The author of the book "Air Ship" so-called N. G. Stobrovsky, in a popular and understandable language for the general population, sets out a brief history of the development of aeronautics abroad and here. Undoubtedly, the successful selection of material, its correct distribution, supply with numerous drawings of different types of airships, which are accompanied by a brief but comprehensive description of the airship, allowed the author to create an excellent source for acquaintance with the history of aeronautics, and tables indicating the negative and positive flight qualities of the airship in relation to the airplane, enable the reader to clarify the knowledge of both the qualities of the airship and the airplane.