CHIEF AUTHORITIES FOR CHAPTER VI
Birukof.
Bitovt.
Fet, Moi Vospominaniya: Moscow, 1890.
Tolstoy's Confession.
Golovatcheva-Panaeva, Rousskie Pisateli i Artisty.
Tourgenef, Letters.
S. Plaksin, Graf L. Tolstoy sredi detey.
Tolstoy's works, vol. iv.: Moscow, 1903.
R. Löwenfeld, Leo N. Tolstoj.
R. Löwenfeld, Gespräche über und mit Tolstoy.
CHAPTER VII
AT YÁSNAYA AGAIN; TOURGÉNEF; ARBITER; MAGAZINE
Quarrel with Tourgénef. Attitude towards Reforms. Arbiter of the Peace. Educational Magazine.
After the winter's snow has so far thawed that sleighing is impracticable, there comes a time during which there is still too much snow left, and the roads have become too soft to allow of travelling on wheels, and when transit is practically impossible. Tolstoy reached Moscow at this transition period, but had not to wait long before the roads were dry enough for carriage traffic. He made the journey southward to Toúla in company with Mrs. Fet, wife of his friend the poet. Mrs. Fet was travelling in her own carriage, accompanied by her maid, to the estate Fet had purchased at some distance from Yásnaya. Tolstoy had his own conveyance, but for company's sake changed places with the maid and travelled with Mrs. Fet. In the cool of the evening he borrowed and wrapped himself in a cloak of Fet's, declaring that this would be sure to result in his producing a lyric poem.