  We have carried out a deep near-infrared survey of a bright-rimmed molecular
cloud, BRC 14 (IC 1848A). The 10 sigma limiting magnitude of the survey is 17.7
mag at the K-band. Seventy-four sources are classified as young stellar object
(YSO) candidates based on the near-infrared color-color diagram. The faintest
YSO candidates may have masses of an order of tenths of the solar mass,
assuming the age of 1 Myr. We examined three values as indicators of star
formation; fraction of the YSO candidates, extinctions of all sources, and
near-infrared excesses of the YSO candidates. All indicators increase from
outside of the rim to the center of the molecular cloud, which suggests that
the formation of the low-mass stars in the BRC 14 region proceeds from outside
to the center of the cloud.
