War Stories and Poems

This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful episodes of retreat and failure.

General Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. xii
Note on the Text	p. xxvi
Select Bibliography	p. xxxiii
A Chronology of Kipling's Life and Works	p. xxxvi
War Stories and Poems
The Imperial Frontiers
The Widow's Party	p. 5
The Drums of the Fore and Aft	p. 7
That Day	p. 39
A Conference of the Powers	p. 41
The Young British Solider	p. 55
The Light that Failed, Chapter 2	p. 58
'Fuzzy-Wuzzy'	p. 68
The Mutiny of the Mavericks	p. 70
Ford o' Kabul River	p. 89
The Lost Legion	p. 91
Arithmetic on the Frontier	p. 103
Slaves of the Lamp, Part 2	p. 105
The Boer War
Rimmon	p. 125
The Way That He Took	p. 127
The Outsider	p. 145
Stellenbosch	p. 161
A Sahibs' War	p. 163
'Wilful-Missing'	p. 181
The Comprehension of Private Copper	p. 183
Half-Ballade of Waterval	p. 194
The Captive	p. 196
Chant-Pagan	p. 219
The Great War
Gethsemane	p. 225
'Swept and Garnished'	p. 226
Mary Postgate	p. 235
The Changelings	p. 250
Sea Constables	p. 251
The Vineyard	p. 268
Introduction to The Irish Guards in the Great War	p. 269
A Recantation	p. 276
A Friend of the Family	p. 278
Mesopotamia	p. 293
A Madonna of the Trenches	p. 294
The Mother's Son	p. 309
The Gardener	p. 310
Epitaphs of the War (Selection)	p. 321
Appendix: Kipling under Fire: The Battle of Kari Siding	p. 325
Explanatory Notes	p. 328
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