Humoresken (Zweites Bändchen) / Wider den Strom. - Die Feuerspritze. - Eine Abendwanderung. - Der alte Schreiber.

A compact collection of humorous short pieces that alternate satirical pastiches, playful inventions, and reflective vignettes. One novelette reconstructs an amusing courtly episode through purported letters and reports; another tells a comic farce built around a small-town firefighting contraption. A meditative evening-walk vignette sketches shifting moods and perceptions, and a final piece portrays the quirks and memories of an aging scribe. Tonally varied, the pieces combine light irony, anecdotal narration, and observational wit to examine vanity, social pretence, and the poignancy beneath everyday absurdities.