Kipling Reader The Selections From The Books Of Rudyard Kipling

The Kipling Reader is a selection of the best works of Rudyard Kipling, an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist, mostly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. The book contains some of the most famous short stories like "Tiger! Tiger!," "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," "How Fear Came" and others.

Excerpt from The Kipling Reader: Selections From the Books of Rudyard Kipling Good gracious, ' said Teddy's mother, and that's a wild creature! I suppose he's so tame because we've been kind to him.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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These are selections of Kipling's writings; some poems, some fiction, some history but all by the master storyteller himself. Prose: 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' -- William the Conqueror, Part I -- William the Conqueror, Part II -- Wee Willie Winkie -- A matter of fact -- Mowgli's brothers -- The lost legion -- Namgay Doola -- A germ-destroyer -- 'Tiger! Tiger!' -- Tods' amendment -- The story of Muhammad Din -- The finances of the gods -- Moti Guj, Mutineer. Poetry: The native born -- The flowers -- Municipal -- The Coastwise Lights -- The English flag -- England's answer -- The Overland Mail -- In spring time.