INDEX

• ABC Book, 339, 341, 342, 344-348, 359, 360.

• ——Tourgénef's comment on, 347.

• Active service, military, 86, 99, 110, 119.

• Aim when writing novels, 430.

• Aksákof, S. T., 175, 310.

• Albert, 52, 166.

• Alexander II, Tsar, 180, 287, 379.

• Alexándra Fédorovna, Empress, 111.

• Alexéyef, V. G., 395, 396.

• Alexis, Tolstoy's servant, 32, 111, 284, 285.

• ——Tsarévitch, 2, 349.

• Algebra, 355.

• Ambrose, Father, 384.

• Anarchism, peaceful, 58, 139.

• Ancestry, 1-7, 14.

• Animals, kindness to, 28, 307.

• Anna Karénina, 289, 349, 357, 360, 361, 371, 372, 381, 438-445.

• ——characters in, 289, 349.

• ——impression produced in Russia by, 441.

• ——Matthew Arnold's comments on, 438-440.

• ——W. D. Howells' comments on, 440, 441, 445-447.

• ——Kropótkin's comments on, 441-443.

• ——Tourgénef's comments on, 361.

• Ant Brotherhood, 18, 19.

• Appearance, personal, 7, 26, 64.

• Arbiter of the Peace, 211, 226-229, 283.

• Arboúzof's Recollections, 370.

• Arithmetic in ABC Book, 341, 359.

• Arm dislocated, 302, 303.

• Army, enters the, 65, 76.

• ——leaves, 152.

• ——becomes an officer in, 91.

• Arnold, Matthew: comments on Anna Karénina, 438-440.

• Art, talk with peasant boys about, 257, 258.

• ——thoughts on, 186, 275-277, 296, 333, 377, 405.

• ——what is it? 260.

• Artistic capacity of peasants, 275.

• ——element in Literature, speech on the, 185.

• Artists, Tolstoy's criticism of, 163, 164.

• Astronomy, studies, 341.

• Auerbach, B., 194, 212.

• Aunt Tatiána. See Tatiána.

• Austria's pressure on Russia, 97.

• Authors, Tolstoy's criticism of the, 162-165.

• Autobiographical, 10, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 34, 39-50, 53, 54, 59-77, 81-84, 89, 90, 95-104, 106-111, 128, 130, 148, 150, 152, 153-155, 160, 161, 162, 167-173, 175, 177-180, 182, 189, 192, 198, 200, 202, 212, 214, 224, 228, 252, 254, 263, 269, 272, 282-284, 286, 288, 291, 293, 294, 296, 298, 300, 303, 304, 325-327, 333, 337, 359, 365, 383, and whole of chap. xi.

• Bædeker, preacher, 413.

• Bárstchina explained, 225.

• Baryatínsky, General, 65.

• Bashkírs, Tolstoy and the, 335-337.

• Bastion, the Fourth, 110, 113, 114, 117.

• Bastions, clears Fifth and Sixth, 121. See also Sevastopol.

• Bear Hunt, The, 342.

• Bear-hunt, a, 183-185.

• Bee-keeping, 296.

• Beethoven, comment on, 276, 377-378.

• Behrs family, the, 149, 284, 288, 290.

• ——Miss S. A. See Tolstoy, Countess S. A.

• ——S. A. (brother-in-law), 297, 332, 335, 390.

• ——comments on Tolstoy by, 324, 387, 390, 436.

• ——Tánya (Tánitchka; sister-in-law), 305.

• Belbék, transferred to, 110, 111.

• Beliefs, religious, 38-39, 162, chap. xi.

• Berlin, in, 193, 194.

• Bible, the, 263-267.

• Billiards, Chinese, 284.

• Birth, Tolstoy's, 9.

• Boarding schools condemned, 235.

• Bolkónskys, the (War and Peace), 434, 435.

• Books for the people, 263, 267, 277, 339.

• ——that influenced Tolstoy, 31, 44, 45, 160.

• Borodinó, visit to battlefield of, 306.

• Bótkin, V. P., 161, 168, 174, 316.

• ——'s comment on War and Peace, 315.

• ——'s criticism of Tolstoy, 223.

• Boúlka (dog), 88, 89.

• Boutleróf, A. M., Professor, 383.

• Boyhood, 31, 91.

• ——Tolstoy's criticism of, 160.

• Bravery, 64.

• Bucharest, in, 95, 96.

• Buckle, criticism of, 240.

• Buddha, on Life, 407, 409.

