A mysterious, mystical, written with the author’s distinctive humour, the parody-Gothic novel The Devil’s Elixirs written ca. 1815-1816, is a literary masterpiece of Ernst Theodore Amadeus Hoffmann (1776 – 1822). There is a deep insight into the human subconscious hidden in its plot. With this book, Hoffmann introduced the topic of dualism in the world literature and laid the foundation for the Renaissance mythology. The novel had influenced the work of Stendhal, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Merezhkovsky, Freud and many other great writers. The book will give great pleasure to a thoughtful reader who appreciates works in the spirit of romanticism.

One can say that the famous religious philosopher and national thinker of the 20th century, Ivan Ilyin (1883 – 1954), wrote a textbook of Russian life. And it is the name of the collection of his selected articles “About Russia”, with the feeling of love for the motherland and faith in its great future common to all of them. In the articles, the writer takes a look at the past of the country, discusses the structure of the state, its cultural and spiritual aspects, refers to the history of the revolution of 1917 and seeks its origins. The presented materials help to get a better insight into Russia’s problems and understand its historical paths. In a luxurious leather binding, the book will be a jewel for a well-versed bibliophile’s collection.