''Debits and Credits'' is a 1926 collection of fourteen stories, nineteen poems, and two scenes from a play
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, but are actually poems by Kipling imitating the style of the Roman poet.

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 ''Stalky & Co.'' is a novel by Rudyard Kipling about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. It is a collection of school stories whose three juvenile protagonists display a know-it-all, cynical outlook on patriotism and authority. It was ...

discover '' Uncle Remus'' and outrage a new master *"The Wish House" : An old

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

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 Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

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

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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 Rahere (pronounced ), or Raher or Raherius, was an Anglo-Norman priest and monk. He was a favourite of King Henry I and is most famous for having founded the Priory of the Hospital of St Bartholomew in 1123. Many of the details of Rahere's ...

*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

{{Rudyard Kipling 1926 poetry books 1926 short story collections English poetry collections Poetry by Rudyard Kipling Short story collections by Rudyard Kipling

Contents

Stories

Poems

Play Fragments

References

External links