New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

Ia.S - -,Is,ov would succuEpb 70 his attack
a fete er -
--.s tabled Tolst0y once again occupies
e-o7. IN the news OF international inter
Although be is one of the men most
...r about IN the whole world, vet he is.
--sr,. enough. one about whom The least
- known. What can be the reason
.r -ne ToIstoy fahles-the fables about
:. node Il life his impulsive acts. his
.ss and tleories-stories circulated one
- and denied the next?
- many times II the recollection of
one today has Tolstoy died or been
.s-sr,- Hle In 1891 he Was banished 10
- The facrs We're given out in de-
- ve- wois1oy never was banished. In
,,a v,sz 81 surely dead that obituaries
- ,vr,5she5 over all Of America The
5sr re was alive again, as usual A
oars ago We read that he had met the
and kissed him and promised the I'M
- government his aid The next day
as5 done TO such outrageous thing.
-. is desc-I bed - Us by some one who
- generated 20 the depths Of Russia 10
.--.--5ev him as q fighter. g man of ac-
- desperately opposed 10 eli existing
---5i-f-re and ready 10 struggle against
-, ~ he last ditch. We read his pam
s.- and ind therein his doctrine OF
--resfsrar-e.' his theory that. Christ
80 ane should offer the other cheek
,~- The Nobel peace prize is offered 10
49,, IN re-ocuition Of this preaching, and ne
.,-rf.'Iv refuses Il. adding little abuse
A.. -r5a WAY 20 the International peace con-
g-ess
H. f~aauer--v declares himself an enemy
81, .l,a interviewer. 10 newspapers ana noto-
-e-r generally Vet of whom outside Of Ger
,.- NJ -h4 worlds ncJed political Charac-
-a-s do We see printed more portraits. fam
u- r-nuns -aken IN intimate home sur
.,.-5,Dgy. personal interviews and the ike?
-,soss The press tS never for a long period
-s,--5s of -oIS-oy served IN one mode or
another
-5s- ,here should be 50 much mystery
ana confession about one of the worlds
,ss5rr- figures in time when conmUnica-
--r Is g. perfect as II j. supposed 10 be
-r-sz1 IS strange Il shows. for one thing
t-~ rr-l5.a- land Russia stilI Is 70 Us
vs- 70 those n1o have come from there OF
--ta have even travelled there il j. a ter
--rr -eal place.
ana -er-aIE r=as s TolStoy- also L one
vi ras6 tte little scraps OF descriptions
---- lis Fellow Russians occasionally Write
.f I'm. O. ta bold hurried Sketches that
p. ssneriu7s- I=ieus 10 write about himself
e Ire LSh- If these Relations almost
--Erozn sar= - The Cars lano-a bout
-lsr0v --= picture that most Of as cher
s1 Il him. thar o. an aged seer leading
err 0f fairy -ale existence out il the fields
z-11S his peasants. fades away and
r-.le ma1r SIDED figure rises. sjorming
rs way through lie. fighting not only The
as ~ The world but his own faults
and den5-r---- evils now Of which he was
nlce q prominent exponent According 20
-isse Eall buried YET wholly auThenucaT Ted .
treasures er inforua ton The prophet Of
TIA has Led many lives
Que NJ MS Intlmates. p. 4 Sergyeenho.
cu-= wrote Of him
Be- IRE knew him. judging from his
T--rrai-s- had always regarded LyeT
S10laeEitch JTolstoy1 IS q man locked up
within himself and rather gloomy. This
Is nr ---7e FEe Is very socia ble, taIkative, 1
lE=s 7esr highly prizes h11naor and read .
1- has recourse 10 IL
The description goes On 10 tell how his
h11se -a Moscow on Weavers' Lane was
always a-l=5 with gay young people. friends
a. his children Of whom. by the way. he
r. had sixteen
-lf-=n ne cannot restrain himself"
writes S--egeenk0 Of Tolstor when al the
az rf six-v-foJ1r. from mingilng in the (
rm-s NJ MS children. Displaying so much +
t5-so- and slpple2zss of muscle thai one
E-5Vs ---5olzs N watching him More /
ue. -l-srov has another characteristic .
rae-l.sr.--- Whatever ne does whether he
E-s raea with The young people or seWs (
shg=e a~ seats himself on MS bicycle, he /
1Cs- En- any situation IS ridiculous"
Ard another voEuE Russian noDleman. /
7-a served as Tolst0y's secretary for sew +
ral gears describes the gray bearded old .
seu-=uau as dancing about the sitting
-.er ta s---=e MS children, holding out the
zE--= .. r5s peasants Uunic- and Vet
rtrreel u.s grace and spirit never once
losing his dignity
n s-.r descriptions as these one fJrgets
-t- re-~5nle old man Who, with his fiery
zsst a-5 relentless burning eyes. lays down
- laE -a r-anlinI ike a Tartar Noses
These sketches IF grace and pleasantly
r-aee aaa wonder z nat his youth was like
Va aa ways a prophet of some new or
Oh 5aa-r-nee
F7- --1e has heen recorded about his
yoaa-e- DAYS. although he himself tells us
s-me- r- 3a an aEtohiographical Sketch
Ttieh l-a wrote as a preface 10 the story
c tis fa rs told ay his friend Paul Birn-
laf
AS Jock back over my life" he SAYS, I