Twenty-three Tales is a masterful collection of children's tales, fairy tales, and short stories from one of the world's greatest and most influential writers. The collection includes:. "God Sees the Truth, but Waits". "A Prisoner in the Caucasus". "The Bear-Hunt". "What Men Live By". "A Spark Neglected Burns the House". "Two Old Men". "Where Love Is, God Is". "The Story of Ivan the Fool". "Evil Allures, But Good Endures". "Little Girls Wiser Than Men". "Ilyás". "The Three Hermits". "The Imp and The Crust". "How Much Land Does a Man Need?". "A Grain As Big As A Hen's Egg". "The Godson". "The Repentant Sinner". "The Empty Drum". "The Coffee-house of Surat". "Too Dear!". "Esarhaddon, King of Assyria". "Work, Death and Sickness, A Legend". "Three Questions"Russian writer COUNT LEV ("LEO") NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877).