Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky, known under the pseudonym Alexander Grin, is one of the most read and beloved prose writers in Russia, about whom Daniil Alexandrovich Granin said: 'When the days begin to gather dust and the colors fade, I take Green. I disclose it to any page. So in the spring they wipe the windows in the house. Everything becomes light, bright, everything mysteriously excites again, as in childhood. ' The Russian reader begins acquaintance with his work from early childhood, so that throughout his life, returning to him again and again, each time he finds for himself something new and surprising. The bright, exciting, fascinating works reflect the difficult, adventurous fate of the writer, his inexhaustible imagination and boundless love for the sea. This collection, in addition to the famous 'Scarlet Sails', includes the most famous and beloved by many generations of readers stories by Alexander Green, created by him in different years.