
The Complete Works
Enriched edition.By Rudyard KiplingLength317h 13m
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Rudyard Kipling's "The Complete Works" encapsulates an extensive oeuvre that spans poetry, short stories, and novels, reflecting the multifaceted nature of the British Empire and the complexities of imperial identity. Characterized by vivid prose and rhythmic poetry, Kipling's writing showcases his mastery of various forms, bringing forth a unique blend of realism and exoticism that explores themes of duty, honor, and the intersection of cultures. From the enchanting tales of "The Jungle Book" to the poignant verses of "If—," Kipling's literary style is both evocative and incisive, offering readers a glimpse into the socio-political fabric of his time while navigating personal and communal narratives that resonate across generations. Rudyard Kipling, born in 1865 in Bombay, India, was profoundly shaped by his experiences in colonial settings. His upbringing in India before being sent to England likely fueled his fascination with the interplay of East and West, reflected throughout his works. An accomplished journalist as well as an author, Kipling's keen observations on colonial life imbue his writings with authenticity, making his stories both compelling and thought-provoking. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907, a testament to his significant contributions to the literary world. This compendium of Kipling's works is invaluable not only for literature enthusiasts but also for those interested in the themes of imperialism, cultural exchange, and identity. Readers are invited to delve into his rich narrative landscapes, gaining insights into the complexities of a bygone era. With depth and nuance, "The Complete Works" stands as a profound literary achievement that remains relevant, inviting contemplation and conversation in today's heterogeneous world.
In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Historical Fiction
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Table of contents
1Introduction
705The Peace of Dives
2Novels:
706South Africa
3The Light That Failed
707The Settler
4Chapter I
708Chant-Pagan
5Chapter II
709M.I.
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6Chapter III
710Columns
7Chapter IV
711The Parting of the Columns
8Chapter V
712Two Kopjes
9Chapter VI
713The Instructor
10Chapter VII
714Boots
11Chapter VIII
715The Married Man
12Chapter IX
716Lichtenberg
13Chapter X
717Stellenbosh
14Chapter XI
718Half-Ballad of Waterval
15Chapter XII
719Piet
16Chapter XIII
720“Wilful-Missing”
17Chapter XIV
721Ubique
18Chapter XV
722The Return
19Captain Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks
723Recessional
20Chapter I
724Songs From Books
21Chapter II
725Preface
22Chapter III
726'Cities and Thrones and Powers'
23Chapter IV
727The Recall
24Chapter V
728Puck's Song
25Chapter VI
729The Way Through the Woods
26Chapter VII
730A Three-Part Song
27Chapter VIII
731The Run of the Downs
28Chapter IX
732Brookland Road
29Chapter X
733The Sack of the Gods
30Kim
734The Kingdom
31Chapter I
735Tarrant Moss
32Chapter II
736Sir Richard's Song
33Chapter III
737A Tree Song
34Chapter IV
738Cuckoo Song
35Chapter V
739A Charm
36Chapter VI
740The Prairie
37Chapter VII
741Chapter Headings: Plain Tales From the Hills
38Chapter VIII
742Cold Iron
39Chapter IX
743A Song of Kabir
40Chapter X
744A Carol
41Chapter XI
745'My New-Cut Ashlar'
42Chapter XII
746Eddi's Service
43Chapter XIII
747Shiv and the Grasshopper
44Chapter XIV
748The Fairies' Siege
45Chapter XV
749A Song to Mithras
46The Naulahka: A Story of West and East
750The New Knighthood
47I
751Outsong in the Jungle
48II
752Harp Song of the Dane Women
49III
753The Thousandth Man
50IV
754The Winners
51V
755A St. Helena Lullaby
52VI
756Chil's Song
53VII
757The Captive
54VIII
758The Puzzler
55IX
759Hadramauti
56X
760Chapter Headings
57XI
761The Naulahka
58XII
762The Light That Failed
59XIII
763Gallio's Song
60XIV
764The Bees and the Flies
61XV
765Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
62XVI
766'Our Fathers Also'
63XVII
767A British-Roman Song
64XVIII
768A Pict Song
65XIX
769The Stranger
66XX
770'Rimini'
67XXI
771'Poor Honest Men'
68Short Story Collections:
