The Jungle Book (1894)

 is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or
"man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves.
The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood.
The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom;
the stories are not about animal behaviour, still less about the Darwinian struggle for survival, but about human archetypes in animal form.
They teach respect for authority, obedience, and knowing one's place in society with "the law of the jungle", but the stories also illustrate the freedom to move between different worlds, such
as when Mowgli moves between the jungle and the village.
Critics have also noted the essential wildness and lawless energies in the stories, reflecting the irresponsible side of human nature.

Story title Summary Epigrammatic poem Notes Image

A boy is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle with the help of Baloo the bear
and Bagheera the black panther, who teach him the "Law of the Jungle". Some
Mowgli's "Hunting-Song of the The story has been published as a "The tiger's roar filled
years later, the wolfpack and Mowgli are threatened by the tiger Shere Khan.
Brothers Seeonee Pack" short book: Night-Song in the Jungle.
Mowgli brings fire, driving off Shere Khan but showing that he is a man and the cave with thunder."
must leave the jungle.
1894

During the time Mowgli was with the wolf pack, he is abducted by
the Bandar-log monkeys to the ruined city. Baloo and Bagheera set out to
Kaa's "Road Song of the Mowgli made leader of
rescue him with Kaa the python. Kaa defeats the Bandar-log, frees Mowgli,
Hunting Bandar-Log"
and hypnotises the monkeys and the other animals with his dance. Mowgli the Bandar-log by John
rescues Baloo and Bagheera from the spell.
Charles Dollman, 1903

Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by Messua and her
husband, who believe him to be their long-lost son. Mowgli leads the village
boys who herd the village's buffaloes. Shere Khan comes to hunt Mowgli, but
Tiger! The story's title is taken from William
he is warned by Gray Brother wolf, and with Akela they find Shere Khan "Mowgli's Song"
Tiger! Blake's 1794 poem "The Tyger". Tiger! Tiger! by W. H.
asleep, and stampede the buffaloes to trample Shere Khan to death. Mowgli
leaves the village, and goes back to hunt with the wolves until he becomes a Drake, 1894
man.
 Many names in the story are Russian,
Kotick, a rare white-furred fur seal, sees seals being killed by islanders in [b]
 as the Pribilof Islands had been
The White the Bering Sea. He decides to find a safe home for his people, and after several
"Lukannon" bought (with Alaska) by the United The White Seal, 1894
Seal years of searching as he comes of age, eventually finds a suitable place. He
States in 1867, and Kipling had
returns home and persuades the other seals to follow him.
access to books about the islands.[16]

An English family have just moved to a house in India. They find Rikki-Tikki-
Tavi the mongoose flooded out of his burrow. A pair of large cobras, Nag and
Rikki- Nagaina, attempt unsuccessfully to kill him. He hears the cobras plotting to This story has been published as a Nag and Rikki-Tikki-
"Darzee's Chaunt"
Tikki-Tavi kill the father in the house, and attacks Nag in the bathroom. The sound of the short book.
Tavi, 1894
fight attracts the father, who shoots Nag. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi destroys Nagaina's
eggs and chases her into her "rat-hole" where he kills her too.

Toomai's father rides Kala Nag the elephant to catch wild elephants in the
hills. Toomai comes to help and risks his life throwing a role up to one of the
Toomai of This story has been published as a
drivers. His father forbids him to enter the elephant enclosure again. One night "Shiv and the Toomai at the elephant
the short book, and was the basis of the
he follows the elephant hunters, and is picked up by Kala Nag; he rides into Grasshopper"
Elephants 1937 film Elephant Boy.[17] camp, 1894
the elephants' meeting place in the jungle, where they dance. On his return he
is welcomed by both hunters and elephants.

"'Anybody can be
On the night before a British military parade for the Amir of Afghanistan, the "Parade-Song of the forgiven for being
Her
army's working animals—mule, camel, horse, bullock, elephant—discuss what Camp Animals" is set to
Majesty's scared in the night,'
they do in battle and how they feel about their work. It is explained to the the tunes of several well-
Servants[c]
Afghans that men and animals obey the orders carried down from the Queen. known songs.[d] said the Troop-Horse."
1894

