Zapiski starogo pomeschika

Zhivo napisannye ocherki saratovskogo starozhila Viktora Antonovicha Shompuleva, pechatavshiesya na stranicah "Russkoy stariny" i drugih zhurnalov, soderzhat vospominaniya ob uchebe v kadetskom korpuse, uchastii v zavoevanii Kavkaza, byte saratovskih pomeschikov, sluzhbe predvoditelem dvoryanstva Saratovskoy gubernii i zemskim nachal'nikom... Avtor povestvuet ob obydennoy zhizni Saratova i shumnyh ugolovnyh istoriyah, stroitel'stve zheleznoy dorogi i krahe banka, vstrechah s imperatorami Nikolaem I, Aleksandrom II i Nikolaem II, voenachal'nikami A.I.Baryatinskim, N.P.Slepcovym i dr. Ocherki ohvatyvayut bolee sta let istorii Saratovskoy gubernii, risuya dokumental'nuyu kartinu provincial'noy zhizni Rossii XIX veka.