• Buddhism, study of, 412.

• Bulgarian insurrection, 379.

• Bull kills keeper, 345.

• Captain's Daughter, The, 161, 430.

• Cards. See Gambling.

• Caucasus, in the (see chap. iii.).

• ——descriptions of the, 61-63.

• ——fighting in the, 61, 87.

• Censor, the, 86, 131, 132.

• Charity, 216.

• Chastity, advocacy of, 13.

• Chess, 77, 119, 193, 389.

• Chevet's system of Music, 167, 271.

• Childhood, 22, 26, 65, 83, 86.

• ——Tolstoy's criticism of, 160.

• Children, Tolstoy's, 295, 303, 310, 317, 320, 331, 340, 344, 352, 357, 360, 363, 366, 385.

• ——education of, 317-320, 366, 385.

• ——governesses, 318, 366.

• ——punishments of, 318, 319.

• ——and the servants, 318.

• ——taught music, 366.

• ——painting, 366.

• ——teach in peasant schools, 340.

• ——Tolstoy's tact with, 204, 205, 206, 307.

• ——toys, 318.

• Christian and Greek ideals, 332, 333.

• Christianity, study of, 412.

• Christ's Hospital, education at, 279.

• Church, the Orthodox, 39, 40, 413, 419, 420, 424, 437.

• Church ceremonial, 343, 369.

• Clarens, at, 168, 170.

• Coat of arms, 2.

• Collates Artillery Commanders' reports, 121.

• Colony, agricultural, in Kansas, 396.

• Communion, Tolstoy takes, 290, 421.

• Composition, how to teach, 272, 275.

• Comte, 396, 397.

• Confession, Tolstoy's, 24, 39, 40, 53, 162-165, 167, 202, 203, 282-284, 298, 391, 394. (See also chap. xi.)

• Consumptive tendencies, 156, 284.

• Contemporary, The, 83, 138, 148, 182, 354.

• ——Contributors to, 138, 139, 142.

• Contradict, readiness to, 143.

• Conversion, 394, 398.

• Copperfield, David, 44, 45, 90.

• Corporal punishment, 13, 14, 26.

• Cossacks, The, 78, 79, 189, 284, 295, 296.

• Cossacks, The, Tourgénef's comment on, 296, 393.

• Cossacks, 78-80.

• Count, origin of Tolstoy's title, 2.

• Country life, love of, 308.

• Courier to Petersburg, 122.

• Court-martial, 310-312.

• Crimean War, chap. iv.

• ——cause of, 94.

• Daily routine, 320.

• Dates, Russian, 9.

• Death, thoughts on, 342.

• ——first experience of, 23, 24.

• Death of baby girl, 366.

• ——baby Nicholas, 360.

• ——Bótkin, V. P., 316.

• ——Demetrius Tolstoy, 44, 147.

• ——Father and Grandmother, 23, 24.

• ——keeper by bull, 345.

• ——Nicholas Tolstoy, 197-203.

• ——Peter, baby, 352.

• ——Tatiána A. Ergolsky, 358-359. See also Tatiána.

• ——P. I. Úshkof, 369. See also Úshkof.

• Debts, 48, 49, 53, 55, 71, 72, 284.

• Decembrists, The, 145, 299, 386.

• Decembrists, the, 14, 386.

• Defiance of accepted opinions, 140.

• Demetrius Tolstoy. See Tolstoy, Demetrius.

• Democratic government, advantages of, 144.

• Democratic institutions, scorn for, 145.

• Dentists, 208.

• Diary, 37, 53, 81, 83, 148, 161, 167, 172, 173, 187, 189, 200, 212, 220, 228, 285, 286, 288, 289, 290, 309.

• Dickens's influence on Tolstoy, 46.

• Diesterweg, educationalist, 213.

• Digestive troubles, 293.

• Dijon, at, 166.

• Dissipation, 52, 92, 97, 127, 140, 161, 162.

• Divorce question, the, 441-443.

• Doctors, dislike of, 313, 369.

• Documents, carelessness with, 51, 65, 85.

• Dogs, his, 88.

• Dostoyévsky, S. A., 84.

• Drama, Tolstoy and the, 297, 326, 327.

• Drawing, 310.

• ——lessons, 269, 270.

• Dresden, in, 194.

• Dress, elegance in, 35, 173.

• ——simplicity, 309.

• Drouzhínin, A. V., 148, 156, 157, 158, 168.

• ——criticises Tolstoy's style, 159.

• ——criticises Youth, 158.