772'When the Great Ark'
69The City of Dreadful Night
773Prophets at Home
70Chapter 1. A Real Live City
774Jubal and Tubal Cain
71Chapter 2. The Reflections of a Savage
775The Voortrekker
72Chapter 3. The Council of the Gods
776A School Song
73Chapter 4. On the Banks of the Hughli
777The Law of the Jungle
74Chapter 5. With the Calcutta Police
778'A Servant When He Reigneth'
75Chapter 6. The City of Dreadful Night
779'Our Fathers of Old'
76Chapter 7. Deeper and Deeper Still
780The Heritage
77Chapter 8. Concerning Lucia
781Chapter Headings: 'Beast and Man in India'
78Plain Tales From the Hills
782Life's Handicap
79Lispeth
783Kim
80Three And—an Extra
784Many Inventions
81Thrown Away
785Song of the Fifth River
82Miss Youghal's Sais
786The Children's Song
83Yoked With an Unbeliever
787Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals
84False Dawn
788Elephants of the Gun-Teams
85The Rescue of Pluffles
789Gun-Bullocks
86Cupid's Arrows
790Cavalry Horses
87His Chance in Life
791Screw-Gun Mules
88Watches of the Night
792Commissariat Camels
89The Other Man
793All the Beasts Together
90Consequences
794If—
91The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin
795The Prodigal Son
92A Germ Destroyer
796The Necessitarian
93Kidnapped
797The Jester
94The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly
798A Song of Travel
95The House of Suddhoo
799The Two-Sided Man
96His Wedded Wife
800'Lukannon'
97The Broken Link Handicapped
801An Astrologer's Song
98Beyond the Pale
802'The Power of the Dog'
99In Error
803The Rabbi's Song
100A Bank Fraud
804The Bee Boy's Song
101Tods' Amendment
805The Return of the Children
102In the Pride of His Youth
806Merrow Down
103Pig
807Old Mother Laidinwool
104The Rout of the White Hussars
808Chapter Headings: Just-So Stories
105The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case
809The Looking-Glass
106Venus Annodomini
810The Queen's Men
107The Bisara of Pooree
811The City of Sleep
108The Gate of a Hundred Sorrows
812The Widower
109The Story of Muhammad Din
813The Prayer of Miriam Cohen
110On the Strength of a Likeness
814The Song of the Little Hunter
111Wressley of the Foreign Office
815Gow's Watch
112By Word of Mouth
816The Wishing Caps
113To Be Held for Reference
817'By the Hoof of the Wild Goat'
114The Three Musketeers
818Song of the Red War-Boat
115The Taking of Lungtungpen
819Morning Song in the Jungle
116The Daughter of the Regiment
820Blue Roses
117A Friend’s Friend
821A Ripple Song
118The Madness of Private Ortheris
822Butterflies
119Haunted Subalterns
823My Lady's Law
120Bitters Neat
824The Nursing Sister
121Soldier’s Three
825The Love Song of Har Dyal
122The God From the Machine
826A Dedication
123Of Those Called
827Mother O' Mine
124Private Learoyd's Story
828The Only Son
125The Big Drunk Draf'
829Mowgli's Song Against People
126The Wreck of the Visigoth
830Romulus and Remus
127The Solid Muldoon
831Chapter Headings: The Jungle Books
128With the Main Guard
832The Egg-Shell
129In the Matter of a Private
833The King's Task
130Black Jack
834Poseidon's Law
131L'Envoi
835A Truthful Song
132Poor Dear Mamma
836A Smuggler's Song
133The World Without
837King Henry VII. And the Shipwrights
134The Tents of Kedar
838The Wet Litany
135With Any Amazement
839The Ballad of Minepit Shaw
136The Garden of Eden
840Heriot's Ford
137Fatima
841Frankie's Trade
138The Valley of the Shadow
842The Juggler's Song
139The Swelling of Jordan
843Thorkild's Song
140Dray Wara Yow Dee
844'Angutivaun Taina'
141The Judgment of Dungara
845Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
142At Howli Thana
846Song of the Men's Side
143Gemini
847Darzee's Chaunt
144At Twenty-Two
848The Four Angels
145In Flood Time
849The Prayer
146The Sending of Dana Da
850The Years Between
147On the City Wall
851Dedication
148Soldier’s Three - Part II
852The Rowers
149'Love-O'women'
853The Veterans
150The Big Drunk Draf'
854The Declaration of London
151The Mutiney of the Mavericks
855Ulster
152The Man Who Was
856The Covenant
153Only a Subaltern
857France
154In the Matter of a Private
858'For All We Have and Are'
155The Lost Legion
859A Song in Storm
156The Drums of the Fore and Aft
860The Outlaws
157Judson and the Empire
861Zion
158A Conference of the Powers
862Lord Roberts
