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soeuneneeenenemaennenmennenaennns eo SBELDE BROS BROSOBEW BEGRE EBEGSD My “Cycle of Readings” « By Count Tolstoy * “My Best Work” The Evening World Daily Magazine, Friday, January 1, 1909. ED®RPPESEPES HDHD EB BFGF LHEGDHF PHDGPPPHPHGHPBHOPHEPDE DPHHPBDBHHDBPHOBPHPPLBBPOD righted by the Press Px } & Compiled by the Illustrious Russian From Best ¢ Modern and Ancient Fees After-Years of Tireless Research, and Now First Published in English in The Evening World @ | | hing Company, thegNew York World, 1908.) (( enrArhits by Herman Rrincirthn) SRHESE SHOOPSSFSHSHSOESPOLSD ase% CBSSSOFEHEPSLEGESH BGHE GSH SEEE HE OE HESS OHV SEHPSSHDOL PE FE PSREBHREDHSLH EPP SPBOS LTOLSTOY 477 TOLSTOY ar ve OC GLE ~ EARLIER ¥ very best work is my ‘Cycle of Readings.’ It is composed of extracts I have made irom the writings AGES: M of the greatest masters of all times and from my own works. I consider it my most important and most useful work, I use the selections every day as my daily prayers, It is in every respect my favorite work.’’—Count Leo Tolstoy to Herman Bernstein. let teinetate etelelelelete iofntetotetelalateintabajufetelelul=betatelabaletelal KNOWLEDGE. N nothing is t¢ more important than in knowl gr I edge to give preference to a little that ts yoo & tther than to a great deal that ts bad or JAN. even indifferent. vand Genius of Tolstoy | What the “Cycle” Is. | The Personality | {Tolstoy Explains | } ‘By Herman Bernstein, * Hearts," “In the By Leo Tolstoy. Whe Preface to Ils * sana prorat 1. B belong to the ruminant species and It is \X/ not enough merely to fill ourselves wi various collections of b ; if we do not chew everything well the books will not give us {shinent,—Locxe. cle of Readings.” of the thoughts that are freneineori non signed in my "Cycle of The Black Bag By Pouis Joseph Vance. Readings" were taken by me not only: In the world to- 3 OU should sce that the reading of many authors and of all sort but also tho) 4 Y of books should not produce confusion in your mind. It rome tRavle nece: n ourselves with writers of undoubted ge: i own. Repin, Russla’s nius and worth if we wish to derive something that may be assimi The rest of the thoughts are signed by 4 the nan from collections in which the humes of the authors we LCGO00C (Copy COREG! not Indleated and the others are m sMerrill Cor Dor ry to nouri ZCEDING INSTALY BYNOPSIS OF FY otra remost patnter, lated to good account. But an exc ve abundance of books merely s of thelr authors, but, to my who has made di autk in rerefore, read always such books as have d regret, when I compiled them I did not) @ e t i distracts the mind refore, 1 y roy fe) ve 299 Rj I te ‘ ; scores ot coir) ved their good fame. If you should ever feel like taking up for ace ‘micate exactly from which of thelr | Begin t e 7m ow ai AZ Nes we ywered over HERMAN BSRNSTEN aS oe a time some other kind of writing do not forget to return to the for- Works the passages were ti ¢ yage of i ya | he observed, In many Instances I translated the W [t’s the Only Way t to Rolyana, ne the following char- mer.—Seneca. per Kirkwood, Do | *ctcrlza n whom he knows ed thoughts of the authors, not from the | SLOCGOOGDOOVOS TOOOOUUL ow that he ta brass far. | ‘ntimately IRST of all, read the best books, else you will never lave time tod, original, but from translations, and | efore my translations ma prove to| By Joseph A, Flynn. Jevening, after having taken a last be not entirely faithful to the original Q I want to begin tho Now Yoar [eo ne ant © last drink, gather all the " rive! b, Ne ear) rl bag and persuad es hor to friends | » bless him: wit! at has that—?" cried the girl In- read them over at all.