• ——letter from, 190.

• Duel, a. See Tourgénef.

• Dumas père, as novelist, 208.

• ——educational influence, 207.

• Dyákof, D. A., 37, 306, 321.

• Education, 230-239. See also School.

• ——at Christ's Hospital, 279.

• ——criticism of, 232, 233.

• ——definition of, 231.

• ——evening lectures, 194.

• ——false bases of, 232.

• ——speech on, 353.

• ——Tolstoy's, 28.

• ——children's, 317-320, 366, 385.

• ——Tolstoy's method of, 278, 353.

• ——the right to reject, 235.

• ——Zémstvo Committee of, 356.

• Educational systems, Tolstoy studies:

• ——in England, 194, 210.

• ——Kissingen, 195.

• ——Marseilles, 206, 207.

• ——Saxony, 194.

• ——Weimar, 212.

• ——system in Germany, criticised, 233.

• ——work, Tolstoy on his own, 282, 283.

• Emancipation of the serfs, 180-182, 226, 299.

• ——Tolstoy's attitude towards, 223-225.

• Engagement with V. V. A., 150-155.

• Epicureans and life, 408.

• Epitaph, an, 382.

• Érgolsky, T. A. See Tatiána, Aunt.

• Estate buying, 300, 337, 359.

• ——management, 306, 323, 345.

• ——searched, 285-288.

• Eucharist, Tolstoy receives the, 290, 419.

• Eugene Baumann, 194.

• Evangelicals, the, 413.

• Examinations, Tolstoy's, 33, 34, 35, 49, 50, 65.

• Execution, an, 167, 312.

• Executions, the Church and, 424.

• Exercise, physical, 84, 128, 173, 308, 367. See also Gymnastics.

• Fable, an Eastern, 404.

• Fame, thoughts on, 129, 183, 401.

• Family Happiness, 185.

• Famines caused by the Church, 437.

• Famine Fund, Samára, 350, 351.

• Famines, 30, 304, 350.

• Farming, 179, 192, 294, 296, 304.

• Fasts, Tolstoy, 419.

• Fatherland Journal, The, 152, 354, 355.

• Father Sergius, 384.

• Faust (Tourgénef's), 156.

• Fédka, literary genius of, 272-274.

• ——walk with, a, 254-260.

• Fet, A. A., 139, 141, 176, 215, 219, 222, 304, 312, 321, 322, 330.

• ——letters to, from Tolstoy, 179, 180, 182, 188, 192, 200, 214, 217, 291, 293, 300, 303, 312, 315, 325, 326, 330, 331, 333, 337, 342, 344, 351, 352, 359, 360, 361, 365, 366, 371, 372, 373, 374, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 388, 391, 392.

• ——in rhyme to, 347.

• ——Literary Evening in aid of Famine Fund, 314.

• ——'s poems, Tolstoy's admiration of, 374.

• ——Tolstoy's criticism of, 322, 387, 391.

• ——visits Tolstoy, 293-295, 314.

• Fet, Peter A., 373.

• First Step, The, 209.

• 'Flock for the shepherd, a,' 234.

• Fly, attempts to, 25.

• Folk-Songs and Tales, 376-378, 384.

• Fort Grózny, at, 86.

• Fourth Bastion, in the, 110-117.

• Franco-Prussian War, 330, 331.

• Freedom of Russian nobles, 55.

• French language, the, 176.

• ——people, the, 207, 331.

• Froebel, Julius, 195.

• Future Life, thoughts on, 202, 340.

• Gambling, 53, 54, 68, 69, 110, 140, 284.

• ——reflections on, 81.

• Garnett, Mrs. C., 360, 440.

• 'Generalship in Literature,' his, 436.

• Geneva, in, 168.

• Geniality and good humour, 204, 334, 336, 367.

• 'Gens comme il faut,' preference for, 41, 60, 97.

• Geography, 33, 269.

• Georgia, 61.

• Gipsy girl singers, 52, 55, 59, 140, 178.

• God, 'There is no,' 24.

• ——thoughts on, 73, 189, 190, 371, 416-418.

• God sees the Truth, But Waits, 342.

• Gógol, 428.

• Gortchakóf, Prince M. D., 90, 95, 100, 104, 118.

• Gouneba (stallion), 374.

• Government approves Tolstoy's schemes, 292, 360.

• ——Tolstoy's dislike of, 43, 229, 288, 312, 357.

• Grammar in schools, 268.

• ——schools, 367.

• Grebénsky Cossacks, 78.

