Copyright, 1906, 1907, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY


TABLE OF CONTENTS

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
[PART I]
[Chapter I][Chapter II][Chapter III][Chapter IV]
[Chapter V][Chapter VI][Chapter VII][Chapter VIII]
[Chapter IX][Chapter X][Chapter XI][Chapter XII]
[Chapter XIII][Chapter XIV][Chapter XV][Chapter XVI]
[Chapter XVII][Chapter XVIII][Chapter XIX][Chapter XX]
[PART II]
[Chapter I][Chapter II][Chapter III][Chapter IV]
[Chapter V][Chapter VI][Chapter VII][Chapter VIII]
[Chapter IX][Chapter X][Chapter XI][Chapter XII]
[Chapter XIII][Chapter XIV][Chapter XV][Chapter XVI]
[Chapter XVII][Chapter XVIII][Chapter XIX]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
"With somber faces ... their muscles stiff with insufficient sleep"[Frontispiece]
"The mother ... strained her untrained mind to listen" [34]
"It seemed to Vlasova that the officer was but waiting for her tears"[92]
"Taking out one package of books after the other, she shoved them into the hands of the brothers"[116]
"The mother's heart quivered with impatience"[142]
"'Listen, for the sake of Christ'"[232]
"The men listened in silence"[296]
"'Run, run!' whispered the mother"[428]

PART I