Arkady Averchenko - the famous satirist, who at the beginning of the XX century. called the "King of Laughter." Literally the whole country was read out with his brilliant humorous stories. Averchenko's talent attracted bright creative people to him. In 1911-1912 together with satirical friends, he visited Europe twice. The result is a humorous book that makes you laugh these days. Illustrations for it were drawn by satirists A. A. Radakov and N. V. Remizov (Re-Mi).