"The much respected bookshelf": what books did the prototypes of the heroes of A. Tolstoi's story "Nikita's childhood" read?

This article analyzes the content of the «bookcase» that the prototypes of the heroes of A. Tolstoi's story «Nikita's Childhood» - Tolstoi's parents and Aleksei Bostrom-read. Based on the study of family correspondence, Tolstoi's diaries and other documents describinbg the literary preferences of the inhabitants the house on a farm near the village of Sosnovka, the author reconstructs some of their literary inclinations, attempting to see in them the context for Tolstoy's story.