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                              THREE DAYS

                                IN THE

                                VILLAGE

                          AND OTHER SKETCHES


                                  BY

                              LEO TOLSTOY


                      These sketches are written
                       in the style of Tolstoy's
                    "Popular Stories and Legends,"
                          and give the reader
                     various glimpses into modern
                        village life in Russia


                          THE FREE AGE PRESS
                        Publisher: C. W. DANIEL
                     3 Amen Corner, London, E. C.




                       THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE

                        _And Other Sketches_




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                             THREE DAYS IN
                              THE VILLAGE


                         _And Other Sketches_
              _Written from September 1909 to July 1910_


                                  BY
                              LEO TOLSTOY


                   _Translated by_ L. _and_ A. MAUDE


                                LONDON
                          THE FREE AGE PRESS
                            (C. W. DANIEL)
                         3 AMEN CORNER, E. C.
                                 1910




                               CONTENTS


                                                 PAGE

  THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE--

       FIRST DAY--TRAMPS                            7

       SECOND DAY--THE LIVING AND THE DYING        20

       THIRD DAY--TAXES                            33

       CONCLUSION--A DREAM                         41

  SINGING IN THE VILLAGE                           55

  TRAVELLER AND PEASANT                            63

  A TALK WITH A WAYFARER                           75

  FROM THE DIARY                                   79




                       THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE


                              _FIRST DAY_

                                TRAMPS

Something entirely new, unseen and unheard-of formerly, has lately
shown itself in our country districts. To our village, consisting of
eighty homesteads,