PREFACE
In these two volumes I have got together the bulk of the special correspondence and occasional articles written by me for the Civil and Military Gazette and the Pioneer between 1887-1889. I have been forced to this action by the enterprise of various publishers who, not content with disinterring old newspaper work from the decent seclusion of the office files, have in several instances seen fit to embellish it with additions and interpolations.
RUDYARD KIPLING.
CONTENTS OF PART I
LETTERS OF MARQUE
| I | |
| PAGE | |
| Of the Beginning of Things. Of the Taj and the Globe-trotter.The Young Man from Manchester and CertainMoral Reflections | [3] |
| II | |
| Shows the Charm of Rajputana and of Jeypore, the City ofthe Globe-trotter. Of its Founder and its Embellishment.Explains the Use and Destiny of the Stud-bred,and fails to explain Many More Important Matters | [10] |
| III | |
| Does not in Any Sort describe the Dead City of Amber, butgives Detailed Information about a Cotton-Press | [18] |
| IV | |
| The Temple of Mahadeo and the Manners of Such as seeIndia. The Man by the Water-troughs and his Knowledge.The Voice of the City and what it said. Personalitiesand the Hospital. The House Beautiful ofJeypore and its Builders | [25] |
| V | |
| Of the Sordidness of the Supreme Government on the RevenueSide; and of the Palace of Jeypore. A Great King'sPleasure-house, and the Work of the Servants of State | [33] |
| VI | |
| Showing how her Majesty's Mails went to Udaipur and fellout by the Way | [41] |
| VII | |
| Touching the Children of the Sun and their City, and theHat-marked Caste and their Merits, and a Good Man'sWorks In the Wilderness | [50] |
| VIII | |
| Divers Passages of Speech and Action whence the Nature,Arts, and Disposition of the King and his Subjects maybe observed | [62] |
| IX | |
| Of the Pig-drive which was a Panther-killing, and of theDeparture to Chitor | [70] |
| X | |
| A Little of the History of Chitor, and the Malpractices of aShe-elephant | [78] |
| XI | |
| Proves conclusively the Existence of the Dark Tower visitedby Childe Rolande, and of "Bogey" who frightensChildren | [88] |
| XII | |
| Contains the History of the Bhumia of Jhaswara, and theRecord of a Visit to the House of Strange Stories. Demonstratesthe Felicity of Loaferdom, which is the VeritableCompanionship of the Indian Empire, and proposesa Scheme for the Better Officering of Two Departments | [100] |
| XIII | |
| A King's House and Country. Further Consideration of theHat-marked Caste | [113] |
| XIV | |
| Among the Houyhnhnms | [124] |
| XV | |
| Treats of the Startling Effect of a Reduction in Wages andthe Pleasures of Loaferdom. Paints the State of theBoondi Road and the Treachery of Ganesh of Situr | [134] |
| XVI | |
| The Comedy of Errors and the Exploitation of Boondi. TheCastaway of the Dispensary and the Children of theSchools. A Consideration of the Shields of Rajasthanand Other Trifles | [144] |
| XVII | |
| Shows that there may be Poetry in a Bank, and attempts toshow the Wonders of the Palace of Boondi | [158] |
| XVIII | |
| Of the Uncivilised Night and the Departure to Things Civilised.Showing how a Friend may keep an Appointmenttoo well | [171] |
| XIX | |
| Comes back to the Railway, after Reflections on the Managementof the Empire; and so Home again, withApology to All who have read thus far | [180] |
FROM SEA TO SEA
| I | |
| Of Freedom and the Necessity of using her. The Motive andthe Scheme that will come to Nothing. A Disquisitionupon the Otherness of Things and the Torments of theDamned | [193] |
| II | |
| The River of the Lost Footsteps and the Golden Mystery uponits Banks. The Iniquity of Jordan. Shows how a Manmay go to the Shway Dagon Pagoda and see it not andto the Pegu Club and hear too much. A Dissertation onMixed Drinks | [202] |
