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Peacock, Thomas Love
English fiction -- 19th century; Orangutans -- Fiction; Satire
_ATHENÆUM._—“We tender our sincere thanks to Mr. Kipling for the
hour of pure and unadulterated enjoyment which he has given us,
and many another reader, by this inimitable _Jungle Book_.”
_PUNCH._—“‘Æsop’s Fables and dear old Brer Fox and Co.,’ observes
the Baron sagely, ‘may have suggested to the fanciful genius of
Rudyard Kipling the delightful idea, carried out in the most
fascinating style, of _The Jungle Book_.’”
=WEE WILLIE WINKIE= and other Stories. Crown 8vo. 6s.
=SOLDIERS THREE= and other Stories. Crown 8vo. 6s.
_ST. JAMES’S GAZETTE._—“In these, as the faithful are aware, are
contained some of Mr. Kipling’s very finest work.”
_GLOBE._—“Containing some of the best of his highly vivid work.”
=PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS.= Thirty-first Thousand. Crown 8vo. 6s.
_Saturday Review._—“Mr. Kipling knows and appreciates the English in
India, and is a born story-teller and a man of humour into the
bargain.... It would be hard to find better reading.”
_GLASGOW HERALD._—“Character, situation, incident, humour, pathos,
tragic force, are all in abundance; words alone are at a minimum.
Of course these are ‘plain’ tales—lightning-flash tales. A gleam,
and there the whole tragedy or comedy is before you—elaborate it
for yourself afterwards.”
=THE LIGHT THAT FAILED.= Re-written and considerably enlarged.
Nineteenth Thousand. Crown 8vo. 6s.
_ACADEMY._—“Whatever else be true of Mr. Kipling, it is the first
truth about him that he has power, real intrinsic power.... Mr.
Kipling’s work has innumerable good qualities.”
_MANCHESTER COURIER._—“The story is a brilliant one and full of
vivid interest.”
=LIFE’S HANDICAP.= Being Stories of Mine Own People. Twenty-third
Thousand. Crown 8vo. 6s.
_BLACK AND WHITE._—“_Life’s Handicap_ contains much of the best work
hitherto accomplished by the author, and, taken as a whole, is a
complete advance upon its predecessors.”
_OBSERVER._—“The stories are as good as ever, and are quite as well
told.... _Life’s Handicap_ is a volume that can be read with
pleasure and interest under almost any circumstances.”
=MANY INVENTIONS.= Twentieth Thousand. Crown 8vo. 6s.
_PALL MALL GAZETTE._—“The completest book that Mr. Kipling has yet
given us in workmanship, the weightiest and most humane in breadth
of view.... It can only be regarded as a fresh landmark in the
progression of his genius.”
_NATIONAL OBSERVER._—“The book is one for all Mr. Kipling’s admirers
to rejoice in—some for this, and some for that, and not a few for
well-nigh everything it contains.”
_BY J. LOCKWOOD KIPLING._
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