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| CHAPTER I. | |
| FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH COUNT TOLSTOI. | page |
| Arrival at Rjasan—Tolstoi’s Early Life—Education—His Opinion of the
Universities—Unsuccesful Efforts to Help the Peasants—Years of Dissipation—Establishes Schools on his Estate—Tolstoi as “Peacemaker”—Educational Work and Opinions—Influence in Russia, &c.—Tolstoi and his Critics | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| CAUSES OF THE FAMINE. | |
| Contrast of Famines in Russia and Western Europe—Condition at the
Emancipation—Broken Promises—Insufficiency of Allotments—Action of Landlords—Prince Vasiltchikov’s Opinion—Proportion of Agriculturists in Russia and other Countries—Nomadism—Capitalism and the Peasants—Kulacks and their Usury—Kulacks and Officials—Oppressive Taxation | 12 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| TOLSTOI ON THE FAMINE. | |
| Tolstoi’s Warnings to the Government—Their Reception—Government
Measures and Tolstoi’s Criticisms—The True Cause of the Distress—Russian Society—The True Remedy | 29 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| RELIEF WORK IN RJASAN. | |
| Countess Tolstoi’s Letter—General Organisation—An Illustration of the
Position—Defects of Government Relief—Tolstoi’s Methods—Visit to a Famine-Stricken Village—Countess Maria Tolstoi and her Father’s Work—“Traits of Civilisation”—Destitution, Disease, and Death—Miss Kuzminsky and the Mir—More Starving Villages—Tolstoi’s Difficulties—Some of his Helpers | 41 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| TOLSTOI’S TABLE TALK. | |
| War—An Expensive Conscience—Modern Religious Sects—Religion and
Invention—The Russian Sectarians—“The Café of Surat”—Attitude to Political Governments—Western Literature and Mammon—Forthcoming Books—Is Tolstoi a Christian?—The Nature of his Christianity | 61 |
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