Gogol's refusal to the proposal of the engraver E. E. Bernardsky to cede to him for 1500 rubles ser. the right to publish "Dead Souls" with illustrations by the artist A. A. Agin. Letter No 13.

March 23 and 24 (New Style).

Gogol's review of the poems sent to him by I. S. Aksakov, of which he especially liked the stanzas "Among the Convenient and the Lazy...". In addition to talent, Gogol saw "in the young man... striving<ye> to adapt poetry to the cause and to the legitimate influence on current contemporary events." Letters NoNo 14, 15.

April 5 (New Style).

Gogol's condolences to N. N. Sheremeteva for the misfortune that befell her - the death of her daughter, A. V. Yakushkina, the wife of the Decembrist I. D. Yakushkin. Letter No 17.

April 19 (New Style).

Gogol's request to send him the magazines "Otechestvennye Zapiski" and "Mayak" for 1846. Letter No 19.

April 21 (New Style).

Gogol informs Yazykov that he would now very much like to "read the novels of our modern writers", which produce "always an exciting effect" on him, and shares the idea of the book "Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends". Letter No 20.

May 5 (New Style).

Gogol wrote to his friends "on the way out of Rome". Letters NoNo 24–26.

May 9-10 (New Style).

Gogol in Florence. "Russian Thought" 1896, No 5, p. 180; Letter No 28.

May 14 (New Style).

From Genoa, Gogol wrote sympathetic reviews of "The Pupil" by V. A. Sollogub and "Poor People" by F. M. Dostoevsky. "In the author of "Poor People" one can see talent, the choice of subjects speaks in favor of his spiritual qualities", but "everything would have turned out to be much more alive and stronger if it had been more concise". Letter No 29.

May 16 (New Style).

Gogol in Nice. "Russian Thought" 1896, No 5, p. 180.

The second half of May (New Style).

Gogol in Paris, at A. P. Tolstoy's. Here P. V. Annenkov saw him twice. P. V. Annenkov. "Literary Memoirs". St. Petersburg. 1909, pp. 65–67.

Early June (New Style).

Gogol in Frankfurt, at V. A. Zhukovsky's; from there he goes to Greffenberg. On the way, from Prague, he sent a long letter to A. O. Smirnova about the duties of the governor's wife. Letter No 30.