Conversation so far:
What was Robert Walser (writer) doing in 1898?
the influential critic Joseph Victor Widmann published a series of poems by Walser in the Bernese newspaper Der Bund.
Was that his first published work?
In 1904, his first book, Fritz Kochers Aufsatze.

Question: How was that book received?
Self-contained rewrite: How was Fritz Kochers Aufsatze by Robert Walser received?