We can say that this is the first work devoted to Belarusian literature. The information collected by Academician Karsky with love and attention is plentiful and varied. With knowledge of the matter, he builds a solid skeleton of the future history of Belarusian literature from scattered fragments scattered throughout ancient books. Karsky E.F. conducts a review of the translated literature that has existed in Western Russia since the noticeable appearance of bright linguistic cathedrals. Spiritual and secular stories and books of historical content are listed; monuments of independent creativity of ancient Belarusian writers.