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1、PREFACETHISvolumeisdividedintosevenparts.FirstwehaveTalesforChildren,publishedabouttheyear1872,andremindingusofthetimewhenTolstoywasabsorbedineffortstoeducatethepeasantchildren.ThissectionofthebookcontainsthetwostorieswhichofallthathehaswrittenTolstoy
2、likesbest.InWhatisArt?heclaimsnoplaceamongexamplesofgoodartforanyofhisownproductions'exceptforthestoryGodseestheTruth,butWaits,whichseeksaplaceinthefirstclass(religiousart),andAPrisonerintheCaucasus,whichbelongstothesecond(universalart).'Inthefirstoft
3、hesethesubject(afavouriteonewithTolstoy)istheforgivenessofinjuries.Theseconddealswiththesimplestfeelingscommontoallmen:fearandcourage,pity,endurance,&c.'expressedwiththatindividuality,clearness,andsincerity,whichTolstoysaysarethesignsoftrueart.PartIIc
4、ontainsaseriesofstorieswrittenforthepeople;andamongthemWhatMenLiveBy,probablythemostwidelycirculatedofallTolstoy'stales.Itisfoundedontheoft-repeatedlegendofanangelsentbyGodtoliveforawhileamongmen.PartIIIconsistsofaFairyTale,IvántheFool,whichcontainsin
5、popularformTolstoy'sindictmentofmilitarismandcommercialism.PartIVcontainsthreeshortstorieswrittentohelpthesaleofcheapreproductionsofsomegooddrawings;Tolstoyhavingformanyyearsbeenanxiousbyallmeansinhispowertofurtherthecirculation,atacheapprice,ofgoodwo
6、rksofpictorialaswellasliteraryart.InPartVwehaveaseriesofRussianFolk-Tales.Thegemsofthiscollectionarethetemperancestory,TheImpandtheCrust,theanti-warstory,TheEmptyDrum,andanotherstory,HowMuchLanddoesaManNeed?whichdealswithapeasant'sgreedforland.AGraina
7、sbigasaHen'sEggandTheGodsonarehighlycharacteristicofthespiritoftheRussianpeasantry,andsupplyaglimpseofthesourcesfromwhenceTolstoyimbibedmanyofhisownspiritualsympathiesandantipathies.PartVIgivestwoadaptationsfromtheFrenchwhichhaveappearedinnopreviousEn
8、glisheditionofTolstoy'sworks.Theyarenotmerelytranslations,fortosomeextentTolstoywhentranslatingthem,modifiedthemandmadethemhisown.PartVIIconsistsofstoriesTolstoycontributedinaidoftheJewsleftdestituteafterthemassacresandoutragesinKishinéfandels
