1899 THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK RUDYARD KIPLING ILL. LTHR!!

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THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK Rudyard Kipling; 1899; The Century Co.; Illustrated John Lockwood Kipling; 324 Pages; 4.9"x 7.6"; Leather; Rare!! Great for any fan of the Nobel Prize wining Author or Collector. Highly Collectible and hard to come by pre-1900!!! Attributes: A Charming marble cover design with leather binding and corners, with five slightly raised bands and nice gold detail, marble end pages, gold tops of pages, a lovely title page with lots of great illustrations throughout and a great classic read!!! Summary: The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling . First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India , most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont . All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. "How Fear Came": This story takes place before Mowgli fights S Khan. During a drought, Mowgli and the animals gather at a shrunken river for a 'water truce', during which Hathi the elephant tells the story of how the first tiger got his stripes. This story can be seen as a forerunner of the Just So Stories . "The King's Ankus ": Mowgli discovers a jewelled object beneath the Cold Lairs which he later discards carelessly, not realizing that men will kill each other to possess it. Note : the first edition of The Second Jungle Book inadvertently omits the final 500 words of this story, in which Mowgli returns the treasure to its hiding-place to prevent further killings. Although the error was corrected in later printings, it was picked up by some later editions. " Letting In the Jungle ": Mowgli has been driven out of the human village for witchcraft, and the superstitious villagers are preparing to kill his adopted parents Messua and her (unnamed) husband . Mowgli rescues them and then prepares to take revenge. " Red Dog ": Mowgli's wolfpack is threatened by a pack of rampaging dhole . Mowgli asks Kaa the python to help him formulate a plan to defeat them. "The Spring Running": Mowgli, now almost seventeen years old, is growing restless for reasons he cannot understand. On an aimless run through the jungle he stumbles across the village w his adopted mother Messua is now living with her two-year old son, and is torn between staying with her and returning to the jungle. "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat": An influential Indian politician abandons his worldly goods to become an ascetic holy man. Later he must save a village from a landslide with the help of the local animals. "The Undertakers": A mugger crocodile , a jackal and an adjutant stork (erroneously referred to as a crane in the story), three of the most unpleasant characters on the river, spend an afternoon bickering with each other until some Englishmen arrive to settle some unfinished business with the crocodile. "Quiquern": A young Inuit hunter and his sled dog set out across the arctic ice on a desperate hunt for food to save their tribe from starvation, guided by the mysterious animal-spirit Quiquern . But Quiquern may not be what it seems.... Background: Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English author and poet. Born in Bombay , British India (now Mumbai), he is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Condition: Condition is Good+/Very Good. Some wear to edges/hinge leather chipping, some edges touched up, pages are very good, hinges/text block are very good. ... read more

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