THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYCH
By Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude
I
INTRODUCTION
IN an age of materialism like our own the phe-
nomenon of spiritual power is as significant and
inspiring as it is rare. No longer associated with
the "divine right" of kin
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
On comparing with the original Russian some English translations
of Count Tolstoi's works, published both in this country and in
England, I concluded that they
PREFACE
THIS volume is divided into seven parts.
First we have Tales for Children, published about the year 1872, and reminding us of
the time when Tolstoy was absorbed in
effo
