Williams, Harold Whitmore (1876-1928) Russia of the Russians - London 1914
VI. Literature
...Tolstoy once said to me at the beginning of 1905:-
“The writers of the present day write well. Every young lady knows how to write better than Turgeniev or I. But the trouble is that they have nothing to say.”
...Tolstoy once said to me at the beginning of 1905:-
“The writers of the present day write well. Every young lady knows how to write better than Turgeniev or I. But the trouble is that they have nothing to say.”