In the preparation of this volume, the reference apparatus of the first publication . is retained mainly. Pushkin's texts are quoted by C. A. Vengerov in the series "Library of great writers" (SPb.) —Pg. , 1907-1915); references to this edition are given in the text with the designation of the volume (Roman numeral) and the page (Arabic numeral). Date of Pushkin's letters corrected by the latest publications. In some cases, draft versions are quoted from the publication of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg . , 1899-1916 (Ak.) ed. ) also with indication of volume and page. Absent in the first publication output in bibliographic references additions. When referring to the poems of Byron and Pushkin, Roman numerals indicate songs and stanzas, Arabic poems . Variations in subscript translations from Byron's poems are left unchanged, since they are intended to emphasize certain stylistic points. Both works included in the present volume are printed according to the text of the first publications: Zhirmunsky V. 1) Byron and Pushkip. L. 1924; 2) Pushkin and Western literature . — In kn. Pushkin . Temporary Chairman of the Pushkin Commission, 3. M. —JI. , 1937.