159The Phantom ‘Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories
863The Question
160The Phantom 'Rickshaw
864The Choice
161My Own True Ghost Story
865The Holy War
162The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes
866The Houses
163The Man Who Would Be King
867Russia to the Pacifists
164"The Finest Story in the World"
868The Irish Guards
165Under the Deodars
869A Nativity
166The Education of Otis Yeere
870En-Dor
167At the Pit's Mouth
871A Recantation
168A Wayside Comedy
872My Boy Jack
169The Hill of Illusion
873The Verdicts
170A Second-Rate Woman
874Mesopotamia
171Only a Subaltern
875The Hyænas
172In the Matter of a Private
876The Spies' March
173The Enlightenments of Pagett, M.P
877The Sons of Martha
174Wee Willie Winkie
878Mary's Son
175Wee Willie Winkie
879The Song of the Lathes
176Baa Baa, Black Sheep
880Gethsemane
177His Majesty the King
881The Pro-Consuls
178The Drums of the Fore and Aft
882The Craftsman
179Life’s Handicap
883Things and the Man
180Preface
884The Benefactors
181The Lang Men O' Larut
885The Dead King
182Reingelder and the German Flag
886A Death-Bed
183The Wandering Jew
887Gehazi
184Through the Fire
888The Virginity
185The Finances of the Gods
889A Pilgrim's Way
186The Amir's Homily
890The Oldest Song
187Jews in Shushan
891Natural Theology
188The Limitations of Pambe Serang
892A Song at Cock-Crow
189Little Tobrah
893The Female of the Species
190Bubbling Well Road
894Epitaphs
191'The City of Dreadful Night'
895'The City of Brass'
192Georgie Porgie
896Justice
193Naboth
897Other Poems
194The Dream of Duncan Parrenness
898Dedication
195The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney
899A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song
196The Courting of Dinah Shadd
900A Child's Garden
197On Greenhow Hill
901A Counting-Out Song
198The Man Who Was
902A Departure
199The Head of the District
903A Legend of the Foreign Office
200Without Benefit of Clergy
904A Legend of Truth
201At the End of the Passage
905A Pageant of Elizabeth
202The Mutiny of the Mavericks
906A Preface
203The Mark of the Beast
907A Rector's Memory
204The Return of Imray
908A Song in the Desert
205Namgay Doola
909A Song of Bananas
206Burtran and Bimi
910A Song of French Roads
207Moti Guj—mutineer
911A Song of the White Men
208L'Envoi
912A Translation
209Many Inventions
913Akbar's Bridge
210To the True Romance
914Alnaschar and the Oxen
211The Disturber of Traffic
915Arterial
212A Conference of the Powers
916At His Execution
213My Lord the Elephant
917Azrael's Count
214One View of the Question
918"Back To the Army Again"
215‘The Finest Story in the World’
919Banquet Night
216His Private Honour
920"Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm"
217A Matter of Fact
921Big Steamers
218The Lost Legion
922Bobs
219In the Rukh
923Brown Bess
220‘Brugglesmith’
924Cain and Abel
221‘Love-O’-Women’
925Carmen Circulare
222The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot
926Cells
223Judson and the Empire
927Chartres Windows
224The Children of the Zodiac
928"Cleared"
225Anchor Song
929Contradictions
226The Jungle Book
930Covenent
227The Jungle Book
931Dane-Geld
228Mowgli's Brothers
932Danny Deever
229Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
933Dedication from "Barrack-Room Ballads"
230Kaa's Hunting
934Dinah in Heaven
231Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
935Doctors
232"Tiger! Tiger!"
936Edgehill Fight
233Mowgli's Song
937Evarra And His Gods
234The White Seal
938"Farewell and adieu..."
235Lukannon
939Fastness
236"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
940Four-Feet
237Darzee's Chaunt
941Fox-Hunting
238Toomai of the Elephants
942"Fuzzy-Wuzzy"
239Shiv and the Grasshopper
943Gentlmen-Rankers
240Her Majesty's Servants
944Gertrude's Prayer
241Parade-Song of the Camp Animals
945Giffen's Debt
242The Second Jungle Book
946Gipsy Vans
243How Fear Came
947Great-Heart
244The Law Of The Jungle
948Half-Ballade of Waterval
245The Miracle of Purun Bhagat
949"Helen all Alone"
246A Song Of Kabir
950His Apologies
247Letting In The Jungle
951Hymn of Breaking Strain
248Mowgli's Song Against People
952Hymn of the Triumphant Airman
249The Undertakers
953Hymn to Physical Pain
250A Ripple Song
954"I Keep Six Honest..."
