Prof. Zagoskin, Stoudentcheskie gody gr. Tolstogo, in Istoritchesky Vestnik: January 1894.
V. N. Nazaryef, Zhizn i ludi bylogo vremeni, in Istoritchesky Vestnik: November 1900.
Tolstoy's talk with Pogodin, quoted in Mihaylovsky's Literary Recollections: Petersburg, 1900.
L. N. Tolstoy. By E. Solovef: Petersburg, 1897.
Light is also thrown on this period by Tolstoy's Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth, The Memoirs of a Billiard Marker, Two Hussars, A Squire's Morning, and Albert (which, however, are not autobiographies), as well as by stories included in Tolstoy's Readers for School-children—The Old Horse and How I Learned to Ride.
CHAPTER III
THE CAUCASUS
Journey. Russian Conquest. Letters to Aunt Tatiána. Diary. Cossacks. He volunteers. Enters army. Hádji Mourát. Story of a gaming debt. Sádo. Dreams for the future. Childhood. Shooting. Boúlka. Slow promotion. The Raid. The Censor. Danger. Applies for discharge. Applies to Gortchakóf. Memoirs of a Billiard Marker. Receives his commission. His retrospect.