—Thoreau. iG is necessary to read only when the flow of your own thought is saln cal yet sort of Buddhist seer, soaring above our daily to do with ype. right? spirituous lquors, cigars, fragrant pe pipes, tobacco, playing cards and poker A. That's the only way p , he only way to be | chips and destroy them in the kitchen, ) pond exactly to the original 1s this: While selecting separate it has everythin exhausted, which happens frequently, even with the wisest man As your doting parent, “Whe vas in ne hot ‘oO { h ; TU EAS DIATRIBE HELIER Ie Pot arte ea Gt But tg frighten away, for the sake of a book, your own thought, ++ ideas from long passages I had, for t GIN while your happy family looks on, dar follows t d eat: 3 {Hae y last summer I asked him what Bias SEGRE ATAEEC RET TIE CLE EEE DRIER anal otialed heen ail (Haleamaleeneee @ But Tam In|. What else? ies yea For 1 surm you as his most important work. as yet inchoate, is to commit a crime agalnst your own mini hopen Bate isaetiat earnest this time. A. After you have deposited the rems .) IT RR ON to marry this Mr. Kirkwood, ipa tO} nar ie Impression, to leave out certain ' nants 0} uments of evil in the CHAPTER 3 ay | works as In-| ¢ hauer. words and sentences and sometimes, A. That's what) gshbare year, and pre ( they all say, pare t d_@ lonesome life. Q. How shall I) Q. You mean a temperate life, don’t start in? CAD Tolstoy. ‘My most Iniportant Works are those dealing with 41M religious sujects which 1 have written ered lips trembled ne works as “Resur- ——eeeo & can never read too few \X/ age to rend too man itual poison which dea (Continued.) though very rarely, to substitute certaln here followed a little Interval of sl- RIDE I an ad books and we will never man nrds for others, An Exciting Chase. nee, the blood A ¢ € a ids for others books. Bad books are the spir- 32 1 hope that the readers will forgive Th ace a ’ both mean the same thing, A. Mention your) Q! Do you think TL wil ind it he “ h ; n recent years, So E paured on the (i faced her tormentor. ‘Then, with | rection Ot EO HIRE RE jens the mind. ge jme for not Indicating the work from evil habits, | keeping whatever resolutions I map racials aie a Ot ett ey rfection, That Because the crowd pers n reading not the best books of alse “il tese thoughts were ta ed QT smoke, take | "A'S, , lafactt Sir, Kirkwood » T shall,” she which is called “artistle Is aristocratic ; i Ne 1 elt as corn certalnawany oUexactnes rink ol FOMEMATRHATC ROR ACR oTe eeee naa ree from face to face of th ie cen Cea I times, but only the latest productfons of mgdern literature, the pres-** | in the translations, taking into constd- a drink once in a mnber nee her propcistoca yor (cases Whom sien had as = v} Kirkwood, 1 that I value greatly ent-day writers turn about in a narrow circle of similar {deas, re- jon the fact that the purpose of my eer e were made to be smoked, and, jonally, and as chips and playing cards were In- A shade of comp! 1 by some an pression, and the coarse not to give exact literal trans- but by availing myself of the fruitful thoughts of different my plain toll sturies, But my very best work ts my “Cycle of Readings.” It contai nly one-tenth of my own His gaze sought ing over and over again the same things, and our age cannot her eyes, but she luuked away, : F for gambling, creep out of its own filth.—Schopenhauer, well— nt to fill up the Saturday evening emiled ort that nday morning. mustache. In bis hand rarer ete ia tuag tae | work, it ts composc. of extracts 1 READ f writers, to lve to a great number of) A, That's all right. 1 understand. By Cam eiadito heer it cbutranet gas akc Wisk ttelt anor, J cai retuise my’ conseit. have oa rom the sort oe of the HE difference between material poison and spiritual poison 19ce people a cycle of dally readings, which| @. Haye 1 got to Biv Wpyall thes) ae Fer ered ro eat: Hieealn ite oe ere nee four to the adventur-{ wjttt dou, wen” Kirkwood told greatest masters of all timer, l thie: The majority of material poisons are disagreeable in ik S*aken the best thoughts and feelings. | habits? fs Hour eolsecondelin a tna eeRlee ta ers was Charles, the mec The. adventurer stared, Be ela ML A taste, while spiritual poisons, in the form of bad newspapers Me ee ara LTO eee | aati year | fl the small total ‘of 3128000 secunde ; after slight hes no, | | aud most useful work, It is my Asch p BOP, experience during the daily perusal of/ A. On the last day of the old year | Aimy which time you wil oc this book the same bene! it, cnno- | gently break the happy news to your front seat on the Water wagon, and