• Greek and Christian ideals contrasted, 332, 333.

• Greek, Tolstoy learns, 331-333.

• ——Church. See Church.

• Grigoróvitch, D. V., 140, 141.

• Gymnasiums, Russian, 367.

• Gymnastics, 173, 179, 205, 261, 308.

• Hádji Mourát, 66.

• Handwerksverein, der, 194.

• Hapgood, Miss I., 301.

• Happiness, plans for future, 74, 75, 76.

• ——thoughts on, 79, 80, 83, 447.

• Hay saved by personal exertions, 299.

• Hegel, criticism of, 239.

• Heresy, on, 423.

• Hermit, visit to a, 365.

• Herodotus, 332, 337.

• Herzegovina, 373.

• Herzen, Alexander, 143, 208, 209.

• Historian, Tolstoy as, 432.

• History, criticism of, 36, 268.

• ——how to teach, 268, 269.

• Home, love of, 323.

• Homer, 332.

• Homyakóf, A. S., 185.

• Honesty, 126, 127.

• ——of peasants, 243, 244.

• Horse-breeding, 362, 373.

• Horse-race at Samára, 364.

• House of Commons, 211.

• ——sale of, 111.

• 'Hundred and Ninety-three, The,' trial of 394, 395, 397.

• Hunting, 66, 90, 183-185, 230, 302, 305, 309. See also Shooting.

• ——accident, 184, 185, 302, 303.

• Hussars, Two, 149, 157, 361.

• Hyères, at, 197, 203.

• Ideals and Realities in Russian Literature (Kropótkin), 441.

• Iliad, appreciation of the, 172.

• Incarcerated, 35.

• Inconsistency, 50.

• Infant Schools condemned, 235.

• Infected Family, The, 297.

• Introduction to a Criticism of Dogmatic Theology. See Confession.

• Irritability, 140, 141.

• Junker, becomes a, 65.

• ——'s life in the Caucasus, a, 79, 80.

• Jury, serves on, 330.

• Kansas, Agricultural Colony, 396.

• Kant, 416.

• Karalýk, at, 285, 335-337.

• Katkóf, M. N., 174, 284.

• Kazán, life in, 32-35.

• ——University, 32, 33.

• Keller, 212.

• Kiesewetter (Resurrection), 413.

• Kinglake, historian of the Crimean War, 133, 134.

• King Lear, Drouzhínin and, 157.

• Kissingen, at, 195.

• Knyaz, meaning of, 3.

• Kock, Paul de, 208.

• Kólokol, 208.

• Koran, 338, 385.

• Kornílof, Admiral, 105, 106, 118.

• Kotchévka, 335.

• Koumýs cure, 284, 306, 333.

• Kounák, 69.

• Kramskóy paints portrait of Tolstoy, 351, 352.

• Kropótkin, P., 397, 441-443.

• ——comments on Anna Karénina, 434, 436.

• ——Sevastopol, 133.

• ——Ideals and Realities in Russian Literature, 441.

• Kryzhanóvsky, General, 127, 373.

• Land, the, 188, 215.

• Languages, 129, 331.

• ——Oriental, studies, 33.

• Lao-Tsze, 358.

• Lautiermethode, 353.

• Law, studies, 135.

• Lelewel, Polish author, 211.

• Leóntief, Professor, 332.

• Lévin (Anna Karénina), 289, 444.

• Life in danger, Tolstoy's, 86, 87, 110.

• Lisogoúb, D., 397.

• Literature as an occupation, 65, 82, 109, 305.

• ——'A General in,' 436.

• ——its importance in Russia, 190.

• Literacy, Moscow Society of, speech to the, 353, 354.

• Lives of the Saints, the, 422.

• London, in, 194, 208.

• Love affairs, 26, 79, 149-155, 288-290.

• Lucerne, 171, 429.

• Lucerne, in, 170, 171.

• Luther, Martin, 196.

• Luxury, dislike of, 309, 317.

• Macaulay criticised, 239.

• Magazine, Tolstoy's. See Yásnaya Polyána.

• Maláhof, capture of the, 119-121.

• Mariána, 79, 91.

• Marie (Másha or Mary) Tolstoy (sister). See Tolstoy.

• ——Tolstoy (daughter). See Tolstoy.

• ——Volkónsky, Princess, (mother). See Tolstoy.

• Marriage, 290.

• Marriage question, the, 441-443.

• Marryat's novels, 281.

• Marseilles, in, 206.

