V. Veidle (1895-1979) - famous writer and cultural historian of the first Russian emigration. He was highly valued not only by I. Bunin, B. Zaitsev, V. Khodasevich, but also by Western poets and thinkers - P. Claudel, E. Auerbach and others. An erudite, brilliantly fluent in four languages, he was distinguished by the originality, sharpness and sharpness of his judgments about art, literature, society. In this collection, the domestic reader will become acquainted with the most significant works of V. Veidle: “The Dying of Art” (1937), “Rome: From Conversations about the Cities of Italy”, articles from different years about Russian and Western culture of the XIX - XX centuries. For those who are interested in issues of aesthetics, philosophy and culture.