About the book: 1990 / The modern reader is completely unfamiliar with popular print literature, because the books by M. Komarov, N. Zryakhov , I. Kassirov can only be found in the rare book departments of large libraries, in museums and bibliophile private collections. We should not assume that in the collection we will be introduced to literary masterpieces. However, having become acquainted with the popular print book, you will probably envy its author’s convinced belief in the meaningfulness and justice of the world order, admire the spontaneity of perception and the clarity of moral ideals... And you will smile when faced with the naivety and simplicity of ideas about life. In the “Appendices” section, the reader will find unpublished earlier memories of I. Kassirov about the publishers of popular print books, about meetings with L. N. Tolstoy and much more.