In this new collection of stories by Nikolai Alexandrovich Leikin, the reader is presented with a parade of places, events, characters, and situations typical of the late nineteenth century—depicted in the distinctive, ironic tone of the well-known satirist-classic. In this book, we see not only the realities of bygone days, but also things that never go out of date: for example, the opinions of the residents of the First Capital and the cultural capital about art and entertainment, which this collection is devoted to. The book includes a whole parade of exhibitions in St. Petersburg, the unveiling of a monument to Pushkin in Moscow, and visits to the zoo, the circus, and the theater by all kinds of audiences—along with dancing and singing. Traditional holidays and the most diverse, laugh-out-loud curiosities that took place during them are also not overlooked, involving merchants and representatives of other classes.