251The King's Ankus
955If
252The Song Of The Little Hunter
956In Springtime
253Quiquern
957In the Matter of One Compass
254"Angutivun Tina"
958In the Neolithic Age
255Red Dog
959James I
256Chil's Song
960Jane's Marriage
257The Spring Running
961Just So Stories
258The Outsong
962Kitchener's School
259The Day’s Work
963Lady Geraldine's Hardship
260The Bridge-Builders
964"Late Came the God"
261A Walking Delegate
965L'Envoi to "Life's Handicap"
262The Ship That Found Herself
966Lollius
263The Tomb of His Ancestors
967London Stone
264The Devil and the Deep Sea
968Macdonough's Song
265William the Conqueror
969Memories
266Part I
970Mine Sweepers
267Part II
971Mowgli's Song
268.007
972My Father's Chair
269The Maltese Cat
973"My New-Cut Ashler"
270"Bread Upon the Waters"
974Neighbours
271An Error in the Fourth Dimension
975Norman and Saxon
272My Sunday at Home
976One Viceroy Resigns
273The Brushwood Boy
977Oonts
274Stalky and Co.
978Our Lady of the Sackcloth
275"In Ambush"
979Pagett, M.P.
276Slaves of the Lamp
980Pan in Vermont
277An Unsavory Interlude
981Philadelphia
278The Impressionists
982Poseidon's Low
279The Moral Reformers
983"Poison of Asps"
280A Little Prep
984Prelude
281The Flag of Their Country
985Public Waste
282The Last Term
986Rahere
283Slaves of the Lamp Part II
987Rebirth
284Just So Stories
988Seal Lullaby
285How the Whale Got His Throat
989Sepulchral
286How the Camel Got His Hump
990Seven Watchmen
287How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
991Shillin' a Day
288How the Leopard Got His Spots
992"Soldier an' Sailor Too"
289The Elephant's Child
993Songs of Seventy Horses
290The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo
994Song of the Dynamo
291The Beginning of the Armadillos
995Song of the Galley-Slaves
292How the First Letter Was Written
996Stellenbosch
293How the Alphabet Was Made
997"Such as in Ships"
294The Crab That Played With the Sea
998Supplication of the Black Aberdeen
295The Cat That Walked by Himself
999The Absent-Minded Beggar
296The Butterfly That Stamped
1000The Advertisement
297Traffics and Discoveries
1001The American Rebellion
298The Captive
1002The Answer
299The Bonds of Discipline
1003The Anvil
300A Sahibs' War
1004The Appeal
301"Their Lawful Occasions"
1005The Ballad of the Cars
302The Comprehension of Private Copper
1006The Ballad of the Red Earl
303Steam Tactics
1007The Bee-Boy's Song
304"Wireless"
1008The Beginner
305The Army of a Dream
1009The Beginnings
306"They"
1010The Bells and Queen Victoria
307Mrs. Bathurst
1011The Birthright
308Below the Mill Dam
1012The Bother
309Puck of Pook’s Hill
1013The Hyaenas
310Weland's Sword
1014The Braggart
311Young Men at the Manor
1015The Burden
312The Knights of the Joyous Venture
1016The Centaurs
313Old Men at Pevensey
1017The Changelings
314A Centurion of the Thirtieth
1018The Children
315On the Great Wall
1019The Clerks and the Bells
316The Winged Hats
1020The Coiner
317Hal O' the Draft
1021The Comforters
318'Dymchurch Flit'
1022The Conundrum of the Workshops
319The Treasure and the Law
1023The Consolations of Memory
320Actions and Reactions
1024The Cure
321An Habitation Enforced: The Recall
1025The Dawn Wind
322Garm—A Hostage: The Power of the Dog
1026The Day's Work
323The Mother Hive: The Bees and the Flies
1027The Disciple
324With the Night Mail: The Four Angels
1028The Dove of Dacca
325A Deal in Cotton: The New Knighthood
1029The Dutch in the Medway
326The Puzzler
1030The Dying Chauffeur
327Little Foxes
1031The English Way
328Gallio's Song
1032The Expert
329The House Surgeon: The Rabbi's Song
1033The Explanation
330Abaft the Funnel
1034The Fabulists
331Preface
1035The Fires
332Erastasius of the Whanghoa
1036The Flight
333Her Little Responsibility
1037The Floods
334A Menagerie Aboard
1038The Four Points
335A Smoke of Manila
1039The French Wars
