A monograph by Professor M.G. Altschuller of the University of Pittsburgh, a well-known researcher of Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century, is devoted to the study of the influence of Walter Scott on the Russian historical novel of the 1830s, moreover, this problem is first considered here as a whole, on the most extensive historical literary material from Karamzin and Fyodor Glinka to the last echoes of the Walterscott manner in the historical novel by A.K. Tolstoy & # 96; Prince Silver & # 96;. The book combines the depth of comparative analysis of the poetics of the works in question with the accuracy and thoroughness of drawing a holistic historical and literary picture. The book is addressed to both specialists and everyone interested in Russian literature.