Петербург повседневный. Очерки городской жизни конца ХIХ - начала ХХ века.

Eto kniga ob ischeznuvshem gorode rossiyskoy stolitse nachala XX veka gorode, medlenno pogruzivshemsya v glubinu vremeni, kak na dno Lety, s kotoroy russkie pisateli lyubili sravnivat Nevu; o gorodskikh mostovykh, skrytykh nyne pod nasloeniyami asfalta, peska i graviya; o detyakh, gulyavshikh s nyanyami i bonnami po etim mostovym; o to i delo buntovavshikh gimnazistakh i studentakh; ob ulichnykh torgovtsakh, shveytsarakh, dvornikakh, fonarshchikakh, fakelshchikakh pokhoronnykh protsessiy; o gorodovykh i agentakh okhrannogo otdeleniya; o pervom elektricheskom osveshchenii, pervykh telefonnykh apparatakh, telefonnykh baryshnyakh, i o mnogom, mnogom drugom