INTRODUCTORY NOTE It is difficult to conceive of anything more exciting to the true bibliographer than Kiplingana. Mr. Kipling's juvenilia were numerous and interesting; from the contributions to his school magazine, which he edited (hence perhaps his recent good-natured contribution to the Horsmonden Budget), to the privately-printed opuscula of his family and himself. Parallels occur in the productions of the juvenile Rossettis, from the Polidori Press; and the youthful productions of Robert Louis Stevenson. We do not learn that Mr. Kipling made illustrations or decorations for his own booklets, but then, of course, he had a master of design in his father, Mr. J. Lockwood Kipling, whose care for the externals of his son's work, begun so early, has lasted up to the magnificent collected edition; and this devotion to one another of father and son is one of the most beautiful features in modern literary annals. The bibliographer has much sport in finding out the whys and wherefores of the first editions of the Indian Railway Library. No doubt errors will be discovered in the following pages, and I shall gladly welcome any information that will enable me to correct them, in the event of further editions being called for. It is possible that Mr. Kipling may not be gratified at my drawing attention to portions of his works not yet reprinted; but that his admirers will thank me I have very little doubt. My thanks are specially due to Col. W. F. Prideaux, whose aid has been invaluable; also to Mr. W. J. Dare, Mr. Frederic Denham, Mr. H. J. Brown, Mr. Robson, Mr. Thomas Hodge, Mr. Lionel Jones, and to my friend Mr. Herbert G. Jenkins, without whose assistance the work could not have been carried through. GI, The Albany, Piccadilly, W. October 7th, 1899. JOHN LANE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RUDYARD KIPLING. 1881-1894. THE UNITED SERVICES COLLEGE CHRONICLE. Published as the College Magazine at "Westward Ho," Northam, North Devon, where Rudyard Kipling was educated. He was co-editor from June, 1881, to December. 1882 (Nos. 4 to 12 inclusive), and a contributor at intervals until the year 1894. 1881. "(Printed for private circulation only.)” SCHOOLBOY LYRICS. | BY | RUDYARD KIPLING. | Lahore. | Printed at the "Civil and Military Gazette" Press | 1881. | Fcap 8vo. (in many cases cut down), pp. iv., unnumbered, and 46. Brown paper wrapper, with title and author's name in centre, a repetition of title page. 1884. ECHOES. | BY TWO WRITERS. | The Duke: "A new Song, Sirrah?" The fledglings of the nest will try their pipes, Old Play. Medium 16mo., pp. iv. (second page of contents numbered ii.), and 72. N.D. [1884.] Light buff wrapper, with "Echoes--By Two Writers" running diagonally from bottom left-hand corner, and "Lahore: The Civil and Military Gazette Press horizontally at foot. 1885. 1885 | QUARTETTE. | The Christmas Annual | of the | Civil & Military Gazette | BY | FOUR ANGLO-INDIAN WRITERS. | Lahore: | The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press | MDCCCLXXXV. Royal 8vo. (cut down) pp. iv., unnumbered, and 125, also viii. pp. of advertisements, numbered, at end. Grey paper wrappers. "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes" and "The Phantom 'Rickshaw" first appeared in this publication. The "Four Anglo-Indians" were Mr. and Mrs, J. Lockwood Kipling and their Son and Daughter. 1886. DEPARTMENTAL | DITTIES | AND OTHER | VERSES. No. I. of 1886. On Her Majesty's Service Only. To All Heads of Departments | and All Anglo-Indians. | RUDYARD KIPLING, Assistant. | Department of Public Journalism. Lahore District. | Oblong 8vo., pp. vi., unnumbered, and 56, unnumbered. Printed on one side only. Buff paper wrapper, in form of a public document, with flap, upon which, in the form of a circular seal, appears: Lahore | The Civil and Military | Gazette | Press. | Third Edition. Crown 8vo. (broad), pp. viii., numbered, and 84. Blue cloth. Calcutta Thacker, Spink, & Co. London: W. Thacker & Co. 1888. Fourth Edition, with Additional Poems. Pp. viii., numbered, and 121. Green cloth. Calcutta Thacker, Spink, & Co. London: W. Thacker & Co. Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ltd. 1890. Fifth Edition. Pp. viii., numbered, and 121. Blue cloth. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. London: W. Thacker and Co. Bombay: Thacker & Co., Ltd. 1890. Sixth Edition. Pp. viii., unnumbered, and 125. Blue cloth. This edition has a Glossary added; in other respects it is identical with the Fifth Edition. 1891. Ninth Edition (Japanese vellum), with Illustrations by Dudley Cleaver. 8vo., pp. 189. Bound parchment, blue linen sides, with design in gold. 1898. Tenth Edition, with Illustrations by Dudley Cleaver. Pp. xvi., numbered, and 189. London: Thacker and Co. 1898. A Cheap Edition. Demy 8vo., pp. 126, paper wrapper. Portrait. Geo. Newnes & Co., Ltd. 1899. 1888. PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS BY | RUDYARD KIPLING | Author of " 'Departmental Ditties and other Verses." | Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co. | London: W. Thacker & Co. | 1888. Crown 8vo., pp. xii., numbered. and 283, verso of last page blank. Bound in citron cloth. 28 of the 40 tales appeared originally in the "Civil and Military Gazette," the others were new. Contents: "Lispeth," "Three and-an Extra," "Thrown Away,' ""Miss Youghal's Sais," "Yoked with an Unbeliever," ""False Dawn," ""The Rescue of Pluffles," "Cupid's Arrows, ," "The Three Musketeers," "His Chance of Life,' ""Watches of the Night," "The Other Man," Consequences," "The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin," "The Taking of Lungtungpen," "A Germ Destroyer," "Kidnapped," ""The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly," "In the House 66 |