sentences:  Uspensky's first short stories were published in 1862, in Leo Tolstoy's journal "Yasnaya Polyana" ("Mikhalych") and in the journal "Zritel" (Spectator, "The Idyll").In 1863 Uspensky joined the staff of the "Moskovskiye Vedomosti" newspaper as a proofreader.In the autumn of that year he moved to Saint Petersburg and published "The Ragman" (Старьевщик) in "Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya".