{ 22}. A. M. Zhemchuznikov and I. S. Aksakov visited Leo Nikolaevich in the middle of December, 1864, in Moscow at his father-in-law's house where he came to have his arm medically treated. It was then that he read to them some chapters from _War and Peace_. See L. N. Tolstoy's _Letters to his Wife_, page 41.
{ 23}. There were a number of musical works which always made a deep impression upon Tolstoy. See list of musical works loved by L. N. Tolstoy, given by A. B. Goldenweiser, _Tolstovskii Ezhegodnik_, pages 158-160; also musical works loved by L. N. Tolstoy, in S. L. Tolstoy's _Reminiscences_.
24. Countess A. A. Tolstoy reproached Leo Nikolaevich for his long silence in a letter of 1 May 1863. Leo Nikolaevich wrote a four page letter in reply, but did not send it; later in the autumn of 1863 he wrote another letter, which he sent. The quotation referred to is, evidently, from the letter which was not sent, and which, as far as we know, has not appeared in print.
{ 25}. This quotation from L. N. T.'s Diary is also given in Biryukov's Biography, but in somewhat different form. He also gives a detailed sketch of the work, which Tolstoy wrote in his diary; see Biryukov, Vol. II, pages 27-28.
{ 26}. N. A. Lyubimov, 1830-1897, well-known professor of physics at the University of Moscow, a collaborator with Katkov and K. Leontev in editing the _Russkii Vyestnik_ and _Moskovskaya Vedomesti_.
{ 27}. Strakhov's articles on _War and Peace_ were published in _Zarya_, 1869 and 1870, and in book form in 1871. His articles on Tolstoy and Turgenev appeared in book form under the title, _Critical Articles on I. S. Turgenev and L. N. Tolstoy_, second edition, 1887.
{ 28}. Edmond About, 1828-1885, the French writer to whom Turgenev sent a copy of _War and Peace_, translated by Princess Paskevich, and a letter from which the above quotation is taken. M. About published the letter in _Le XIX e Siècle_, 23 January, 1880, under the title "_Une Lettre de Tourguéneff_."
{ 29}. Vasilii Yakoblevich Mirovich, 1740-1764, a lieutenant in the Smolenskii infantry regiment, executed for his attempt to rescue Ivan Antonovich from prison. His story formed the plot of G. P. Danilevskii's novel _Mirovich_ (Petersburg, 1886).