Remembering the 'magic world' of his youth, Aksakov recounts with nostalgia his country boyhood and its intense delights. This concluding work of a trilogy also conveys with an intimate charm Serezha's increasingly sophisticated perception of his own passage from schoolboy to adolescent. Translated from the Russan by J. D. Duff.

(Key Words: Russia, Autobiography, Sergei Aksakov, Youth, Childhood).