Debits and Credits (Kipling)

Debits and Credits (Kipling)

Debits and Credits is a collection of fourteen stories, nineteen poems and two scenes from a play[1] by Rudyard Kipling. The collection was first published in 1926. Four of the poems are translations of odes by Horace. The copyright in the United States expires in 2020.[2]

Contents

Contents

Stories

  • "The Enemies to Each Other"
The story of Adam and Eve retold in the style of a Muslim fable
  • "Sea Constables: a Tale of ’15"
Weekend sailors turned naval officers discuss their patrolling of the coast over dinner
  • " 'In the Interests of the Brethren' "
An account of the generous hospitality of a Masonic Lodge in wartime
  • "The United Idolaters"
A tale of school life, in which Stalky & Co discover Uncle Remus and outrage a new master
  • "The Wish House"
An old Sussex woman talks about the love of her life and the price she paid for loving him
  • "The Janeites"
An still-bewildered old soldier recalls how he came to join a 'secret society' of Jane Austen admirers and gives his own unique take on her oeuvre
  • "The Prophet and the Country"
A stranded motorist meets an exiled American who explains his passionate objection to Prohibition
  • "The Bull that Thought"
A story about an uncannily intelligent bull with a flair for the bullfight
  • "A Madonna of the Trenches"
After the war, a soldier reveals the true cause of his "shell-shock"
  • "The Propagation of Knowledge"
A tale of school life, in which Stalky & Co bait their English master with the Curiosities of Literature and the Baconian theory
  • "A Friend of the Family"
An Australian soldier avenges his friend by waging war on the home front
  • "On the Gate: a Tale of ’16"
A fantasy in which St Peter and the administrators of Heaven struggle to cope with the surge of souls from the war
  • "The Eye of Allah"
In a mediaeval abbey, an artist shows some doctors an early microscope, which provokes debate
  • "The Gardener"
A story about respectability and mother-love

Poems

  • The Changelings
  • The Vineyard
  • ‘Banquet Night’
  • To the Companions (Horace, ode 17, Bk. v.)
  • The Centaurs
  • ‘Late Came the God’
  • Rahere
  • The Survival (Horace, Ode 22 Bk. v.)
  • Jane’s Marriage
  • The Portent (Horace, Ode 20, Bk, v.)
  • Alnaschar and the Oxen
  • Gipsy Vans
  • The Birthright
  • A Legend of Truth
  • We and They
  • The Supports
  • Untimely
  • The Last Ode: Nov. 27, B.C. 8 (Horace, Ode 31, Bk. v.)
  • The Burden

Play Fragments

  • Gow’s Watch : Act IV. Sc. 4
  • Gow’s Watch: Act V. Sc. 3

Online texts

References

  1. ^ Readers' Guide Introduction
  2. ^ Copyright Renewal R117669

External links

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