336The Red Lamp
1040The Friends
337The Shadow of His Hand
1041The Galley-Slave
338A Little More Beef
1042The Gift of the Sea
339The History of a Fall
1043The Gipsy Trail
340Griffiths the Safe Man
1044The Glories
341It
1045The Glory of the Garden
342A Fallen Idol
1046The Gods of the Copybook Headings
343New Brooms
1047The Greek National Anthem
344Tiglath Pileser
1048The Hour of the Angel
345The Likes O’ Us
1049The Idiot Boy
346His Brother S Keeper
1050The Inventor
347“Sleipner,” Late “Thurinda”
1051The Junk and the Dhow
348A Supplementary Chapter
1052The Justice's Tale
349Chatauquaed
1053The King and the Sea
350The Bow Flume Cable-Car
1054The King's Job
351In Partibus
1055The King's Pilgrimage
352Letters on Leave
1056The Land
353The Adoration of the Mage
1057The Landau
354A Death in the Camp
1058The Last Lap
355A Really Good Time
1059The Last Ode
356On Exhibition
1060The Last of the Light Brigade
357The Three Young Men
1061The Legend of Evil
358My Great and Only
1062The Legend of Mirth
359“The Betrayal of Confidences”
1063The Long Trail
360The New Dispensation—I
1064The Lost Legion
361The New Dispensation—II
1065The Lowestoft Boat
362The Last of the Stories
1066The Master-Cook
363A Charm: Introduction
1067"The Men That Fought at Minden"
364Cold Iron: Cold Iron
1068The Moral
365Gloriana
1069The Mother's Son
366Gloriana
1070The North Sea Patrol
367The Looking-Glass
1071The Nurses
368The Wrong Thing
1072The Open Door
369A Truthful Song
1073The Overland Mail
370The Wrong Thing
1074The Parting of the Column
371King Henry VII and the Shipwrights
1075The Penalty
372Marklake Witches
1076The Pirates in England
373The Way Through the Woods
1077The Playmate
374Marklake Witches
1078The Portent
375Brookland Road
1079The Press
376The Knife and the Naked Chalk
1080The Progress of the Spark
377The Run of the Downs
1081The Reeds of Runnymede
378The Knife and the Naked Chalk
1082The River's Tale
379Song of the Men's Side
1083The Roman Centurion's Song
380Brother Square-Toes
1084The Runes of Weland's Sword
381Philadelphia
1085The Sacrifice of Er-Heb
382Brother Square-Toes
1086The Scholars
383If—
1087The Secret of the Machines
384'A Priest in Spite of Himself'
1088The Song of Seven Cities
385A St Helena Lullaby
1089The Song of the Old Guard
386'A Priest in Spite of Himself'
1090The Songs of the Lathes
387'Poor Honest Men'
1091The Storm Cone
388The Conversion of St Wilfrid
1092The Supports
389Eddi's Service
1093The Survival
390The Conversion of St Wilfrid
1094The Threshold
391Song of the Red War-Boat
1095The Totem
392A Doctor of Medicine
1096The Tour
393An Astrologer's Song
1097"The Trade"
394A Doctor of Medicine
1098The Vineyard
395'Our Fathers of Old'
1099The Waster
396Simple Simon
1100The White Man's Burden
397The Thousandth Man
1101The Widow's Party
398Simple Simon
1102The Wishing-Caps
399Frankie's Trade
1103"Tin Fish"
400The Tree of Justice
1104To a Lady, Persuading Her to a Car
401The Ballad of Minepit Shaw
1105To James Whitcomb Riley
402The Tree of Justice
1106To Motorists
403A Carol
1107To the Companions
404The Eyes of Asia
1108To Thomas Atkins
405A Retired Gentleman
1109To Wolcott Balestier
406The Fumes of the Heart
1110"Together"
407The Private Account
1111Troopin'
408A Trooper of Horse
1112Two Months
409A Diversity of Creatures
1113Two Races
410Preface
1114Untimely
411As Easy as A.B.C
1115"Very Many People"
412MacDonough's Song
1116We and They
413Friendly Brook
1117What the People Said
414The Land
1118When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted
415In the Same Boat
1119"When 'Omer Smote 'Is Bloomin' Lyre"
416'Helen All Alone'
1120When the Journey Was Intended to the City
417The Honours of War
1121Wilful Missing
418The Children
1122With Drake in the Tropics
419The Dog Hervey
1123With Scindia to Delphi
420The Comforters
1124"You Must n't Swim..."
