Rudyard Kipling/Works

Rudyard Kipling's Works

Books

(all collections of short stories except as noted)

• Departmental Ditties (1886, poetry)
• Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
• Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White (1888)
• Under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie (1888)
• Barrack Room Ballads (1890, poetry)
• Life's Handicap (1891)
• The Light that Failed (1891, novel)
• The Naulahka - A story of West and East (1892)
• Many Inventions (1893)
• The Jungle Book (1894)
  • "Mowgli's Brothers" (short story)
  • "Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack" (poem)
  • "Kaa's Hunting" (short story)
  • "Road-Song of the Bandar-Log" (poem)
  • "Tiger! Tiger!" (short story)
  • "Mowgli's Song That He Sang at the Council Rock When He Danced on Shere Khan's Hide" (poem)
  • "The White Seal" (short story)
  • "Lukannon" (poem)
  • "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (short story)
  • "Darzee's Chaunt (Sung in Honour of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi)" (poem)
  • "Toomai of the Elephants" (short story)
  • "Shiv and the Grasshopper (The Song That Toomai's Mother Sang to the Baby)" (poem)
  • "Her Majesty's Servants" (short story)
  • "Parade-Song of the Camp Animals" (poem)
• The Second Jungle Book (1895)
• Captains Courageous (1896)
• The Seven Seas (1896, poetry)
• The Day's Work (1898)
• A Fleet in Being (1898)
• Stalky & Co. (1899)
  • "In Ambush"
  • "Slaves of the Lamp, Part I"
  • "An Unsavoury Interlude"
  • "The Impressionists"
  • "The Moral Reformers"
  • "A Little Prep."
  • "The Flag of their Country"
  • "The Last Term"
  • "Slaves of the Lamp, Part II"
• From Sea to Sea - Letters of Travel (1899)
• The Five Nations (1903, poetry)
• Kim (1901, novel)
• Just So Stories for Little Children (1902)
  • "How the Whale Got His Throat"
  • "How the Camel Got His Hump"
  • "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin"
  • "How the Leopard Got His Spots"
  • "The Elephant's Child"
  • "The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo"
  • "The Beginning of the Armadillos"
  • "How the First Letter Was Written"
  • "How the Alphabet Was Made"
  • "The Crab That Played With the Sea"
  • "The Cat That Walked by Himself"
  • "The Butterfly That Stamped"
• Traffics and Discoveries (1904)
• Puck of Pook's Hill (1906)
• Actions and Reactions (1909)
• Rewards and Fairies (1910)
• Songs from Books (1912)
• Sea Warfare (1916)
• A Diversity of Creatures (1917)
• The Years Between (1919, poetry)
• Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides (1923)
• The Irish Guards in the Great War (1923)
• Debits and Credits (1926)
• A Book of Words (1928)
• Thy Servant a Dog (1930)
• Limits and Renewals (1932)
• Something of Myself (1937)

Poems

• "The Advertisement"
• "An American"
• "The American Rebellion"
• "Anchor Song"
• "Angutivaun Taina"
• "The Answer"
• "The Anvil"
• "Arithmetic On the Frontier"
• "Army Headquarters"
• "Arterial"
• "As the Bell Clinks"
• "An Astrologer's Song"
• "At His Execution"
• "Azrael's Count"
• "Back to the Army Again"
• "The Ballad of Boh Da Thone"
• "The Ballad of Bolivar"
• "A Ballad of Burial"
• "The Ballad Of the Cars"
• "The Ballad of the "Clampherdown"
• "The Ballad of East and West"