• Márya Gerásimovna, 9, 22.

• Masquerades, 309, 340.

• Master and Man, 91.

• Matriculates, 33.

• Maude, A., letter to, 301.

• Meeting a Moscow Acquaintance, 157.

• Memoirs of a Billiard Marker, 91, 157.

• Ménshikof, Prince, 2, 3.

• ——Alexander, 105, 122-124.

• Metaphysics, 407.

• Michael, Grand Duke, 152.

• Middle-classes, Tolstoy's ignorance of, 436, 437.

• Middle period of Tolstoy's life, 298.

• Mihaylóvsky, N. K., 354, 355, 395.

• Military newspaper projected, 108, 109.

• Mill, J. S., 396, 397.

• Mineral waters, a course of, 81, 313.

• Miracles, 417.

• Moabit Prison, visit to, 194.

• Mohammedanism, studies, 412.

• Molokáns, 338, 423.

• Moscow Gazette, The, 350.

• Moscow Conservatoire, the, 175, 375.

• ——Fifty, trial of the, 394.

• ——Society of Lovers of Russian Literature, 185.

• Mother Vólga (song), 276.

• Mouhamed Shah, 350, 362.

• Mouravyóf, N. N., 432.

• Mowing, 367.

• Murder of Countess Tolstoy, 256.

• Music, Chevet's method of teaching, 167, 271.

• ——his children learn, 366.

• ——love of, 51, 52, 175, 306, 320, 374-376.

• ——method of teaching, 271.

• Musical notation, 271.

• Napoleon I, 431.

• ——III, 95, 133.

• Nature, delight in, 86, 169, 170, 175, 308.

• Nekrásof, N. A., 83, 132, 138, 141, 166, 172.

• ——comments on The Wood-felling and Sevastopol, 132, 133.

• Neues Leben, Ein (Auerbach), 194.

• New ABC Book, 360.

• New Religion, would found a, 130.

• Newspaper, projected military, 108, 109.

• Newspapers, dislike of, 325, 379.

• Nicholas, baby, 357.

• Nicholas I, 94.

• Nicholas Tolstoy. See Tolstoy.

• Nihilist, The, 297.

• 'Not Born to be Like Everybody Else,' 81.

• Novel writing, 65, 188.

• 'Numidian cavalry,' the, 369.

• Obolénsky, Prince D. D., 310, 323, 345, 384.

• Obrók, 224, 225.

• Officers, relations with, 63, 82, 127.

• Ogaryóf, N. P., 209, 210.

• Old style calendar, 9.

• Old Testament, the, 263-267.

• Oltenítza, in, 96.

• On the Eve (Tourgénef), 188.

• Óptin's Hermitage, 30, 384.

• Orenbourg, at, 362, 373.

• Oriental languages, studies, 33.

• Originality, 27.

• Osten-Saken, Count, 5.

• ——Countess A. I. (aunt), 29, 30.

• Ostróvsky, A. N., 189.

• Ouroúsof, Prince L. D., 321, 331.

• Ouspénsky, N. V., 253.

• Palmerston, Lord, 211.

• Panáef, V. I., 84, 138, 161.

• ——comments on Sevastopol in May, 131.

• Paris, in, 166, 167, 207, 208.

• Parliament, 211.

• Pascal, B., Pensées, 383.

• Páshenka, 29.

• Patriotism, 322.

• Peasants' artistic capacity, 275, 378.

• Pedagogic tact, 279.

• Penmanship, 267, 268.

• Pensées, by Pascal, 383.

• Peróvsky, Sophie, 397.

• Petersburg, in, 48, 50, 138, 139, 151, 173, 386.

• Peter, baby, 344, 352.

• ——the Great, 2, 348.

• ——proposed novel of period of, 344, 348.

• ——study of period of, 344, 348.

• ——Tolstoy. See Tolstoy.

• Petropávlof Fortress, visits, 386.

• Petróvsky Fair, 336, 365.

• Physical exercises, expertness in, 84, 128, 173, 309, 367.

• Piano-playing, 52, 290, 320, 375.

• Pilgrims and saints, 9, 22, 29, 394.

• Pláksin, Sergéy, 204.

• Plays, 297, 327.

• Police search at Yásnaya Polyána, 285-288.

• Polikoúshka, 211, 295, 296.

• ——Tourgénef's comment on, 297.

• Polish insurrection (1863), 296.

• Portrait by Kramskóy, 351, 352.

• Posthumous publications, 66, 384.

• Poúshkin, 131, 138, 161, 428.

