Publication - publication of the book by D.S. Merezhkovsky (1865-1941), first published in 1896 - contains articles about Russian and foreign writers, thinkers, ancient and new: Mark Aurelius, Calderon, Pliny the Younger, Cervantes, Flaubert, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Goncharov, etc. The book also contains handwritten materials for articles, essays not included by Merezhkovsky in the publication, reviews of the book, a research article about the writer, comments, and a personal index.