Die Stimmen und der Heilige. Ein Stück Tagebuch; composed in Spring 1918. The present edition was privately printed by Johannespresse in 1948. A note at the front explains that the private printing (1948) was sent to friends and correspondents instead of letters. The text is identical with tha...
Stunden im Garten. Eine Idylle (Vienna: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1936). A poem in hexameters; composed 19-23 July 1935. See the note regarding the choice of Bermann-Fischer as publisher in Sämtliche Werke vol. 11, p. 778. With inserted photograph of Hesse reclining in an armchair with a cigar.
Treue Begleiter; 24 poems composed 1900-1947. This edition (the first publication as a collection) St. Gallen: Tschudy-Verlag, 1958. Includes 'Julikinder' 'Elisabeth' (1900) 'Ravenna' (June 1901) 'Mittag im September' 'Im Nebel' 'Nachtfest der Chinesen in Singapore' 'Vergänglichkeit' 'An die Fr...
Sommerbrief; prose, composed in August 1959. This edition privately printed St Gallen: Tschudy-Verlag, 1959. Printed 'Dank für Briefe und Glückwünsche' on half-title.
'Nachtgedanken', poem by Hesse; composed 29 Nov. 1938. A page from Neue Zürcher Zeitung no. 2138, 4 Dec. 1938. Bücher-Beilage, p. 3 containing the first publication of the poem. Variants from Sämtliche Werke: stanza 2 line 2 lacks the word 'die' stanza 4 has 'das Wunder liebe' for 'das Wunder...