421The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat
1125Military Collections:
422The Press
1126A Fleet in Being
423In the Presence
1127Chapter I
424Jobson's Amen
1128Chapter II
425Regulus
1129Chapter III
426A Translation
1130Chapter IV
427The Edge of the Evening
1131Chapter V
428Rebirth
1132France at War
429The Horse Marines
1133France
430The Legend of Mirth
1134I. On the Frontier of Civilization
431'My Son's Wife'
1135An Observation Post
432The Floods
1136"The Barbarian"
433The Fabulists
1137Soldiers in Caves
434The Vortex
1138The Sentinel Hounds
435The Song of Seven Cities
1139Work in the Fields
436'Swept and Garnished'
1140A Wrecked Town
437Mary Postgate
1141In the Cathedral
438The Beginnings
1142II. The Nation's Spirit and a New Inheritance
439Land and Sea Tales
1143The Line That Never Sleeps
440Preface
1144Lesson From the "Boche"
441Winning the Victoria Cross
1145Tragedy of Rheims
442The Way that He Took
1146Iron Nerve and Faith
443An Unqualified Pilot
1147III. Battle Spectacle and a Review
444The Junk and Dhow
1148Farm Life Amidst War
445His Gift
1149Watching the Gun-Fire
446The Master-Cook
1150Behind the German Lines
447A Flight of Fact
1151Veterans of the War
448“Stalky”
1152An Army in Motion
449The Hour of the Angel
1153Artillery and Cavalry
450The Burning of the “Sarah Sands”
1154The Boche as Mr. Smith
451The Last Lap
1155IV. The Spirit of the People
452The Parable of Boy Jones
1156A City and Woman
453A Departure
1157French Officers
454The Bold ’Prentice
1158Front That Never Sleeps
455The Nurses
1159The Business of War
456The Son of His Father
1160A Contrast in Types
457An English School
1161V. Life in Trenches on the Mountain Side
458A Counting-Out Song
1162Trenches
459Debits and Credits
1163In the Front Line
460The Enemies to Each Other
1164Front Line Professionals
461The Changelings
1165Handy Trench-Sweepers
462Sea Constables
1166A Bombarded Town
463The Vineyard
1167Cases for Hospital
464'Banquet Night'
1168VI. The Common Task of a Great People
465'In the Interests of the Brethren'
1169Supports and Reserves
466To the Companions
1170Paris—and No Foreigners
467The United Idolaters
1171A People Transfigured
468The Centaurs
1172The New War
469'Late Came the God'
1173A Nation's Confidence
470The Wish House
1174The New Army in Training
471Rahere
1175I. The Men At Work
472The Survival
1176II. Iron Into Steel
473The Janeites
1177III. Guns and Supply
474Jane's Marriage
1178IV. Canadians in Camp
475The Portent
1179V. Indian Troops
476The Prophet and the Country
1180VI. Territorial Battalions
477Gow's Watch
1181Sea Warfare
478The Bull that Thought
1182The Fringes of the Fleet
479Alnaschar and the Oxen
1183The Auxiliaries I
480Gipsy Vans
1184The Auxiliaries II
481A Madonna of the Trenches
1185Submarines I
482Gow's Watch
1186Submarines II
483The Birthright
1187Patrols I
484The Propagation of Knowledge
1188Patrols II
485A Legend of Truth
1189Tales of "The Trade"
486A Friend of the Family
1190"The Trade"
487We and They
1191I. Some Work in the Baltic
488On the Gate
1192II. Business in the Sea of Marmara
489The Supports
1193III. Ravages and Repairs
490Untimely
1194Destroyers at Jutland
491The Eye of Allah
1195I. Stories of the Battle
492The Last Ode
1196II. The Night Hunt
493The Gardener
1197III. The Meaning of "Joss"
494The Burden
1198IV. The Minds of Men
495‘Thy Servant a Dog’
1199The Neutral
496‘Thy Servant a Dog’
1200The War in the Mountains
497The Great Play Hunt
1201The Roads of an Army
498Toby Dog
1202Podgora
499The Supplication of the Black Aberdeen
1203A Pass, a King, and a Mountain
500A Sea Dog
1204“Only a Few Steps Higher Up”
501His Apologies
1205The Trentino Front
502‘Teem’
1206The Graves of the Fallen
503Limits and Renewals
1207What the Commission Is
504Dayspring Mishandled
1208Its History
505Gertrude’s Prayer
1209Its Finance
506Dinah In Heaven
1210The Cemeteries
507The Woman in His Life
1211Their Design and Care
508Four-Feet
1212Inscriptions, Registers, and Planning
509The Totem
1213Memorials to the Missing
510The Tie
1214Graves of Indian Troops
511The Church that was at Antioch
1215Treatment of Isolated Graves
512The Disciple
1216Removal of Bodies
513The Playmate
1217Battle Memorials
514Aunt Ellen
1218Suggestions from the Public
515Naaman’s Song
1219The Progress of the Work
516The Mother’s Son
1220The Irish Guards in the Great War I & II
517Fairy-Kist
1221The Irish Guards in the Great War – I
518The Coiner
1222Introduction
519A Naval Mutiny
1223Mons To La Bassée
520The Debt
1224La Bassée to Laventie (pt. 1)
521Akbar’s Bridge
1225La Bassée to Laventie (pt. 2)
522The Manner of Men
1226The Salient To The Somme
523At His Execution
1227The Somme To Gouzeaucourt
524Unprofessional
1228Arras To The Armistice (pt. 1)
525The Threshold
1229Arras To The Armistice (pt. 2)