• "Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House"
• "A Ballad of Jakko Hill"
• "The Ballad of the King's Jest"
• "The Ballad of the King's Mercy"
• "The Ballad of Minepit Shaw"
• "The Ballad of the Red Earl"
• "Banquet Night"
• "Beast and Man in India"
• "The Bee-Boy's Song"
• "The Bees and Flies"
• "Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm"
• "The Beginner"
• "The Beginning"
• "The Bells and Queen Victoria"
• "The Bell Buoy"
• "The Benefactors"
• "Belts"
• "The Betrothed"
• "Big Steamers"
• "Bill 'awkins"
• "Birds of Prey March"
• "The Birthright"
• "Blue Roses"
• "Bobs"
• "Boots"
• "The Bother"
• "The Boy Scouts' Patrol Song"
• "The Braggart"
• "Bridge-Guard in the Karroo"
• "A British-Roman Song"
• "The Broken Men"
• "Brookland Road"
• "Brown Bess"
• "Buddha at Kamakura"
• "The Burden"
• "The Burial"
• "Butterflies"
• "By the Hoof of the Wild Goat"
• "Cain and Abel"
• "The Captive"
• "Carmen Circulare"
• "A Carol"
• "Cells"
• "The Centaurs"
• "Certain Maxims of Hafiz"
• "The Changelings"
• "Chant-Pagan"
• "Chapter Headings"
• "A Charm"
• "The Children's Song"
• "A Child's Garden"
• "Cholera Camp"
• "Christmas in India"
• "Cities and Thrones and Powers"
• "The City of Sleep"
• "Cleared"
• "The Coastwise Lights"
• "A Code of Morals"
• "The Coiner"
• "Cold Iron"
• "Columns"
• "The Comforters"
• "The Consolations of Memory"
• "Contradictions"
• "The Conundrum of the Workshops"
• "A Counting-Out Song"
• "Covenant"
• "The Craftsman"
• "Cruisers"
• "Cuckoo Song"
• "The Cure"
• "Dane-Geld"
• "Danny Deever"
• "Darzee's Chount"
• "The Dawn Wind"
• "The Day's Work"
• "The Dead King"
• "A Death-Bed"
• "The Declaration of London"
• "Dedication"
• "A Dedication"
• "The Deep-Sea Cables"
• "Delilah"
• "A Departure"
• "The Derelict"
• "The Destroyers"
• "Dinah in Heaven"
• "The Disciple"
• "Divided Destinies"
• "Doctors"
• "The Dove of Dacca"
• "The Dutch in the Medway"
• "The Dying Chauffeur"
• "Eddi's Service"
• "Edgehill Fight"
• "The Egg-Shell"
• "En-Dor"
• "England's Answer"
• "The English Flag"
• "The 'eathen"
• "Evarra and His Gods"
• "The Expert"
• "The Explanation"
• "The Explorer"
• "The Fabulists"
• "The Fairies' Siege"
• "The Fall of Jock Gillespie"
• "Farewell and adieu..."
• "Fastness"
• "The Feet Of the Young Men"
• "The Female of the Species"
• "The Fires"
• "The First Chantey"
• "The Flight"
• "The Floods"
• "The Flowers"
• "Follow Me 'ome"
• "For All We Have And Are"
• "Ford O'Kabul River"
• "For to Admire"
• "The Four Angels"
• "Four-Feet"
• "The Four Points"
• "Frankie's Trade"
• "The French Wars"
• "Fuzzy-Wuzzy"
• "The Galley-Slave"
• "Gallio's Song"
• "Gehazi"
• "General Joubert"
• "A General Summary"
• "Gentlement-Rankers"
• "Gertrude's Prayer"
• "Gethsemane"
• "Giffen's Debt"
• "The Gift of Sea"
• "The Gipsy Trail"
• "Gipsy Vans"
• "The Glory of the Garden"
• "The Gods of the Copybook Headings"
• "The Grave of the Hundred Head"
• "Great-Heart"
• "The Greek National Anthem"
• "Gunga Din"
• "Half-Ballad of Waterval"
• "Harp Song of the Dane Women"
• "Helen All Alone"
• "Heriot's Ford"
• "The Heritage"
• "The Holy War"
• "The Hour of the Angel"
• "The Houses"
• "Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack"
• "Hyaenas"
• "Hymn Before Action"
• "Hymn to Physical Pain"
• "The Idiot Boy"
• "If--"
• "I Keep Six Honest..."
