The book contains critical articles by B.M. Eichenbaum on the works of L.N. Tolstoy, N.M. Karamzin, A.S. Pushkin, M.Yu. Lermontov, N.V. Gogol, N.S. Leskova, A.P. Chekhov, Yu.N. Tynyanova, commentary on "The History of One City" M.E. Saltykova-Shchedrina. The collection is preceded by an introductory article by G. Bialogo "Eichenbaum - a literary historian."