Poems and prose by Hesse, mostly privately printed on single sheets or folded bifolia, some with autograph annotations; composed 1914-1962, though the prints are mostly undated.
Poem Wenn auch . . . beginning 'Wenn auch der Abend kalt und traurig ist'; composed, according to the printed statement 'im Jahr 1918, dem vierten Jahr des Weltkrieges' but actually in April 1917.
Poem Friede; composed 11 October 1914, on a visit to Hesse's friend Conrad Haussman, and written in his Visitors' Book (see Sämtliche Werke vol. 12, p. 314). This printing 1939 on the evidence of the footnote 'Dieses Gedicht wurde vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren, einige Wochen nach Beginn des Weltkri...
Prosa (Auf einen Dichter); composed Nov 1941-Jan 1942. The present copy is an offprint from Neue Schweizer Rundshau, April 1942. There are the following variants between this printing and that in the Sämtliche Werke: stanza 1 line 4 this printing has 'müdevoll-süsse' for SW 'mühvoll-süße' sta...
Antwort auf Bittbriefe [prose relating to the difficulties of publishing in wartime]; dated Montagnola, 1947. This is the only recorded publication before inclusion in Sämtliche Werke.