The book contains publications unknown to the modern reader V.A. Gilyarovsky, which were made in 1881-1899 in such publications as "Russian Vedomosti," "Moscow Leaf," "Russian Newspaper," "Russia," "Journal of Sports," etc. Subsequently, these materials were not reprinted. These articles are interesting not only from the point of view of the history of Russian journalism, but they vividly and colorfully represent the life of the country and Moscow at the end of the 19th century. The book is of great interest not only for specialists in the field of history, but also for numerous admirers of the work of V.A. Gilyarovsky.