Characters  Bandar-log – A tribe of monkeys

Many of the characters (marked *) are named simply for the Hindi names of their species:  Chil * – A kite, in earlier editions called Rann (रण Raṇ, "battle")
for example, Baloo is a transliteration of Hindi भालू Bhālū, "bear". The characters (marked  Chuchundra * – A muskrat
^) from "The White Seal" are transliterations from the Russian of the Pribilof Islands.  Darzee *[e] – A tailorbird
 Father Wolf – The father wolf who raised Mowgli as his own cub
 Akela * – A wolf  Grey brother – One of Mother and Father Wolf's cubs
 Bagheera * – A black panther  Hathi * – An Indian elephant
 Baloo * — A bear  Ikki * – A porcupine
 Kaa * – A python
 Karait * – A krait
 Kotick ^ – A white seal
 Mang * – A bat
 Mor * – An Indian peafowl
 Mowgli – Main character, the young jungle boy
 Nag * – A male cobra
 Nagaina * – A female cobra, Nag's mate
 Raksha [f] – The Mother wolf who raised Mowgli as her own cub
 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi – A mongoose
 Sea Catch ^ – A seal and Kotick's father
 Sea Cow – A (Steller's) sea cow
 Sea Vitch ^ – A walrus
 Shere Khan * — A tiger
 Tabaqui * – A jackal

The Second Jungle Book

is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five 13. "Red Dog": Mowgli's wolfpack is threatened by a pack of rampaging dholes.
stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Mowgli asks Kaa the python to help him formulate a plan to defeat them.
Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in 14. "Chil's Song" (poem)
magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The 1994 film The Jungle Book used it as
15. "The Spring Running": Mowgli, now almost seventeen years old, is growing
a source.
restless for reasons he cannot understand. On an aimless run through the jungle he
stumbles across the village where his adopted mother Messua is now living with
Each story is followed by a related poem: her two-year-old son, and is torn between staying with her and returning to the
jungle.
1. "How Fear Came": This story takes place before Mowgli fights Shere Khan. 16. "The Outsong" (poem)
During a drought, Mowgli and the animals gather at a shrunken Wainganga River
for a Water Truce" where the display of the blue-colored Peace Rock prevents Characters
anyone from hunting at its riverbanks. After Shere Khan was driven away by him Main article: List of The Jungle Book characters
for nearly defiling the Peace Rock, Hathi the elephant tells Mowgli the story of
how the first tiger got his stripes when fear first came to the jungle. This story can  Mowgli – A young human boy of Indian ancestry who has been raised by wolves
be seen as a forerunner of the Just So Stories. since infancy.
2. "The Law of the Jungle" (poem)  Father Wolf – An Indian wolf who is Raksha's mate
3. "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat": An influential Indian politician abandons his  Raksha – An Indian wolf
worldly goods to become an ascetic holy man. Later, he must save a village from
 Mang – A bat
a landslide with the help of the local animals whom he has befriended.
 Bagheera – A black panther and the one who discovered the infant Mowgli and
4. "A Song of Kabir" (poem)
entrusted him to the wolves.
5. "Letting in the Jungle": Mowgli has been driven out of the human village for
 Baloo – A bear
witchcraft, and the superstitious villagers are preparing to kill his adopted parents
Messua and her unnamed husband. Mowgli rescues them and then prepares to  Kaa – An Indian python
take revenge.  Tabaqui – A golden jackal
6. "Mowgli's Song Against People" (poem)  Akela – An Indian wolf
7. "The Undertakers": A mugger crocodile, a jackal and a Greater adjutant stork,  Jacala – A mugger crocodile
three of the most unpleasant characters on the river, spend an afternoon bickering  The Red Dogs – dholes
with each other until some Englishmen arrive to settle some unfinished business  Ikki – An Indian crested porcupine
with the crocodile. могильщики  Hathi – An Indian elephant
8. "A Ripple Song" (poem)  Grey Brother – One of Mother and Father Wolf's cubs. In a later Mowgli story
