Book "PSS. Volume 50. Diaries and notebooks, 1888-1889." - is a valuable document containing personal notes, thoughts and memories of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Pavlo Svitlytskyi. In this volume, the reader will find detailed notes of the author for the years 1888-1889, which outline the writer's creative path and vicissitudes of life, as well as his contemplation of the world around him. This book will help to better understand the personality and creativity of Pavel Svitlytskyi, as well as to feel the spirit of that time through the prism of his own records.