The five nations / by Rudyard Kipling
1903, First Colonial Edition. London : Methuen and Co. Good library copy in the original cloth boards, blind- and gilt-blocked to the front and spine respectively. Slightly dust-dulled overall, and rubbed at the extremities. Small tears to front joint and at the headband. Endpapers slightly foxed, as are edges, occasionally reaching the margins. Minor library marks remain. A well-preserved volume overall. Item #458602
Series ; Methuen's colonial library. Physical description: xiii, [3], 215 pages, 38 pages ; 19 cm. Notes: Separately-paginated publisher's advertisements at rear. Contents: Dedication -- The sea and the hills -- The bell buoy -- Cruisers -- The destroyers -- White horses -- The second voyage -- The dykes -- The song of Diego Valdez -- The broken men -- The feet of the young men -- The truce of the bear -- The old men -- The explorer -- The wage-slaves -- The burial -- General Joubert -- The palace -- Sussex -- Song of the wise children -- Buddha at Kamakura -- The white man's burden -- Pharaoh and the sergeant -- Our lady of the snows -- 'Et dona ferentes' -- Kitchener's school -- The young queen -- Rimmon -- The old issue -- Bridge-guard in the Karroo -- The lesson -- The files -- The reformers -- Dirge of dead sisters -- The islanders -- The peace of Dives -- South Africa -- The settler -- Service songs: Chant-pagan -- M.I. -- Columns -- The parting of the columns -- Two kopjes -- The instructor -- Boots -- The married man -- Lichtenberg -- Stellenbosh -- Half-ballad of Waterval -- Piet -- 'Wilful-missing' -- Ubique -- The return -- Recessional. Subjects: Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. English poetry - 20th century. South African War, 1899-1902 - Poetry. Commonwealth countries - Poetry.
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