• Prayer, 39, 64, 71, 91, 117, 370, 420.

• Prayer, answer to, 68, 72.

• Prince, the Russian title, 3.

• Printing, questions the utility of, 226.

• Prisoner in the Caucasus, A, 86, 341, 342.

• ——Tourgénef's comment on, 347.

• Prisoners, Turkish, a visit to, 385.

• Prisons, visits to: the Moabit, 194.

• ——Petropávlof Fortress, 386.

• Progress, thoughts on, 226, 239-245, 283.

• Promotion, slow, 85.

• Propaganda, social and political, 397.

• Proposal by initials, to Miss S. A. Behrs, 289.

• ——formal, 290.

• Proudhon, visit to, 211.

• Public speeches by Tolstoy, 185, 311, 353.

• Punishment of his children, 318.

• Pyatigórsk, in, 81, 88.

• Question-boxes, 194.

• Races on Samára estate, 364.

• Raid, The, 77, 85, 86.

• Railways, aversion to, 241-242, 334.

• Raven (horse), 27, 28.

• Read, Is it worth learning to? 277.

• Readers, Slavonic and Russian, 339, 341, 359, 427.

• Reading lessons, 262.

• ——practical demonstration of teaching, 354.

• Reading Library, The, 148.

• Recollections of Count Tolstoy (Behrs), 297, 367.

• Reforms in Russia, 144.

• ——want of sympathy with, 144, 225, 230.

• Religion, on, 130, 338, 343.

• ——wishes to found a, 130.

• Religious beliefs, 38, 39, 162.

• Reports, collates military, 121.

• Review, a military, 84.

• Revolutionary movement, 394-397.

• Riding lesson, first, 27.

• Right and Left Hand of Count Tolstoy, The, 395.

• Rousseau, J. J., 46, 229.

• Rubinstein, Nicholas, 175, 375, 384.

• Rudolph, musician, 52, 167.

• Rules of conduct, 38, 39, 88.

• Russo-Turkish Wars, the, 91, 95, 373. See also Crimean War.

• Sádo, 69-73, 87.

• St. George's Cross, 76, 77.

• Sakya Muni, 407.

• Sale of house, 111.

• Saltykóf, M. E., (Stchedrín), 174, 354.

• Samára, buys estates in, 300, 337, 359.

• ——famine in, 350, 351.

• ——in, 284, 285, 334, 345, 350, 356, 362, 388.

• Samárin, P. F., 346, 356.

• Sand, George, hostility to, 142, 320.

• School, the Yásno-Polyána, 52, 187, 230, 246-254, 261, 278, 292, 340.

• ——external disorder in, 248.

• ——a fight in, 249.

• ——punishment, 251, 252.

• ——theft, a, 251, 252.

• Schools, 230-239, 283.

• ——boarding, 234.

• ——infant, 235.

• ——Tolstoy inspects, 194, 206. See also Education.

• Schopenhauer, on, 315, 416.

• ——on Life, 407, 411, 416.

• Schwarzwälder Dorfgeschichten, 195, 212.

• Sculptor, Tolstoy as, 310.

• Scythians, 337.

• Search of estate by police, 285-288.

• Self-depreciation, 162, 298.

• ——perfecting, 37, 38, 47, 48, 49, 52, 88.

• Sensuality, thoughts on, 81.

• Sequel, the, 447.

• Serfdom, 211, 224, 433.

• Serfs, emancipation of the. See Emancipation.

• ——relations with the, 21, 43, 47, 158, 188, 227.

• Sergius Tolstoy (brother). See Tolstoy.

• Servants, relations with, 308, 318, 323.

• Sevastopol 112, 116, 130, 429.

• ——the Censor and, 131.

• ——comments on, by Kropótkin, 133.

• ——Tourgénef, 133.

• ——English edition of, 135, 301.

• Sevastopol in August, 119, 157.

• Sevastopol in December, 111, 131.

• Sevastopol in May, 130, 131.

• Sevastopol, map of, 112.

• ——Fourth Bastion, in, 110-117.

• ——Siege of, 106-109, 112-117.

• ——situation in, 105.

• ——Star Fort, the, 119.

• ——Tolstoy reaches, 104.

• ——truce, a, 134.

• Shámyl, 61, 66, 86.

• Shooting, Tolstoy goes, 84, 85, 90, 304-305, 336.

• Shyness, 129, 130.

• Si jeunesse savait, 179.

• Silistria, recollections of siege, 97-104.