• "An Imperial Rescript"
• "In the Matter of One Compass"
• "In the Neolithic Age"
• "In Springtime"
• "The Instructor"
• "The Inventor"
• "The Irish Guards"
• "The Jacket"
• "James I"
• "Janes Marriage"
• "The Jester"
• "Jubal and Tubal Cain"
• "The Juggler's Song"
• "The Jungle Books"
• "The Junk and the Dhow"
• "Justice"
• "The Justice's Tale"
• "Just So Stories"
• "Kim"
• "The King"
• "The Kingdom"
• "The King's Job"
• "The King's Task"
• "Kitchener's School"
• "The Ladies"
• "Lady Geraldine's Hardship"
• "The Lament of the Border Cattle Thief"
• "The Land"
• "The Landau"
• "The Last Chantey"
• "The Last Department"
• "The Last Lap"
• "The Last Ode"
• "The Last of the Light Brigade"
• "The Last Rhyme of True Thomas"
• "The Last Suttee"
• "Late Came the God"
• "The Law of the Jungle (From The Jungle Book)"
• "The Legend of Evil"
• "The Legend of the Foreign Office"
• "The Legend of Mirth"
• "A Legend of Truth"
• "L'envoi"
• "L'envoi"
• "L'envoi to "Life's Handicap"
• "The Lesson"
• "Lichtenberg"
• "The Light That Failed"
• "The Liner She's a Lady"
• "The Long Trail"
• "Loot"
• "Lord Roberts"
• "The Lost Legion"
• "The Lovers' Litany"
• "The Love Song of Har Dyal"
• "The Lowestoft Boat"
• "Lukannon"
• "Macdonough's Song"
• "The Man Who Could Write"
• "Mandalay"
• "Many Inventions"
• "The Mare's Nest"
• "The Married Man"
• "The "Mary Gloster"
• "Mary, Pity Women!"
• "Mary's Son"
• "The Masque of Plenty"
• "The Master-Cook"
• "McAndrew?'s Hymn"
• "The Men That Fought at Minden"
• "The Merchantmen"
• "Merrow Down"
• "Mesopotamia"
• "Mine Sweepers"
• "The Miracles"
• "The Moon of Other Days"
• "The Moral"
• "Morning Song in the Jungle"
• "The Mother-Lodge"
• "Mother o' Mine"
• "The Mother's Son"
• "Mowgli's Song"
• "Mowgli's Song Against People"
• "Mulholland's Contract"
• "Municipal"
• "My Boy Jack"
• "My Father's Chair"
• "My Lady's Law"
• "My New-Cut Ashlar"
• "My Rival"
• "The Native Born"
• "A Nativity"
• "Natural Theology"
• "The Naulahka"
• "The Necessitarian"
• "Neighbours"
• "The New Nighthood"
• "Norman and Saxon"
• "The North Sea Patrol"
• "La Nuit Blanche"
• "The Nursing Sister"
• "The Old Issue"
• "Old Mother Laidinwool"
• "An Old Song"
• "The Oldest Song"
• "One Viceroy Resigns"
• "The Only Son"
• "Oonts"
• "Our Fathers Also"
• "Our Fathers of Old"
• "The Outlaws"
• "Outsong in the Jungle"
• "The Overland Mail"
• "A Pageant of Elizabeth"
• "Pagett, M.P."
