CONTENTS * Childhood * In Kazan 1. "Wrangler" 2. Two Bakeries 3. "An Incident in the Life of Makar" 4. The Village Shop * The Railway Night Watchman * "The Song of the Old Oak" * Wanderings * The First Story * Yegudil Khlamida * Fame * Metekh Castle and the Nizhni-Novgorod Gaol * Nightingales and Spies * On the Stage of the Art Theatre * Three Revolutions * Writer and Fighter