bling feeling which I experienced while wife. She will weep tears of joy and fat not drink, smoke—anyway, think rt p ¢ she d ou, ou | over composing It and which I am continuing | bless the day she married you, though |!'Q"S. vou going to awear off, too? to experience while rereading It. her mother thought otherwise. That A) Certainly” I swear off every year, paused In affrighted astonicim aight of the revol Calends ing to advance suddenly, muzzle of the weapon jocularly in man's ribs. “Beut it, Foug- enapped, "This is your cue to duck Get e; of my way.” The mechantcian Jumped as if shot then hastily retreated to the table, nis gallow features working beneath the may put away your revo goggle-mask which had excited the fut} if Uy avs what you mean, ; sald Kk threw over 5 the door anu clablo and have a nice qui Biryker obeyed with a der! for Kirkwood. “Come, sir!” Brent have unwarrantably intru | Foom, which I have en | private use. Get through with your business and be off with you,” “AIL In my good time, my antedi-| fuvian friend. Wien I've wound up my business here I'l go-not before. I fust to oblige you, we'll get if © © © Kirkwood, you h } er of mine. Be good enough wr { \" \, ye tt’ re-under the tqb’ tek oY Br ek suavely Band \ you “By mur = you please very ca, Uh, 8 loud! OPt to explode a “Any more ordnance?" ie in ‘briskly, his eyes moving alertly 1 face co face. you y @are use ‘em an. f Gone, Dorothy, ¢ You returned to y lon. Wi In my travelling cv. Take ier, my boy, if} praycr-book. I use the daily por and books, are often attractive. The more attractive the more per+ you anda tather's’ bl tions as my daily prakers, It is t verted the taste, Thente u. The lord knows UV8| tions as my daily prayers, It ; G0 troubles enough; a parent's lor What It's cracked up to be.” He p vie ut,’ 1 this other matter of I don't mind abandonir il THE WIDOW Says NEW r YEAR'S Is the Time to Swap OLD SINS for NEW | Cap'n,” Calen “come up my mind to—| up a vice; he merely exchanges It for st as good’—or as bad. His nodating and “Do you mean to call ME a WR! S, Mr. Travers?” cried the Widow “because I had w | ‘| By Helen SAEED SN’ ‘ fun- marked the as the din something nt and patle stop!” eried th r bread and you gt 1 plead for encourager t be blowed!" ed ti W sgus' { yard? and vee free to iginvss you've a inind to, with Let's all be so- glanced trying to the table, » my worst foible, my avor ite — wick demanded. “You In ‘this for my Strs ince entering the » trem beneath the git on the table i, mn eth » particular undoing, m t My favorite rust ed Rec ed the cetly shaded Another lobster, sir?” inquired the incande se he or a change of o¢ that a man helor. “How reform without blowing a horn and ringing a bell 1 and twi rng rattle to unnounce the The Glad New Year, By Cora M. W, Greenleaf, ok vu seen the new arte Sald ad Father 1 A WELL HONLARD My. childre ikirkwo n. e Bachelor, study- in his glass t 1 the Widow, sympa lready treading the though 1h path to Glo and one New Year's r dose of bromo s¢ on will ma nd virtuous ant plenty of room for| “ANOTHER LOBSTER, SIR?” any man teel so noble ral that h ‘ Vhat t ried the Widow * the girl told t sik \ murmured the Bachelor, gaz. ing at the vt he Barrier.” Rex Bese Bim in a tone’ | Nene yeful romance of tove and ly ! g "Then you may bring !t along. You! dveniure, Will begin in xt vu believe in New Year's reso- | aside,” explained the Widow, ca port in) soul i his cigar, “it's got on a violet hat and May also say geod hight to the kind} ) Monda)’s Kveming World {| lutions?’ inquired the Bachelor caus, “On-i'm you think # sighed eilar and the pipe in his pocket; ) “Not at al eclared the Bachelor. | smells of sachet and cut flowers and | J On, Gentlemen.” Jan, & tlously. the Bachelor, studying the violets on} when he relinquishes a woman, look tor | “it's the light of my soul already—and!has curly hair aud a perfect waiat-! * *§ shall not go with you,” iterated errrrrnennn gs Nol ine man's” retuned the Widem, | the tam Of ber Ras Wild dogg concern, the ote) woman, He never really gives besides 1 haven't growa tred of it or LUne"— $4 Vol Higuten he’s grown so independent ,