 Kawan Bergeloet contains twelve short stories or sketches written by Soeman , seven of which had initially been written for and published in Pandji Poestaka . The remaining stories were written especially for the new collection . The first edition included an article on Soeman , written by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana , which had previously been published in the January 1936 issue of Pedoman Pembatja . This has been excluded from some later reissues . 
