The publication includes more than 340 humorous works by A.P. Chekhov, published in domestic magazines from 1880 to 1892. This collection is the most complete collection of short humorous works of the famous classic. The publication is illustrated by drawings by the talented St. Petersburg artist Olga Venediktovna Grablevskaya, who has designed more than a hundred books by domestic and foreign authors. The style of her light works perfectly conveys the sparkling style of the stories of early Chekhov.