From "Cheerful Oysters": Who sold her Robinsons Mister Tsatskin Incurables Lie
From "Circles on the Water": Tongue Fools I knew Revolutionary
From "About, in Essence, Good People": Humor for fools Mission Fop Nadkin, the telegraph man
From "Weeds" and "Wolves Pits": Gum Gold watch Busy nation Military specialist In the restaurant Gossip Father
From "Black on White": Belmesov Funkelman and son True story Man, who was lucky
From "Blue with Gold" and "Stories for the Recovering": Vacuum Man, who had ideas Blind people My first debut
"A Dozen Knives Into the Revolution's Back": Foreword A trick of a great cinema Poem about a hungry man Grass tramped by boots Ferris wheel Traits from the life of worker Panteley Gryzin New Russian tale Kings at home A homestead and a city apartment Bread Evolution of the Russian book Russian in Europe A fragment of broken into smithereens
"Children": Introduction Children bearing guide Under the table Three acorns Fragrant carnation Easter cake Street-smart boy Conversation at school Kostia
"Twelve Portraits of Famous People in Russia" From the author Madam Lenin Madam Trotsky Felix Dzerzhinsky Peters Maxim Gorky Fyodor Shaljapin Martov and Abramovich Kerensky - the first portrait Kerensky - the second portrait Krerensky - the third portrait Baltic Sea sailor