The collection includes the stories “The Black Sea”, “The Northern Tale”, in which layers of the ancient and recent past are an integral part of their content, influencing the biographies and destinies of the heroes; “Little Stories” – about the relationship between man and nature – “Meshchora Side”; historical stories “Lake Front” and “The Fate of Charles Lonseville”; biographies of people of art and science – “Constellation of the Canes Venatici”, “Orest Kiprensky”, “Isaac Levitan”, “Taras Shevchenko” and others, as well as a book about the literary work “Golden Rose”.