• Simplicity, 84.

• Sincerity, disbelief in others', 143.

• ——his own, 51, 448.

• Singer at Lucerne, 171.

• Singing lessons, 167, 270, 271.

• Slavophilism, 160, 161.

• Sleep, respect for, 325.

• Smoke, comments on, 313.

• Snow Storm, The, 91, 157.

• Socialism, 395-397.

• Social tact, 129.

• Society, organisation of, 434.

• Socrates on Life, 407-409.

• Sokólniki, at, 59.

• Soldier, pleads for life of, 311.

• ——popular sympathy for, 312.

• Soldiers' Song, 122-126, 152.

• Solomon, 407, 409, 411.

• South Kensington, at, 194.

• Spiritualism, 82.

• Sportsman, Tolstoy, the, 66, 84, 85, 90, 183-185, 230, 302, 304-305, 306-309, 336.

• Sports, organises, 364.

• Spring, influence of, 175.

• Squire's Morning, A, 47, 158.

• ——Tourgénef's comment on, 158.

• Staff-officers, disapproval of, 118.

• Stallion (Gouneba), 374.

• Star Fort, the, 119.

• Starogládovsk, in, 61, 64, 76, 78.

• Stáry Urt, 68.

• State service, 43.

• Stchedrín, 174, 354.

• Stendhal, 93.

• Stolýpin, 108, 285.

• Story-teller, an itinerant, 384.

• Stráhof, N. N., 321, 326, 344, 383, 384.

• Strength, great physical, 367, 369, 403.

• Strenuousness, 323.

• Style, Drouzhínin criticises Tolstoy's, 159.

• Suicide, thoughts of, 402, 406, 410, 418.

• ——in Anna Karénina, 349.

• Syómka and Fédka, literary genius of, 272, 274.

• ——walk with, 254-260.

• 'Take care of that young man,' 111.

• Tartar warfare, 77.

• Tatiána, Aunt, 13, 17, 29, 31, 52, 59, 154, 176-179, 295, 358, 359.

• ——letters to, 59, 61, 65, 66, 73, 76, 82, 84, 95, 96, 98, 109, 152, 153, 168, 195, 198, 212, 285.

• ——peasants' opinion of, 358.

• Tchaykóvsky, N., 396, 397.

• Tchérnaya, battle of the, 119.

• Tchitchérin, B. N., 174.

• Teach, What must I? 163, 235-238.

• ——How must I? 238-239, 263-271.

• Telegraph, peasants and the, 176.

• ——Tolstoy's criticism of, 240-242.

• Temeshóf, Doúnetchka, 20, 21.

• 'Temple of Science,' the, 36.

• Tennyson, 135.

• 'Tests' himself, 151, 154.

• Theodore Ivánitch (Rössel), 12, 17, 18.

• Thought reading, 289, 290.

• Three Deaths, 174, 186, 357.

• Three Hermits, The, 384.

• Titles of nobility, Russian, 3.

• Todleben, 105, 118.

• Tolstoy, Alexandra A. (aunt), 174, 175, 196, 286, 351.

• ——letter to, 175.

• ——Alexis, 4.

• ——Andrew (son), 385.

• ——Dmítry (cousin), 4.

• ——Demetrius (Dmítry or Mítenka; brother), 20, 28, 41, 42, 43, 148.

• ——relations with serfs, 43.

• ——Elias (grandfather), 3, 4, 5.

• ——Ilyá, 64.

• ——(son), 310.

• ——Leo (son), 317.

• ——Marie (mother), 5, 9.

• ——Mary (daughter), 331.

• ——(Marie or Másha; sister), 9, 75, 82, 83, 84, 153, 173, 177, 285, 288, 289, 304.

• ——Nicholas, I (father), 4, 5, 6, 21, 23.

• ——(Nikólenka; brother), 18, 42, 55, 60, 61, 191-193, 196-203.

• ——letter to, 98.

• ——(son), 357, 360.

• ——Peter, 1, 2, 3.

• ——(son), 344, 352.

• ——S. A. (wife), 149, 289-296, 302-303, 317, 340, 344, 348, 368, 385.

• ——letters from, to S. A. Behrs, 348, 356.

• ——Sergius (Sergéy or Seryózha; brother), 19, 20, 28, 41, 42, 196, 305.

• ——letters to, 48, 89, 90, 106, 110, 148, 150, 152, 198.

• ——L. (son), 295, 303, 340, 366, 389.

• ——Tatiána L. (daughter), 303, 320, 340, 366.

