The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11

90 admit only few people nc tune. add
discovered lAfer On that no lot in only thoss
who paid him.
Tbs peasants werc diasAtisa~d Thn.s
who had taken timber were v-ysi az
not having got more while II w~ - 10
had for the taking; thoss who hal nc
mono were AGRrievsd. Tho colonistr .ui
30 refuse pAe@ss 10 the crowds who cane
to ask them. and felt very much ashamed
for having caused 20 much confusion
and quArrsilin&. Tho best p"asar'-
blamed the colenists. saying; IT WA
wanted to do good you should have ii
vi.ied the wood among the poorest peas
ants But now the richest. who hau
several holses. have carried Oh moe' of
the timber. and the peasants have 80,
nothing MeAnwhile Tolstoy was ~
absorbed In his work. 30 busily engaged
In trying 10 do good TO those with whom
he was In Immediate contact. and So
wrapped up in his own thoughts and f"n-
ings. that no Was a. impervioiis Ia ne
experiences OF she communist oolon~.
~ he was 70 those Of the constitutional
rsTormers OF western Europe.
And IL was not alone the oolonists who
proved tho impracticability OF such doc
trines. whcthsr originating with Tolstov
or. - repeatedly happened in Russia as
well a elsewhere. with other enthusiasts
zsalo,is for Righteousness but not endowed
with LOGICAL minds Tho cAse Of young
Prince ID. A. Hilko6 may bo cited in lhis-
tration. He was not acquainted win
Tolstoy and probably had not hoard OF HIS
teaching. yet almost simultaneously with
its publication. disreeArding his connsc
lions and rank. he abandoned his land %
the peasants and retained only about
twenty-five acres for himself. He did not
oven settle on that. but went to work for
q peasant without pay. a. Tolstoy recon-
mended his own eldest son 20 do when
tho young man was ready 70 enter on life.
resolved not to marry and settle down on
his twenty five acres until he should be
sufficiently proficient TO induce a neigh
boring Jew to offer him five rubles
month to work for him. Hilko6 had been
the youngest Colonel in the Russian army
and had fought not only the Turks but
dishonest contractors with great zest and
courage. He resigned. though greatly
beloved by his men and much interested
in his work. after having cut down a Turk
with his own hand in tho war Of 1873
EcpuuAutfA tho hNt0"i<Ah hutSh. a."
was banished to the Caucasus. whore hs
lived among the Doukhobors until the
latter refused military service in 1895
when he WAS rebanished TO the Baltic
provinces Thence he was ClsQs) allowed
to proceed TO England. where he joined
the Purieigh colony and later on he rem
dered great services in connection with
the transportation Of the Doukhobors To
Canada Hilkon to-day in more Of 30.
cialist rev dictionary than Tolstoyan.
Space forbids detailed consideration
Of Tolstoy's innumerabls didactic pam
phle.s during the last ten years Of his plays
and his novel. Resurrection They are
fairly familiar to the world at large. a.
are the facts connected with his excom-
munication by the Church authorities
For all this. and for n clear comprehen-
sion OF the man as he really was. Of his
doctrines and the objections 20 them. We
must refer to Mr.. Maude's remarkably
able and satisfactory work. He has not
neglected to show the views and sttitud.'
Of the Countess and her children and their
difficulties. which never interfsred with
their loyal love and respect for Tolstoy.
and this is Of value in understanding IN.
present situation. and whatever may com.
OF the conflict with Tchertkon. who 10 also
fully accounted for. One gets the i'm
preston that Mr.. Maude has been abso-
lutely fair toward this man also. who fg
ured 40 largely in the final tragedy Of the
great Russians life and death. although
he does not like him; and one can readily
imagine that after that tragedy. and with
the restraining hand Of Tolstoy withdrawn.
MIR Maude might easily feel tempted In
give the finishing touches to his portrait
by declining and translating the gentle
mans name. which Ia the Renitive plural
Of the word tchert n devil. Numerous
portraits and illustrations add TO the value
Of the book.