Stasov eulogised the works by Savitskii, Miasoedov, Iaroshenko and Repin shown in the Peredvizhniki exhibition, and criticised the Russian section of the Paris World exhibition for a lack of national character and chaotic organisation.
'Peredvizhnaia vystavka 1878 goda' ('Travelling exhibition of 1878') and 'Nashi itogi na vsemirnoi vystavke' ('Our results at the World Exhibition'), both published in Novoe vremia (New Time).