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$50 miles south of Moscow. His moth.
er died when he was three years old
and his father six years afterwards
His early schooling was under the in
fluence Of the general feeling among
wealthy Russians, that religion was a
|superstitution and one quite unnecessary
for the best development of really Gull
tured people. Tolstoi attended the Uni
versity of Kazan, but did not pass the
final examinations. In 1851 he went to
visit with an elder brother in Caucasus
The rugged wilderness of the country
influenced him profoundly. He entered
the army and sought an assignment to
an artillery post near his brother.
In 1854 the Crimean war influenced
the young man to apply for active serv-
ice But in the interval he wrote many
short stories which attracted the atten-
s.on of the literary set in Moscow and
in ST. Petersburg. In the Crimean cam
paign, as the commander of a mountain
battery, Tolstoi distinguished himself
by brave and effective service. He had
a first hand experience with war which
was most valuable to him in his later
work. Leaving the army at the close
OF the war, Count Tolstoi found a most
flattering reception in st. Petersburg.
He was sought as a --N5leman. as a re-
turning hero and as a litterateur.
He soon became utterly disguised
with his surroundings at st. Petersburg
and with his own life there. He de-
scribed himself afterward as having
been a murderer, adulterer. robber and
liar in this period, although his crimes
were OF a sort usually described by
these terms. He retired to Jasnaya Po-
Llama, near his birthplace, and spent the
remainder of his life.
HAPPY MARRIED LIFE.
Count ToIstoi was married in Septem-
Der, 1862, to the daughter of a Mos
COW university professor. She had OBJ
tanned a diploma from the university
when she was II years old. In her So
ciety he found the utmost comfort and
happiness. They had 16 children, but
the cares of motherho God did not prevent
the countess from serving as his aman-
uensis all through his labors as an au-
thor.
One OF Tolstoi's first acts on retiring
to his country estate was to free his
serfs, in advance of the decree of the
car. He is said to have been the first
nobleman to free his serfs. He devoted
to plans for the education and
betterment OF the peasantry. After a
while he became wrought up over what
seemed to him the purposelessness Of
life. He contemplated suicide but gave
1t up. He went into all varieties of
philosophic investigation.
Among some of his own peasants Toll
stoi reached the conclusion that a lit
eraI following Of the gospels brought
about the living of a truly useful and
happy life. He settled down to life
of manual labor and extreme simplicity
of diet and conduct This was about
1880. In the last 20 years the princi-
pal writings of Tolstoi have been My
Confession" "a Criticism of Dogmatic
never translated, The Four
Gospels Harmonized and Translated"
What Believe" sometimes called My
Religion" The Gospel in Brief" What
called Life The Kreutzer Sonata"
treating of the sex question. THE King
dom of God is Within You." THE Chris
tian Teaching" Where is Art?" and
Resurrection
EXPECTED PERSECUTION.
In these books he set forth progress
lively and fearlessIy his views of true
living They were much more at vari-
ance with the views Of the Russian
government. Tolstoi expected to be
prosecuted directly for writing them.
The government, however. went no fur
Their than to suppress some OF the
books, to mutilate others. and to. ban
ish some Of his friends. The govern
ment has inspired the publication of
books combating the ideas OF Tolstoi
Recently the author went even further
than preaching through novels and ad-
dressed himself directly to the car in
letter in which he predicted a renew
all OF the terrors of Nihilism by mas
sacre if the car did not manifest a
change OF heart.
A frequent visitor to TolstoPs home
thus described the distinguished author
at work. He has always been a hard
but spasmodic worker. There are
times when for months he will hardly
put pen to paper. but when he has a
task at hand that interests him, he
will work with relentless purpose and
absorbing zeal When he is actually
working no one dares interrupt him
even his wife makes 1t a. rule not to
disturb HIM"
WIFE WAS DISPLEASED.
For many years Tolstoi refused to
lccept payment for his writings; he
gave away much of his property. These
things, as we'll as his love for. associ-