526Neighbours
1230The Irish Guards in the Great War – II
527Beauty Spots
1231Loos And The First Autumn
528The Expert
1232Salient and the Somme (pt. 1)
529The Curé
1233Salient and the Somme (pt. 2)
530The Miracle of Saint Jubanus
1234Rancourt to Bourlon Wood
531Song of Seventy Horses
1235Arras to the End
532Hymn to Physical Pain
1236Appendix A
533The Tender Achilles
1237Appendix B
534The Penalty
1238Appendix C
535Uncovenanted Mercies
1239Travel Collections:
536Azrael’s Count
1240American Notes
537Poetry Collections:
1241Introduction
538Departmental Ditties
1242I. At the Golden Gate
539General Summary
1243II. American Politics
540Army Headquarters
1244III. American Salmon
541Study of an Elevation, in Indian Ink
1245IV. The Yellowstone
542A Legend
1246V. Chicago
543The Story of Uriah
1247VI. The American Army
544The Post That Fitted
1248VII. America's Defenceless Coasts
545Delilah
1249From Sea to Sea
546What Happened
1250Preface
547Pink Dominoes
1251Letters of Marque
548The Man Who Could Write
1252I
549Municipal
1253II
550A Code of Morals
1254III
551The Last Department
1255Iv
552Other Verses
1256V
553The Vampire
1257VI
554To the Unknown Goddess
1258VII
555The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin
1259VIII
556La Nuit Blanche
1260IX
557My Rival
1261X
558The Lovers' Litany
1262XI
559A Ballad of Burial
1263XII
560Divided Destinies
1264XIII
561The Masque of Plenty
1265XIV
562The Mare's Nest
1266XV
563Possibilities
1267XVI
564Christmas in India
1268XVII
565Pagett, M.P
1269XVIII
566The Song of the Women
1270XIX
567A Ballad of Jakko Hill
1271From Sea to Sea
568The Plea of the Simla Dancers
1272No. I
569The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House
1273No. II
570As the Bell Clinks
1274No. III
571An Old Song
1275No. IV
572Certain Maxims of Hafiz
1276No. V
573The Grave of the Hundred Head
1277No. VI
574The Moon of Other Days
1278No. VII
575The Undertaker's Horse
1279No. VIII
576The Fall of Jock Gillespie
1280No. IX
577Arithmetic on the Frontier
1281No. X
578The Betrothed
1282No. XI
579A Tale of Two Cities
1283No. XII
580Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads
1284No. XIII
581The Ballad of East and West
1285No. XIV
582The Last Suttee
1286No. XV
583The Ballad of the King's Mercy
1287No. XVI
584The Ballad of the King's Jest
1288No. XVII
585The Ballad of Boh Da Thone
1289No. XVIII
586The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief
1290No. XIX
587The Rhyme of the Three Captains
1291No. XX
588The Ballad of the Clampherdown
1292No. XXI
589The Ballad of the "Bolivar"
1293No. XXII
590The English Flag
1294No. XXIII
591An Imperial Rescript
1295No. XXIV
592Tomlinson
1296No. XXV
593Barrack-Room Ballads
1297No. XXVI
594Tommy
1298No. XXVII
595Soldier, Soldier
1299No. XXVIII
596Screw-Guns
1300No. XXIX
597Gunga Din
1301No. XXX
598Loot
1302No. XXXI
599'Snarleyow'
1303No. XXXII
600The Widow at Windsor
1304No. XXXIII
601Belts
1305No. XXXIV
602The Young British Soldier
1306No. XXXV
603Mandalay
1307No. XXXVI
604Ford O' Kabul River
1308No. XXXVII
605Route Marchin'
1309The City of Dreadful Night
606The Seven Seas
1310Chapter I. A Real Live City
607A Song of the English
1311Chapter II. The Reflections of a Savage
608The Coastwise Lights
1312Chapter III. The Council of the Gods
609The Song of the Dead
1313Chapter IV. On the Banks of the Hugli
610The Deep-Sea Cables
1314Chapter V. With the Calcutta Police
611The Song of the Sons
1315Chapter VI. The City of Dreadful Night
612The Song of the Cities
1316Chapter VII. Deeper and Deeper Still
613England's Answer
1317Chapter VIII. Concerning Lucia
614The First Chantey
1318Among the Railway Folk
615The Last Chantey
1319Chapter I. A Railway Settlement
616The Merchantmen
1320Chapter II. The Shops
617McAndrews' Hymn
1321Chapter III. Vulcan's Forge
618The Miracles
1322The Giridih Coal-Fields
619The Native-Born
1323Chapter I. On the Surface
620The King
1324Chapter II. In the Depths
621The Rhyme of the Three Sealers
1325Chapter III. The Perils of the Pits
622The Derelict
1326Letters of Travel: 1892 – 1913
623The Song of the Banjo
1327From Tideway to Tideway
624"The Liner She's a Lady"
1328In Sight of Monadnock
625Mulholland's Contract
1329Across a Continent
626Anchor Song
1330The Edge of the East
627The Sea-Wife
1331Our Overseas Men
628Hymn Before Action
1332Some Earthquakes
629To the True Romance
1333Half-A-Dozen Pictures
630The Flowers
1334'Captains Courageous'
631The Last Rhyme of True Thomas
1335On One Side Only
632The Story of Ung
1336Leaves From a Winter Note-Book
633The Three-Decker
1337Letters to the Family
634An American
1338The Road to Quebec
635The Mary Gloster
1339A People at Home
636Sestina of the Tramp-Royal
1340Cities and Spaces
637Barrack-Room Ballads
1341Newspapers and Democracy
638"Back to the Army Again."
