First collected in 1892, Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads relive the experiences of soldiers sent around the world to defend the Empire-all for little pay and less appreciation. An immediate success, they were unlike anything the public had seen before.
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This "book" should become the classic example for avoiding any purchases of material which do not show their actual pages and layouts. It is equivalent to a second grader's attempt to create a book, not a reputible publishing house. The table of contents bleeds directly into the first poem. None of the poems are laid out by line, instead Quill Pen Press has elected to cram the maximum amount of 12 point type into each line in order to minimize the amount of paper required (all 18 sheets worth!). Without a previous familiarity with the poems herein, Kipling's meter and rhythem can only be guessed at. Worse, almost all of the poems, while short, are so compressed by the layout that they span two pages - and Quill Pen has elected to break internal lines of the poems.
Learn from my mistake - avoid this edition (or anything else from Quill Pen Press for that matter) and purchase one that is compently formatted.
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"What are the bugles blowin' for?" said Files-on-Parade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pity women, ten deaths, poor beggars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gunga Din, The Scots Observer, Danny Deever, Pall Mall Gazette, The Seven Seas, Barrack-Room Ballad, Grand Trunk Road, Johnny Raw, The National Observer, Cornet Toot, Driver's Brother New!
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"What are the bugles blowin' for?" said Files-on-Parade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pity women, ten deaths, poor beggars Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gunga Din, The Scots Observer, Danny Deever, Pall Mall Gazette, The Seven Seas, Barrack-Room Ballad, Grand Trunk Road, Johnny Raw, The National Observer, Cornet Toot, Driver's Brother New!
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- The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling on 6 pages
- Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling on 4 pages
- Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by Rudyard Kipling in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 17
- The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling in Front Matter, page 9, and Back Matter
- Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The Poetry of Rudyard Kipling: Rousing the Nation by Ann Parry on 22 pages
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- A Kipling Primer Including Biographical and Critical Chapters by Frederic Lawrence Knowles on 9 pages
- Rudyard Kipling: A Life by Harry Ricketts on 8 pages
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