Contemplation by Franz Kafka (also known as Meditation)

Published in Germany in 1912 under the title Betrachtung, Kafka's first book contained 18 pieces:

"Children on a Country Road" *

"Unmasking a Confidence Trickster"

"The Sudden Walk"

"Resolutions"

"Excursion into the Mountains" *

"Bachelor's Ill Luck"

"The Businessman"

"Absent-minded Window-gazing"

"The Way Home"

"Passers-by"

"On the Tram"

"Clothes" *

"The Rejection" *

"Reflections for Gentlemen-Jockeys"

"The Street Window" *

"The Wish to Be An Indian"

"The Trees" *

"Unhappiness"