The book "PSS. Volume 48. Diaries and notebooks, 1858-1880" is a collection of personal notes of the great Ukrainian writer, word artist and public figure Pavlo Slobodyanik-Stovnyk. This volume collects his thoughts, memories, information about daily life and reflections for the period from 1858 to 1880. The reader has the opportunity to delve into the intimate atmosphere of the life of that time, to feel the spirit of that period and to experience together with the author its joys, cares, experiences and plans. Each record helps to better understand the worldview of the great Ukrainian and to see the world through the eyes of a person who passed away into eternity, leaving behind an incredible treasury of wisdom and words expressed in words.