For the first time, "Stories of a Literary Critic" was published by the publishing house "Children's Literature" in 1949. At that time, the book contained only two things - "Portrait" and "The Riddle of N. F. I." In 1956 and 1958, it was reprinted with the addition of two more stories - "Signature under the drawing" and "Lermontov's Countryman." In the fourth edition, 1962, the fifth story appeared - "Personal Property." The current edition - the fifth, already includes as many as eleven - the Tagil Nakhodka and new stories "Treasures of Hochberg Castle," "Wonders of Radio Television," "Hauf Sisters," "Enchanted Poem" and "Notebook of Vasily Zaveleisky"...