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.

The second half of June (New Style).

Gogol's treatment in Greffenberg according to the Priessnitz method, which this time does not benefit him. Letters NoNo 31, 32.

July 4-6 (New Style).

Gogol passing through Karlsbad. He sent P. A. Pletnev an article "On the Odyssey Translated by Zhukovsky" for publication. Letters NoNo 33–35.

July 20-30 (New Style).

Gogol in Schwalbach, by V. A. Zhukovsky. He received the collections "Housewarming" and "Nevsky Almanac" sent by N. M. Yazykov. He entrusted S. P. Shevyrev with the printing of the second edition of the first volume of Dead Souls, and P. A. Pletnev with the publication of Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends. Letters NoNo 37–40.

August 1 (New Style).

Gogol in Ems, where he meets I. P. Tolstoy with his wife. Letters NoNo 41, 42.

July 25 (August 6)

In No 89 of the "Moscow Vedomosti" Gogol's article "On the Odyssey Translated by Zhukovsky" was published.

July – early August (New Style)

The article "On the Odyssey Translated by Zhukovsky" was published in vol. 43 of Sovremennik and No 7 of Moskvityanin.

Early August (New Style)

Gogol's arrival in Ostend. From Ostend he went for a few days to Paris, to A. P. Tolstoy. In Paris, he met his brother Y. F. Samarin. Letters NoNo 42, 44, 47.