Children on the country road -- Unmasking a confidence trickster -- The sudden walk -- Resolutions -- The excursion into the mountains -- The plight of the bachelor -- The businessman -- Looking out distractedly -- The way home -- The men running past -- The passenger -- Dresses -- The rejection -- For the consideration of amateur jockeys -- The window on to the street -- Desire to be a red Indian -- The trees -- Being unhappy -- The judgement: A story for F. -- The stoker: A fragment -- Metamorphosis -- In the penal colony -- The new advocate -- A country doctor -- In the gallery -- An old journal -- Before the law -- Jackals and Arabs -- A visit to the mine -- The neighbouring village -- A message from the emperor -- The worries of a head of household -- Eleven sons -- A fratricide -- A dream -- A report to an academy -- First sorrow -- A little woman -- A hunger-artist -- Josefine, the singer, or The mouse people -- Aeroplanes in Brescia -- Great noise -- The coal-scuttle rider.