''Debits and Credits'' is a 1926 collection of fourteen stories, nineteen poems, and two scenes from a play
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, an English writer who wrote extensively about British

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in India and Burma. Four of the poems that accompany the stories are whimsically presented as translations from the "Bk. V of Odes" by Horace, but are actually poems by Kipling imitating the style of the Roman poet.

Stories

*"The Enemies to Each Other" : The story of

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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

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in wartime *"The United Idolaters" : A tale of school life, in which Stalky & Co discover ''

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'' 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" : A 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

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*"The Bull that Thought" : A story about an uncannily intelligent bull with a flair for the

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*"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

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*"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

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, 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’ *

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*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

References

External links

* Full text of
Debits and Credits
' at Project Gutenberg Australia

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Contents

Stories

Poems

Play Fragments

References

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