• ——family and servants, the, 21, 22, 318.

• ——name, the, 1, 9.

• ——spelling of, 9.

• Tourgénef, 84, 133, 139-141, 149, 166, 168, 189, 190, 193, 214-223, 303, 338, 339, 357, 388, 389-393, 428.

• ——challenged by Tolstoy, 166, 217.

• ——challenges Tolstoy, 219.

• ——comments on ABC Book, 347.

• ——Anna Karénina, 361.

• ——Cossacks, The, 296, 393.

• ——Polikoúshka, 297.

• ——Sevastopol, 133.

• Tourgénef, comments on Squire's Morning, A, 158.

• ——War and Peace, 314.

• ——letters to Fet, 190, 220, 221, 296, 338, 339, 357.

• ——in verse, 187.

• ——Tolstoy, 155, 156, 217, 218, 388.

• ——on Tolstoy, 338, 339, 392, 393.

• ——reconciliation with Tolstoy, 388-391.

• ——'s Faust, 156.

• ——'s On the Eve, Tolstoy's criticism of, 188.

• ——'s Smoke, Tolstoy's criticism of, 313.

• ——Tolstoy's quarrel with, 216-223.

• ——translations with Mme. Viardot. See Viardot.

• 'Towards the People' Movement, the, 394.

• Training College for Teachers, a, 347, 355, 356.

• Translations, 301, 440.

• Traveller in the Well, The, 404.

• Tree-planting, 313.

• 'Trials of the Pen,' 300, 303.

• Trollope, A., 320.

• Troubetskóy, Princess Catherine (grandmother), 6.

• 'Tsar-Liberator,' the, 225.

• Tsar, prayers for the, 420.

• Tschaikóvsky, P. I., 375-377.

• ——letter to, 376.

• Turkey, war with, 379.

• Turkish prisoners in Tóula, 385.

• Turks, ferocity of, 103.

• Twenty-three Tales, 342, 384.

• Two Hussars, 157, 361.

• Ufanizing. See Farming.

• Universities, dislike of, 36, 235.

• University degree, failure to take, 37, 51.

• '——in bark shoes,' a, 347, 355, 356.

• ——studies at Kazán, 32-37.

• ——at Petersburg, 48, 50.

• Unmethodical habits, 51, 65, 85.

• Úshkof, P. I. (aunt), 31, 369.

• ——V. I., 4, 31.

• Vanity, thoughts on, 81.

• Varvára Engelhardt, 6, 7.

• Viardot, Madame, 357, 361.

• Vólga, journey down the, 285, 334.

• Vólga, Mother (song), 276.

• Volkónsky, Prince Nicholas (grandfather), 6, 7.

• ——S. G., 386.

• ——Princess (mother's cousin), 174.

• ——Marie (mother), 5.

• Voltaire, influence of, 47.

• V. V. A., love affair with, 150-155.

• Walking, love of, 204, 308, 309.

• ——tour, 168-170.

• War and Peace, 303, 304, 309, 314, 317, 395, 430.

• ——characters in, 304, 435, 436.

• ——preparations for, 300.

• ——Tolstoy's comment on, 303.

• ——Bótkin's comment on, 315.

• ——Tourgénef's comment on, 314, 315.

• War, active service in, 86, 99, 110, 119.

• ——the Church and, 424.

• ——horror of, 78, 137.

• ——thoughts on, 133, 135, 136, 432.

• Wealth, 243, 244.

• Weimar, in, 211, 212.

• What is Art? 260, 342, 378, 430.

• What Men Live By, 384.

• Wife. See Tolstoy, S. A.

• Wine, on, 137.

• 'Wishes to be great,' 183.

• Women, relations with, 40, 44, 52.

• Wood-Felling, The, 77, 130, 131, 132.

• Wood, Mrs. Henry, 320.

• Works, first collected edition of, 300.

• ——list of, 427.

• ——published before War and Peace, list of, 301.

• Writer, Tolstoy the, 441, 445-447.

• Writers, criticism, of the, 162-165.

• Writing lessons, 268.

• Yásnaya Polyána, magazine, 231, 242, 246, 291, 292.

• Yásnaya Polyána, house and estate, 16, 111, 309.

• Yásno-Polyána School, Chap. VIII. See also School.

• Youth, 130, 156, 158, 160.

• ——criticised by Drouzhínin, 158, 159.

• ——by Tolstoy, 160.

• Zahárin, Professor, 313.

• Zémstvo, elected to the, 251.