1342Labour
639"Birds of Prey" March
1343The Fortunate Towns
640"Soldier An' Sailor Too."
1344Mountains and the Pacific
641Sappers
1345A Conclusion
642That Day
1346Egypt of the Magicians
643"The Men That Fought at Minden."
1347I. Sea Travel
644Cholera Camp
1348II. A Return to the East
645The Ladies
1349III. A Serpent of Old Nile
646Bill 'Awkins
1350IV. Up the River
647The Mother-Lodge
1351V. Dead Kings
648"Follow Me 'Ome"
1352VI. The Face of the Desert
649The Sergeant's Weddin'
1353VII. The Riddle of Empire
650The Jacket
1354Souvenirs of France
651The 'Eathen
1355I
652The Shut-Eye Sentry
1356II
653"Mary, Pity Women!"
1357Brazilian Sketches: 1927
654For to Admire
1358I. The Journey Out
655L'Envoi
1359II. Rio
656An Almanac of Twelve Sports
1360III. The Father of Lightnings
657Hunting
1361IV. A Snake Farm
658Coursing
1362V. San Paulo and a Coffee Estate
659Racing
1363VI. Railways and a Two-Thousand-Feet Climb
660Boating
1364VII. A World Apart
661Fishing
1365How Shakespeare Came to Write the ‘Tempest’
662Cricket
1366Autobiographies:
663Archery
1367A Book of Words
664Coaching
1368I. Literature
665Shooting
1369II. The Claims of Art
666Golf
1370III. Values in Life
667Boxing
1371IV. Imperial Relations
668Skating
1372V. Growth and Responsibility
669The Five Nations
1373VI. The Handicaps of Letters
670Dedication
1374VII A Doctor’s Work
671The Sea and the Hills
1375VIII. The Spirit of the Navy
672The Bell Buoy
1376IX. The Ritual of Government
673Cruisers
1377X. The Verdict of Equals
674The Destroyers
1378XI. The Uses of Reading
675White Horses
1379XII. Some Aspects of Travel
676The Second Voyage
1380XIII. The War and the Schools
677The Dykes
1381XIV. The Magic Square
678The Song of Diego Valdez
1382XV. The First Sailor
679The Broken Men
1383XVI. England and the English
680The Feet of the Young Men
1384XVII. The Scot and the War
681The Truce of the Bear
1385XVIII. The Virtue of France
682The Old Men
1386XIX. A Thesis
683The Explorer
1387XX. A Return to Civilisation
684The Wage-Slaves
1388XXI. The Trees and the Wall
685The Burial
1389XXII. Waking From Dreams
686General Joubert
1390XXIII. Surgeons and the Soul
687The Palace
1391XXIV. “Independence”
688Sussex
1392XXV. The Classics and the Sciences
689Song of the Wise Children
1393XXVI. Work in the Future
690Buddha at Kamakura
1394XXVII. Shipping
691The White Man’s Burden
1395XXVIII. Stationery
692Pharaoh and the Sergeant
1396XXIX. Fiction
693Our Lady of the Snows
1397XXX. The Spirit of the Latin
694Et Dona Ferentes
1398XXXI. Our Indian Troops in France
695Kitchener’s School
1399Something of Myself
696The Young Queen
1400Chaper I. A Very Young Person
697Rimmon
1401Chapter II. The School Before Its Time
698The Old Issue
1402Chapter III. Seven Years’ Hard
699Bridge-Guard in the Karroo
1403Chapter IV. The Interregnum
700The Lesson
1404Chapter V. The Committee of Ways and Means
701The Files
1405Chapter VI. South Africa
702The Reformers
1406Chapter VII. The Very-Own House
703Dirge of Dead Sisters
1407Chapter VIII. Working-Tools
704The Islanders