| III | |
| The City of Elephants which is governed by the Great Godof Idleness, who lives on the Top of a Hill. The Historyof Three Great Discoveries and the Naughty Children ofIquique | [214] |
| IV | |
| Showing how I came to Palmiste Island and the Place ofPaul and Virginia, and fell Asleep in a Garden. A Disquisitionon the Folly of Sight-seeing | [223] |
| V | |
| Of the Threshold of the Far East and the Dwellers thereon.A Dissertation upon the Use of the British Lion | [233] |
| VI | |
| Of the Well-dressed Islanders of Singapur and their Diversions;proving that All Stations are exactly Alike. Showshow One Chicago Jew and an American Child can poisonthe Purest Mind | [240] |
| VII | |
| Shows how I arrived in China and saw entirely through theGreat Wall and out upon the Other Side | [247] |
| VIII | |
| Of Jenny and her Friends. Showing how a Man may go tosee Life and meet Death there. Of the Felicity of Lifeand the Happiness of Corinthian Kate. The Womanand the Cholera | [259] |
| IX | |
| Some Talk with a Taipan and a General: proves in whatManner a Sea Picnic may be a Success | [268] |
| X | |
| Shows how I came to Goblin Market and took a Scunner at itand cursed the Chinese People. Shows further how Iinitiated all Hong-Kong into our Fraternity | [281] |
| XI | |
| Of Japan at Ten Hours' Sight, containing a Complete Accountof the Manners and Customs of its People, a Historyof its Constitution, Products, Art, and Civilisation,and omitting a Tiffin in a Tea-house with O-Toyo | [291] |
| XII | |
| A Further Consideration of Japan. The Inland Sea andGood Cookery. The Mystery of Passports and Consulatesand Certain Other Matters | [305] |
| XIII | |
| The Japanese Theatre and the Story of the Thunder Cat.Treating also of the Quiet Places and the Dead Man inthe Street | [313] |
| XIV | |
| Explains in what Manner I was taken to Venice in the Rainand climbed into a Devil Fort; a Tin-pot Exhibitionand a Bath. Of the Maiden and the Boltless Door,the Cultivator and his Fields, and the Manufacture ofEthnological Theories at Railroad Speed. Ends withKioto | [323] |
| XV | |
| Kioto, and how I fell in Love with the Chief Belle there afterI had conferred with Certain China Merchants who traffickedin Tea. Shows further how, in a Great Temple,I broke the Tenth Commandment in Fifty-three Placesand bowed down before Kano and a Carpenter. Takesme to Arashima | [337] |
| XVI | |
| The Party in the Parlour who played Games. A CompleteHistory of All Modern Japanese Art; a Survey of thePast and a Prophecy of the Future, arranged and composedin the Kioto Factories | [352] |
| XVII | |
| Of the Nature of the Tokaido and Japanese Railway Construction.One Traveller explains the Life of the Sahib-Log,and Another the Origin of Dice. Of the Babies inthe Bath Tub and the Man in D. T. | [363] |
| XVIII | |
| Concerning a Hot-water Tap, and Some General Conversation | [375] |
| XIX | |
| The Legend of Nikko Ford and the Story of the Avoidance ofMisfortune | [386] |
| XX | |
| Shows how I grossly libelled the Japanese Army, and editeda Civil and Military Gazette which is not in the leastTrustworthy | [396] |
| XXI | |
| Shows the Similarity between the Babu and the Japanese.Contains the Earnest Outcry of an Unbeliever. TheExplanation of Mr. Smith of California and Elsewhere.Takes me on Board Ship after Due Warning to thosewho follow | [411] |
| XXII | |
| Shows how I came to America before My Time and wasmuch shaken in Body and Soul | [423] |
| XXIII | |
| How I got to San Francisco and took Tea with the Nativesthere | [436] |
| XXIV | |
| Shows how through Folly I assisted at a Murder and wasAfraid. The Rule of the Democracy and the Despotismof the Alien | [451] |