Introduction -- On the education of the people -- The Yasnaya Polyana school in the months of November and December -- An extract from the reminiscences of a teacher at Yasnaya Polyana school / P.V. Morozov -- Extracts from the reminiscences of a pupil at Yasnaya Polyana school / V.S. Morozov -- Should we teach the peasant children to write, or should they teach us? -- He feeds you with a spoon and pokes you in the eye with the handle / Makarov, Morozov, and Tolstoy -- The life of a soldier's wife / V.S. Morozov -- On methods of teaching reading -- Training and education