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REYNOLDS, President 231-233 West Monroe Street, Chicago Please mention THE BOOKMAN in writing to advertisers. The LAST UNPUBLISHED WORKS OF COUNT LEO TOLSTOY Publication in the United States Authorized by Arrangement with His Heirs It is said that in his latter years, Tolstoy convinced himself that it was wrong to write fiction, and his duty to devote his whole energy to the expression of social, political and moral ideas. Nevertheless, there were times when the instincts, the habits and the genius of this master story-teller were too strong for his scruples, and he surrendered himself with unspeakable delight to the telling of tales. Wonderful stories, they are, too, founded, some of them, upon a great crisis of his life; others upon his own intimate family experiences; and they are told as only this giant among the novelists of the last century can tell them. But, although written, they were never published, the author resolutely suppressing all temptation to give them to the world. 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