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Title: A Diversity of Creatures
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Release Date: August 2, 2004 [eBook #13085]
Language: English
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A Diversity of
Creatures
By Rudyard Kipling
1917
PREFACE

With two exceptions, the dates at the head of these stories show when they were published in
magazine form. 'The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat,' and 'My Son's Wife' carry the
dates when they were written.

RUDYARD KIPLING.
CONTENTS
As Easy as ABC
MacDonough's Song
Friendly Brook
The Land

In the Same Boat
'Helen all Alone'
The Honours of War

The Children
The Dog Hervey
The Comforters
The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat
The Press
A Diversity of Creatures
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In the Presence
Jobson's Amen
Regulus
A Translation
The Edge of the Evening
Rebirth
The Horse Marines
The Legend of Mirth
'My Son's Wife'
The Floods
The Fabulists
The Vortex
The Song of Seven Cities
'Swept and Garnished'
Mary Postgate
The Beginnings
A DIVERSITY OF CREATURES
As Easy as A.B.C.
(1912)

The A.B.C., that semi-elected, semi-nominated body of a few score persons, controls the
Planet. Transportation is Civilisation, our motto runs. Theoretically we do what we please, so
long as we do not interfere with the traffic and all it implies. Practically, the A.B.C. confirms
or annuls all international arrangements, and, to judge from its last report, finds our tolerant,
humorous, lazy little Planet only too ready to shift the whole burden of public administration
on its shoulders.

'With the Night Mail[1].'
[1] Actions and Reactions.
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