Boyhood — Lev Nikolayeviç Tolstoy

When some two years ago a collection of Atlantic essays was offered to the public it was the editor s idea that this volume should be to use the current phrase a kind of permanent exhibit of the character and quality of The Atlantic In these hurr ying days even the sedatest of magazines must quicken its pace to keep abreast of the marching world and much that is most ser viceable in The Atlantic during its appointed life dies at the heart when a new number brings fresh interests to men s minds But a residue there is no more useful at the time perhaps than much which perishes but which evidently ought to have such length of days as the covers of a book can ensure for it The experiment was made with the first volume of Atlantic Classics composed of sixteen essays by as many authors all dealing with topics of more than temporar y interest The success of this book which has been many times reprinted outstripped anticipation more than that it assumed a character quite unlooked for and proceeded on its own account to introduce itself into the curricula of colleges and high schools throughout the countr y welcomed as the editor is credibly informed by students as well as by teachers Tanıtım Bülteninden

Boyhood Russian От Отрочество Otrochestvo is the second novel in Leo Tolstoys autobiographical trilogy following Childhood and followed by Youth The novel was first published in the Russian literary journal Sovremennik in 1854 Later in life Tolstoy expressed his unhappiness with the book Tanıtm Bülteninden

When some two years ago a collection of Atlantic essays was offered to the public it was the editor s idea that this volume should be to use the current phrase a kind of permanent exhibit of the character and quality of The Atlantic In these hurr ying days even the sedatest of magazines must quicken its pace to keep abreast of the marching world and much that is most ser viceable in The Atlantic during its appointed life dies at the heart when a new number brings fresh interests to mens minds But a residue there is no more useful at the time perhaps than much which perishes but which evidently ought to have such length of days as the covers of a book can ensure for it The experiment was made with the first volume of Atlantic Classics composed of sixteen essays by as many authors all dealing with topics of more than temporar y interest The success of this book which has been many times reprinted outstripped anticipation more than that it assumed a character quite unlooked for and proceeded on its own account to introduce itself into the curricula of colleges and high schools throughout the countr y welcomed as the editor is credibly informed by students as well as by teachers