• "The Palace"
• "Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals"
• "The Peace of Dives"
• "The Penalty"
• "Pharaoh and the Sergeant"
• "Philadelphia"
• "A Pict Song"
• "A Pilgrim's Way"
• "The Pink Dominoes"
• "The Pirates In England"
• "The Playmate"
• "The Plea of the Simla Dancers"
• "Poceidon's Law"
• "Poor Honest Men"
• "The Portant"
• "Possibilities"
• "The Post That Fitted"
• "The Power of the Dog"
• "The Prairie"
• "The Prayer"
• "The Prayer of Miriam Cohen"
• "Prelude"
• "A Preface"
• "The Press"
• "The Pro-Consuls"
• "The Prodigal Son"
• "The Progress of the Spark"
• "Prophets at Home"
• "Public Waste"
• "Puck's Song"
• "The Puzzler"
• "The Queen's Men"
• "The Question"
• "The Rabbi's Song"
• "Rebirth"
• "The Recall"
• "A Recantation"
• "Recessional"
• "Rector's Memory"
• "The Reeds of Runnymede"
• "The Reformers"
• "The Return"
• "The Return of the Children"
• "The Rhyme of the Three Captains"
• "The Rhyme of the Three Sealers"
• "Rimini"
• "Rimmon"
• "A Ripple Song"
• "The Rivers Tale"
• "Road-Song of the Bandar-Log"
• "The Roman Centurion's Song"
• "Romulus and Remus"
• "Route Marchin'"
• "The Rowers"
• "The Runes on the Weland's Sword"
• "The Run of Downs"
• "The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin"
• "Russia to the Pacifists"
• "The Sacrifice of Er-Heb"
• "Sappers"
• "A School Song"
• "Screw-Guns"
• "The Sea And the Hills"
• "Seal Lullaby"
• "The Sea-Wife"
• "The Second Voyage"
• "The Secret of the Machinery"
• "Sepulchral"
• "The Sergeant's Weddin'"
• "A Servant When He Reigneth"
• "Sestina of the Tramp-Royal"
• "Settler"
• "Seven Watchmen"
• "Shillin' a Day"
• "Sir Richard's Song"
• "A Smuggler's Song"
• "Snarleyow"
• "Soldier an' Sailor Too"
• "Soldier, Soldier"
• "The Song at Cock-Crow"
• "A Song in Storm"
• "The Song of the Bunjo"
• "The Song of the Cities"
• "The Song of the Dead"
• "Song of Diego Valdez"
• "The Song of the English"
• "Song of the Fifth River"
• "Song of the Galley-Slaves"
• "A Song of Kabir"
• "The Song of the Little Hunter"
• "Song of the Men's Side"
• "The Song of the Old Guard"
• "Song of the Red War-Boat"
• "The Song of Seven Cities"
• "Song of Seventy Horses"
• "The Song of the Sons"
• "A Song of Travel"
• "A Song of the White Men"
• "Song of the Wise Children"
• "The Song of the Women"
• "The Songs of the Lathes"
• "The Sons of Martha"
• "South Africa"
• "The Spies' March"
• "A St. Helen Lullaby"
• "The Story of Ung"
• "The Story of Uriah"
• "The Stranger"
• "Study of Elevation, In Indian Ink"
• "The Survival"
• "Sussex"
• "A Tale of Two Cities"
• "Tarrant Moss"
• "Things and the Man"
• "Thorkild's Song"
• "The Thousandth Man"
• "A Three-Part Song"
• "The Threshold"
• "Tin Fish"
• "To the City of Bombay"
• "To the Companions"
• "Together"
• "To James Whitcomb Riley"
• "To a Lady, Persuading Her to a Car"
• "To Motorists"
• "To T. A."
• "The Totem"
• "To Thomas Atkins"
• "To the True Romance"
• "To the Unknown Goddess"
• "To Wolcott Balestier"
• "Tomlinson"
• "Tommy"
• "The Tour"
• "The Trade"
• "A Translation"
• "A Tree Song"
• "Troopin'"
• "The Truce of the Bear"
• "A Truthful Song"
• "Two Kopjes"
• "Two Months"
• "The Two-Sided Man"
• "Ulster"
• "The Undertaker's Horse"
• "Untimely"
• "The Vampire"
• "The Verdicts"
• "The Veterans"
• "The Vineyard"
• "The Virginity"
• "The Wage-Slaves"
• "The Way Through the Woods"
• "We and They"
• "The Wet Litany"
• "What Happened"
• "What the People Said"
• "When Earth's Last Pictures Is Painted"
• "When the Great Ark"
• "When the Jorney Was Intented To the City"
• "When 'Omer Smote..."
• "The Widower"
• "White Horses"
• "The White Man's Burden"
• "The Widow's Party"
• "The Widow at Windsor"
• "Wilful Missing"
• "The Winners"
• "The Wishing-Caps"
• "With Drake in the Tropics"
• "With Scindia to Delphi"
• "You Mustn't Swim..."
• "The Young British Soldier"
• "Zion"