sentences:  In November 1881 "The Old Man's Stories" marked his debut in "Russkaya Mysl".In 1882 "The Suspicious Beletazh" appeared in "OZ" (relating a bizarre incident involving a secret police agent's visit to Syabrintsy) as well as two more books, "The Village Troubles" (Vols.I-III) and "The Power of the Land", arguably his best-known work, based on his studies of life in rural Novgorod region.In the spring of 1883 Gleb Uspensky travelled to the Russian South, visiting Tiflis, Baku and Lenkoran, meeting people from religious groups, fishing cartels and private oil enterprises, resulting with "Notes from the Road".