“Book Descriptions: The subject of these delightful reminiscences is Russian literary life during the last two decades of the nineteenth century and the opening year of the twentieth. N. Teleshov, one of the veteran Soviet writers, was the friend of many of the best-known literary and artistic figures of his day, and his book includes fascinating portraits of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorki, Upsensky, Andreyev and a host of lesser known writers; also of the great men of the theatre such as Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchehnko; the painters Repin, Surikov, and Levitan; musicians and singers such as Rachmaninoff and Chaliapine. He was present at the famous Moscow presentation of The Seagull after its initial failure at Petersburg, and at the first night of Gorki's Lower Depths. His own activities were legion. He was the founder of the Sreda, the famous literary circle which gave rise to the journal Znanie (Knowledge) and the celebrated Moscow Writers' Publishing House sponsored by the progressive writers of the day, including Gorki and Chekhov. On Chekhov's advice he visited Eastern Siberia to report on the scandalous conditions of the free settlers neglected by the Tsarist Government. He played no small part in the founding of the Moscow Art Theatre, in addition to which he was making a name for himself as a writer.'” DRIVE
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