This 1960 collection draws together six short stories from major figures in the landscape of German literature. Broadly representing the period from the beginning of the twentieth century to 1945, it includes carefully chosen selections from the writings of Thomas Mann, Herman Hesse, Robert Walser, Franz Kafka, Stefan Zweig and Friedo Lampe. All of the stories are printed in the original German, although each author is provided with an English introduction and a German-English vocabulary is included at the end of the text. This concise volume will interest anyone with an interest in German literature and its language.