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Macmillan and Co, London (1925). 387p. Pocket edition: blue boards with gilt spine and elephant rondel on the cover. Top edge gilt.
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Here Kipling adds to the world's catalogue of inventions since the dawn of time with a few of his own notable examples. Many Inventions brings together a number of Kipling's short stories and includes such works as 'His Private Honour', 'Brugglesmith' and 'The Record Of Badalia Herodsfoot'. Embracing his eternal preoccupations of Anglo-Indian relations and human sufferings, this collection is a fine example of Kipling's entire work.
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English
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A short story collection. The title refers to a verse from Ecclesiastes, which is quoted on the title page: "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions."
The fourteen stories are preceded by a poem, "To the True Romance", and followed by another poem, "Anchor Song".
The Disturber of Traffic
A Conference of the Powers
My Lord the Elephant
One View of the Question
'The Finest Story in the World'
His Private Honour
A Matter of Fact
The Lost Legion
In the Rukh
'Brugglesmith'
'Love-o’-Women'
The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot
Judson and the Empire
The Children of the Zodiac
The fourteen stories are preceded by a poem, "To the True Romance", and followed by another poem, "Anchor Song".
The Disturber of Traffic
A Conference of the Powers
My Lord the Elephant
One View of the Question
'The Finest Story in the World'
His Private Honour
A Matter of Fact
The Lost Legion
In the Rukh
'Brugglesmith'
'Love-o’-Women'
The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot
Judson and the Empire
The Children of the Zodiac