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n s. VIIL DEC. 20, 1913.] NOTES AND QUERIES.


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UXCOLLECTED KIPLING ITEMS.

(See ante, pp. 441, 464.)

Ix my next set will be found the title of seven short stories, one sketch, and one play written or published between 1910 and the present month :

As Easy as A. B.C. A Tale of 2150 A.D. Preceded by a quotation from the author's own story ' With the Night Mail, 2000 A.D.' London Maga- zine (London), March and April, 1912. 3 illus- trations by F. Gardner.

Benefactor (The). A Political Fable. Preceded by two stanzas. National Review, July, 1912.

Edge of the Evening (The). The story of two spies' invasion of England by aeroplane. Pre- ceded by two four -line stanzas. Pall Mall Magazine (London), December 13, 1913.

Harbour Watch (The). A one-act play produced at the Royalty Theatre, April 22, 1913.

Honours of War (The). An English Service story. Preceded by three stanzas? Windsor Magazine (London), September, 1911. 3 illustrations by L. Raven Hill.

Horse Marines (The). A story of the Services. Pearson's Magazine (London), October, 1910. 4 illustrations by Charles Crombie.

In the Presence. An Indian story. Pearson's Magazine., March, 19' 2. 3 illustrations by W. Russell Flint. Has a London setting at the time of King Edward VII. 's death.

In the Same Boat. An English story. Harper's Magazine, December, 1911. 2 illustrations by \V. Hatherell, R.I.

Unrecorded Trial (An). A parody in the Shake- snearean style. The Car (London), June 25, 1913. With one illustration by "F. F."

The fourth group includes the poems

which have appeared in the daily press from

1907 to the present date:

City of Brass (The). Seven stanzas, with a quota- tion from the ' Arabian Nights.' Morning Post (London), June 28. 1909. A Political poem.

Dead King (The). Eight irregular stanzas. Times (London), and other papers, May 18, 1910. A tribute to Edward VII. Was issued as a booklet with decorations and borders by VV. Heath Robinson, 1910 (Hodder).

Declaration of London (The). Five stanzas with a prose prelude. Morning Post, June 29, 1911. Political.

K-.7-1907. Three stanzas. Daily Telegraph, December 24, 1907. The Jubilee of the Indan Mutiny.

Female of the Species (The). Thirteen stanzas. Morning Post, October 20, 1911.

France. Five stanzas, with a prelude-refrain. Morning Post, June 24, 1913. Written on the occasion of President Poincare's visit to England and London.

Protection Suits by Airmen. An article. The Car (London), July 27, 1910. Six diagrams by the author.

Sons of Martha (The). Eight stanzas. Standard, April 21), 1907.

Spies' March (The). A Prelude (extract from a private letter) and nine stanzas. The Literary Pageant issued in aid of the " Prince Francis of


Teck Memorial Fund " for the Middlesex Hospital (T. Werner Laurie), 1911.

Ulster. Six stanzas, with a quotation from Isaiah. Morning Post, April 9. 1912.

Xext are given the titles of certain short stories that have found a refuge in some American and Canadian editions, or in early English editions. To them I have added two poetry titles for reasons which will be apparent. They are apt to get over- looked by reason of their detachment from the rest of the author's work.

Almanac of Twelve Sports (An). By William Nicholson. Words by Rudyard Kipling. A Dedication (1 stanza). Jan., Hunting (2); Feb., Coursing (1) ; March, Racing (1) ; April, Boat- ing (1); May, Fishing (1); June, Cricket (2); July, Archery (1) ; Aug., Coaching (1) ; Sept., Shooting (1); Oct., Golf (1); Nov., Boxing (1) : Dec., Skating (2). Epilogue (1 stanza). Heine- man n, 1897.

Bitters Neat. An Anglo-Indian story. In the Outward Bound Edition (American) and Morang & Co.'s Toronto Edition.

Blind Little Devil of Chance (The). See 'Mrs. Hauksbee Sits Out.'

Dedication (The) "To My Most Dear Father." At the end of ' In Black and White ' in the Rupee Indian Library Edition.

Doctors. Reprint of an address delivered to the students of the Medical School of the Middlesex Hospital, Oct. 1, 1908 (Macmillan). "Sold for the Benefit of the Hospital."

Enlightenment of Pagett, M.P. (The). An Anglo- Indian story. Contemporary Review (London ), September, 1890. Also in the Oversea (American) Edition of ' In Black and White.'

Haunted Subalterns. An Anglo-Indian story. In American and Canadian editions of ' Plain Tales from the Hills.'

Mrs. Hauksbee Sits Out. An " Unhistorical Ex- travaganza." Illustrated London News. Christ- mas Number. 1890. 7 illustrations by A. Forestier. With a poem in the dialogue 'The Blind Little Devil of Chance.' In the Outward Bound (Ameri- can) Edition.

Of Those Called. A short story. In some Ame- rican editions of ' Soldiers Three.' A tale of the marine service.

Pit that they Digged (The). An Anglo-Indian story. In some American editions.

Preface to the Address of Captain J. MafHin, Duke of Derry's (Pink) Hussars. In the Rupee Indian Library Edition of ' The Story of the Gadsbys.'

Track of a Lie (The). A short story In /The Phantom Rickshaw' in some American editions.

Wreck of the Visigoth (The). A short story. In Macmillan's American edition of ' Soldiers Three.'

Particulars of a number of interesting fragments are brought together in the final series :

Foreloper (The). A fragment. Now comprised in 'The Voortrekker' in 'Songs from Books.'

14 In the Iroquois at Buffalo that partnership broke up." First of four lines printed in Pearson's Magazine, January, 1898.