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 Power of Darkness' has not been acted. It ought to be done. It is a stupendous tragedy; the effect on the stage is unparalleled." =Their Wide Range of Sentiment= "Between Tolstoy's two great plays," says the translator, "'The Power of Darkness' and 'The Fruits of Culture,' the contrast is very striking. The first is intensely moral, terrible in its earnestness and force.... Very different is 'Fruits of Culture,' a play brimful of laughter and merriment." Handsomely printed on deckle-edge paper, gilt-top, half-tone frontispiece, showing Anisya and Nikita in "The Power of Darkness," cover design in gold, extra-quality ribbed olive cloth, 250 + xii pages. Price $1.50, post-paid. FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY New York PUBLISHERS London * * * * * A CLEAR AND HOPEFUL EXPOSITION OF TOLSTOY'S TEACHINGS "Students of the master will find this little book indispensable."--_San Francisco News-Letter._ Tolstoy and His Problems Essays by AYLMER MAUDE Each essay in this volume expresses, in one form or other, Tolstoy's views of life; and the main object of the book is not to praise his views, but to explain them. Being the only Englishman who in recent years has had the advantage of intimate personal intercourse, continued over a period of some years, with Tolstoy, Mr. Maude is well qualified for his present work. CONTENTS Biography of Tolstoy | Introduction to "The Slavery Tolstoy's Teachings | of Our Times" An Introduction to "What | The Tsar's Coronation Is Art?" | Right and Wrong How "Resurrection" Was | War and Patriotism Written | Talks With Tolstoy "Any one who takes up this delightful series of essays will not willingly lay it down without at least the determination to finish it."--_British Friend._ "Mr. Maude's long and intimate acquaintance with Tolstoy enables him to speak with knowledge probably not possessed by any other Englishman."--_Morning Post._ 12mo, Cloth, 220 pages. Price, $1.00 FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers NEW YORK and LONDON * * * * * Sevastopol AND OTHER MILITARY TALES By LEO TOLSTOY