PUCK OF POOK’S HILL BOOKS BY RUDYARD KIPLING PUCK OF POOK’S HILL THEY TRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIES THE FIVE NATIONS THE JUST SO SONG BOOK JUST SO STORIES KIM STALKY & CO. THE DAY’S WORK THE BRUSHWOOD BOY FROM SEA TO SEA DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES AND BALLADS AND BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS THE LIGHT THAT FAILED LIFE’S HANDICAP: BEING STORIES OF MINE OWN PEOPLE UNDER THE DEODARS, THE PHANTOM ’RICKSHAW, AND WEE WILLIE WINKIE SOLDIERS THREE, THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS, AND IN BLACK AND WHITE SOLDIER STORIES THE KIPLING BIRTHDAY BOOK (WITH WOLCOTT BALESTIER) THE NAULAHKA [Illustration: ‘“Go!” she says. “Go with my Leave an’ Goodwill.”’ _See page 247_] Puck of Pook’s Hill By Rudyard Kipling _Illustrated by_ Arthur Rackham, A.R.W.S. NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1906 Copyright, 1905, 1906, by RUDYARD KIPLING Published, October, 1906 _All rights reserved,_ _including that of translation into foreign languages,_ _including the Scandinavian_ ROBIN GOODFELLOW—HIS FRIENDS By RUDYARD KIPLING I. A Centurion of the Thirtieth. II. On the Great Wall. III. The Winged Hats. IV. Hal o’ the Draft. V. Dymchurch Flit. VI. The Treasure and the Law. Copyright, 1906, by RUDYARD KIPLING. CONTENTS PAGE _Puck’s Song_ 1 Weland’s Sword 5 _A Tree Song_ 29 Young Men at the Manor 33 _Sir Richard’s Song_ 55 _Harp Song of the Dane Women_ 59 The Knights of the Joyous Venture 61 _Thorkild’s Song_ 87 Old Men at Pevensey 91 _The Runes on Weland’s Sword_ 119 A Centurion of the Thirtieth 125 _A British-Roman Song_ 145 On the Great Wall 149 _A Song to Mithras_ 173 The Winged Hats 177 _A Pict Song_ 201 Hal o’ the Draft 207 _A Smugglers’ Song_ 227 _The Bee Boy’s Song_ 231 ‘Dymchurch Flit’ 233 _A Three-Part Song_ 251 _Song of the Fifth River_ 255 The Treasure and the Law 257 _The Children’s Song_ 276 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS