Contents: Introduction/Kipling’s story. Stories: 1. On the city wall. 2. Moti guj-Mutineer. 3. In the matter of a private. 4. The bridge builders. 5. Little Tobrah. 6. The tomb of his ancestors. 7. The maltese cat. 8. The finances of the Gods. 9. William the conqueror—part I. 10. William the conqueror—part II. Poems: 1. The ballad of east and west. 2. A song of the English. 3. When earth’s last picture is painted. 4. The white man’s burden. 5. Hymn before action. 6. Gunga din. 7. The widow at Windsor. 8. Mandalay. 9. Shillin’ a day. 10. The ‘eathen. 11. The love song of Har Dyal. 12. Tommy.

"What perhaps pleased Kipling most was when he noticed that the amount in his bank account was inexplicably higher than it should have been by his reckoning. He discovered that many people had not encashed the cheques he had sent them. Instead, they had preferred to retain them as autographs."