9. "The King's Ankus": Mowgli discovers a jewelled object beneath the Cold Lairs, written by Kipling titled "In the Rukh", Grey Brother is depicted as still living with
which he later discards carelessly, not realising that men will kill each other to Mowgli even after Mowgli has grown-up, watching over his infant son.
possess it. Note: the first edition of The Second Jungle Book inadvertently omits  Ko – A Carrion crow
the final 500 words of this story, in which Mowgli returns the treasure to its
hiding-place to prevent further killings. Although the error was corrected in later
printings, it was picked up by some later editions.
10. "The Song of the Little Hunter" (poem)
11. "Quiquern": A teenaged Inuit boy and girl set out across the arctic ice on a
desperate hunt for food to save their tribe from starvation, guided by the
mysterious animal-spirit Quiquern. However, Quiquern is not what he seems.
12. "Angutivaun Taina" (poem)
Just so Stories (1902) 7. The Beginning of the Armadillos — how a hedgehog and tortoise transformed
into the first armadillos.
is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a 8. How the First Letter Was Written — introduces the only characters who appear in
classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works. more than one story: a family of cave-people, called Tegumai Bopsulai (the
Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to father), Teshumai Tewindrow (the mother), and Taffimai Metallumai, shortened
his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to Taffy, (the daughter). Explains how Taffy delivered a picture message to her
to) or she would complain. The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its mother.
most distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots. For the book, Kipling
9. How the Alphabet Was Made — tells how Taffy and her father invent
illustrated the stories himself.
an alphabet.
The stories have appeared in a variety of adaptations including a musical and animated
films. Evolutionary biologists have noted that what Kipling did in fiction in 10. The Crab that Played with the Sea — explains the ebb and flow of the tides, as
a Lamarckian way, they have done in reality, providing Darwinian explanations for well as how the crab changed from a huge animal into a small one.
the evolutionary development of animal features. 11. The Cat that Walked by Himself — explains how man domesticated all the wild
animals even the cat, which insisted on greater independence.
Approach 12. The Butterfly that Stamped — how Solomon saved the pride of a butterfly, and
the Queen of Sheba used this to prevent his wives scolding him.
The Just So Stories began as bedtime stories told by Kipling to his daughter "Effie" 13. The Tabu Tale (missing from most British editions; first appeared in
(Josephine, Kipling's firstborn); when the first three were published in a children’s the Scribner edition in the U.S. in 1903).
magazine, a year before her death, Kipling explained: "in the evening there were stories
meant to put Effie to sleep, and you were not allowed to alter those by one single little
word. They had to be told just so; or Effie would wake up and put back the missing
sentence. So at last they came to be like charms, all three of them — the whale tale, the
camel tale, and the rhinoceros tale."[4]
Nine of the thirteen Just So Stories tell how particular animals were modified from their
original forms to their current forms by the acts of human beings or magical beings. For
example, the Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft
inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. The Camel has a hump given to him
by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to
work longer between times of eating). The Leopard's spots were painted by
an Ethiopian (after the Ethiopian painted himself black). The Kangaroo gets its powerful
hind legs, long tail and hopping gait after being chased all day by a dingo, sent by a minor
god responding to the Kangaroo's request to be made different from all other animals.

