The moralizing story “Prince Otto” included in this collection tells about the last days of the Principality of Grunewald, about the intrigues of unscrupulous rogues, about the insurmountable gap between politics and morality. The action in the works collected under the heading “Jolly Fellows” and other stories takes place in different times in different parts of Europe. Completely different from each other, masterfully written by the author, they will undoubtedly interest the reader. This is the gloomy story “Jolly Fellows”, and the psychological parable “Bill from the Mill”, and the short story “The Killer” about the split personality of the hero who killed an antiquarian. Readers will read with interest the story “Treasure under the Ruins of the Franchard Monastery” about a family who adopted an orphan boy, who subsequently saves this family from the misfortune that impending over it. The last descendants of the famous Spanish grandees and their tragic fate are told in the story “Olalla”. The book is of interest to a wide range of readers, especially for children of middle and high school age.