete works. Tchertkoff had been violently attacked by Leo, Tolstoy's eldest son. But although he was accused of being a rebellious and unmanageable spirit, no one could doubt his absolute devotion; and without approving of the almost inhuman harshness of certain actions apparently committed under his inspiration (such as the will by which Tolstoy deprived his wife of all property in his writings without exception, including his private correspondence), we are forced to believe that he thought more of Tolstoy's fame than Tolstoy himself. [25] The _Correspondance_ of the _Union pour la Verili_ publishes, in its issue for January 1, 1911, an interesting account of this flight.