1. How the Whale Got His Throat — why the larger whales eat only small prey.
2. How the Camel Got His Hump — how the idle camel was punished and given a
hump.
3. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin — why rhinos have folds in their skin and bad
tempers.
4. How the Leopard Got His Spots — why leopards have spots.
5. The Elephant's Child/How the Elephant got his Trunk — how the elephant's trunk
became long.
6. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo — how the kangaroo assumed long legs and
tail.
 A story which continues the previous one just after the Norman Conquest. It is told by Sir
Richard Dalyngridge, a Norman knight who took part in the Conquest and was awarded
Puck of Pook's Hill  a Saxon manor.
Sir Richard's Song
is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling,] published in 1906, containing a series of short
stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy – The poem of Sir Richard Dalyngridge and how he became adapted to living in England
since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements, and as contemporary despite his Norman origins.
fantasy – since it depicts a magical being active and practising his magic in the England of Harp Song of the Dane Women
the early 1900s when the book was written.
The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the area of Kipling's A lament by the Danish women for their menfolk who leave to go on a viking on the grey
own house Bateman's, by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck, or told sea.
by Puck himself. (Puck, who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England", is 'The Knights of the Joyous Venture'
better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.)
The genres of particular stories range from authentic historical novella (A Centurion of the Tells of a daring voyage to Africa made by Danes after capturing Sir Richard and his
Thirtieth, On the Great Wall) to children's fantasy (Dymchurch Flit). Each story is Saxon friend Hugh at sea.
bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story.
Thorkild's Song
Donald Mackenzie, who wrote the introduction for the Oxford World's Classics
edition[2] of Puck of Pook's Hill in 1987, has described this book as an example of A song by a Danish seafarer hoping for wind.
archaeological imagination that, in fragments, delivers a look at the history of England,
'Old Men at Pevensey'
climaxing with the signing of Magna Carta.
Puck calmly concludes the series of stories: "Weland gave the Sword, The Sword gave the A continuation of the previous stories with a tale of intrigue set in Pevensey at the
Treasure, and the Treasure gave the Law. It's as natural as an oak growing." beginning of the reign of Henry I, 1100 AD.
The stories originally appeared in the Strand Magazine in 1906 with illustrations by Claude
The Runes on Weland's Sword
Allen Shepperson, but the first book-form edition was illustrated by H. R. Millar. Arthur
Rackham provided four colour plates for the first US edition. Puck of Pook's Hill was A poem which summarises the stories in the book to this point.
followed four years later by a second volume, Rewards and Fairies, featuring the same
A Centurion of the Thirtieth
children in the following summer.
T. S. Eliot included several of the poems in his 1941 collection A Choice of Kipling's A poem which comments on how cities, thrones and powers are as transitory as flowers
Verse. which bloom for a week.
'A Centurion of the Thirtieth'
Stories and poems (пачка пагорба) A story which introduces a new narrator, a Roman soldier named Parnesius, born and
Puck's Song stationed in Britain in the 4th century. He tells how his military career started well because
the general Magnus Maximus knew his father.
A poem which introduces themes from the following stories.
A British-Roman Song
'Weland's Sword'
The song of a Roman Briton serving Rome although he and his forebears have never seen
A story of Burwash in the 11th century just before the Norman Conquest, told by Puck the city.
himself.
'On the Great Wall'
A Tree Song
A story of the defence of Hadrian's Wall against the native Picts and Scandinavian raiders.
A poem about English trees but emphasising the symbolic nature of Oak, Ash and Thorn.
A Song to Mithras
'Young Men at the Manor'
A hymn to the god Mithras.
'The Winged Hats'
A return to Hadrian's Wall and the fate of Magnus Maximus.
A Pict Song
The song of the Picts explaining how although they have always been defeated by the
Romans, they will win in the end.
Billy Bragg included a musical setting of the poem on his 1996 album William Bloke.
Hal o' the Draft
A poem about how prophets are never acknowledged or celebrated in their native village.
'Hal o' the Draft'
A tale of deception involving the explorer Sebastian Cabot and the privateer Andrew
Barton, probably set near the end of the 15th century and told by Sir Harry 'Hal' Dawe.
A Smuggler's Song
Sung by a smuggler advising people to look the other way when the contraband is run
through the town.
The Bee Boy's Song
A poem which explains how honey bees must be told all the news or else they will cease to
produce honey.
'Dymchurch Flit'
A fairy tale told by Puck (in disguise) and set around the time of the Dissolution of the
Monasteries (about 1540 AD).
Rewards and Fairies (Нагороди та феї)
 is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling published in 1910. The title comes
from the poem "Farewell, Rewards and Fairies" by Richard Corbet.[1] The poem is
referred to by the children in the first story of the preceding book Puck of Pook's
Hill. Rewards and Fairies is set one year later chronologically although published four
years afterwards.
The book consists of a series of short stories set in historical times with a linking
contemporary narrative. Dan and Una are two children, living in the Weald of Sussex in the
area of Kipling's own home Bateman's. They have encountered Puck and he magically
conjures up real and fictional individuals from Sussex's past to tell the children some aspect
of its history and prehistory, though the episodes are not always historically accurate.
Another recurring character is Old Hobden who represents the continuity of the inhabitants
of the land. His ancestors sometimes appear in the stories and seem very much like him.
Some stories contain elements of the supernatural as well as history. Each story is preceded
and followed by a poem, including If—, often described as Britain's favourite poem. Other
