The magazine, addressing the Saint Petersburg's intelligentsia, stood in opposition to the Moscow branch of Symbolists which gathered round the Scorpion publishing house and were led by Valery Bryusov.
"[3] While Mir Iskusstva (the magazine the Merezhkovskys were in close contact earlier) boasted a large and lavishly illustrated arts section, Novy Put was structured in accordance with the Russian 'thick journal' tradition.
[4] The poetry was provided mostly by the Symbolists: Konstantin Balmont, Fyodor Sologub, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Nikolai Minsky, Valery Bryusov, Alexander Blok, Merezhkovsky and Gippius.
Also published in Novy Put were Gippius' short stories, The Sting of Death by Fyodor Sologub, works by Alexei Remizov, Boris Zaytsev, Sergeyev-Tsensky.
Among the notable works of non-fiction published by Novy Put were "The Hellenic Religion of the Suffering God" by Vyacheslav Ivanov and "Spiritualism as Antichristianity" by Pavel Florensky.