well known poems included in the book are Cold Iron and The Way through the Woods.
A Three Part Song
A poem which tells of the three main landscapes of Sussex, the Weald, Romney Marsh and
the South Downs.
The Fifth River
How God assigned the four great rivers of the Garden of Eden to men, but Israel was later
assigned the secret fifth great river, the River of Gold.
'The Treasure and the Law'
A story told by a Jewish moneylender named Kadmiel, of money and intrigue leading up to
the signing of Magna Carta in 1215. Here we learn the eventual fate of most of the African
gold brought back to Pevensey by Sir Richard Dalyngridge.
The Children's Song
A patriotic prayer to God to teach the children how to live correctly so that their land will
prosper.
Stories and poems[edit]
A Charm[edit]
A poem which gives a charm to see the treasures of familiar places.
Introduction[edit]
A brief summary of Puck of Pook's Hill and the main characters.
Cold Iron[edit]
There is a brief episode in which the children Dan and Una encounter Puck again a year
after their previous experience. Then Puck tells the story of a young mortal taken by Fairies
whose fate will be determined by the first piece of iron that he encounters.
Cold Iron[edit]
A poem which compares how various metals affect human life but states in a recurring line
that 'Iron—Cold Iron—is master of men all!' , ending with a reference to the iron nails used
to crucify Jesus Christ at Calvary.
The Two Cousins[edit]
A poem which foreshadows the story making references to the devotion of her courtiers to
the Queen and the sacrifices they make.
Gloriana[edit]
Dan and Una meet a lady who the reader realises is Queen Elizabeth I. She tells them about
a mission to prevent the Spanish settling in Virginia. (The Queen engages the services of
two gallant young lordlings who are willing to endure any peril in order to earn her
approval. She makes it clear that they must undertake their desperate venture without her
official blessing, and indeed that she will officially denounce them before the Spanish King
should the need arise. It appears from the narrative as though the mission miscarried, but
the Queen is interested to know whether Dan and Una thought it was right to send the
young men.)
The Looking-Glass[edit]
This poem shows an ageing Queen Elizabeth being taunted by the spirits of Mary, Queen
of Scots and the Earl of Leicester for being too afraid to look in a mirror. But the Queen
rallies her courage as daughter of King Henry VIII and looks at her ageing features.
A Truthful Song[edit]
This poem has two verses both deal with the theme how a craftsmen's skills from the past
can be applicable in modern life. The first verse has an ancient Egyptian Pyramid builder
and the second refers to the story of Noah and shipbuilding.
The Wrong Thing[edit]
Sir Harry Dawe (introduced in 'Hal o' the Draft' in Puck of Pook's Hill) tells Old Hobden
and Dan about his design to decorate Henry VII's ship Sovereign and how he
gets knighted for advising the King not to use it. (The story also involves Harry's rivalry
with the similarly gifted but jealous Benedetto. When Harry is knighted—not for good
work, but for giving the King advice that will save him some money—he cannot help
laughing since he had always hoped he would be ennobled for his clever craftsmanship.
Benedetto, who was on the point of murdering him, sees him overcome with mirth and
insists that he should at least have his laugh out before dying, and by the time he has
understood the joke himself he is willing to drop their quarrel for good.)
King Henry VII and the Shipwrights[edit]
The King watches how his shipbuilders start to take apart a warship for their own benefit
until stopped by one of their fellows who admits to some minor pilfering. He is promoted
and the others punished and the king advises him to 'steal in measure'.
The Way Through the Woods[edit]
The poem describes how an old road has been shut and taken back by nature but still
occasionally you can hear the ghostly presence of past travellers.
Marklake Witches[edit]
A young girl dying of consumption, describes René Laennec's invention of
the stethoscope while a prisoner of war in Sussex. (The narrator, Miss Philadelphia
Bucksteed, is clearly innocent of the seriousness of her condition, believing it to be a "silly
cough" that will disappear when she goes to London. However, as she describes the
reactions of M. Laennec, "Witchmaster" Jerry Gamm, Doctor Break, Sir Arthur
Wesley and her own father, it is clear that they all know better. Laennec's presence in
Sussex as a prisoner-of-war on parole is entirely Kipling's invention.)
Brookland Road[edit]
A man falls in love with a mysterious silent girl who seems to be supernatural.
The Run of the Downs[edit]
A poem about the South Downs and Sussex naming various landmarks.
The Knife and the Naked Chalk[edit]
A neolithic shepherd barters with prehistoric metal working newcomers for metal knives so
that his people can fight off the marauding wolves.
Song of the Men's Side[edit]
This poem reprises the basic plot of the preceding story.
Philadelphia[edit]
The poem refers to the story to follow and states that while men and places in the story
have passed, that the landscape and nature persist.
Brother Square-Toes[edit]
Pharaoh Lee, known as Brother Square-Toes, is a Sussex smuggler, in 1793 he ends up
in Philadelphia and lives there and among the Seneca people. He attends a meeting of the
Seneca and George Washington where Washington states that he will not fight with the
French against Britain.
If—[edit]
One of the most famous and popular poems in English, it gives guidance on the ideal
behaviour to be considered a man.
A St Helena Lullaby [edit]
A poetic history of Napoleon's career.
A Priest in Spite of Himself[edit]
The continuation of Brother Square-Toes story and how he meets Talleyrand while he was
exiled in Philadelphia. Later Talleyrand helped him recover his ship which had been seized
as a prize by the French Navy. (Talleyrand is keen to learn what was said in the
conversation between Washington and other White leaders, that was witnessed by the
Indian chiefs known as Red Jacket and Cornplanter, but Pharaoh will not speak without
Red Jacket's leave and he already knows that Red Jacket has held his tongue out of loyalty
to Washington. Despite the inconvenience this causes Talleyrand, Pharaoh expects that he
will nevertheless wield as much influence in Europe as he wishes, and Talleyrand accepts
the compliment once he understands that it is sincerely meant. Talleyrand respects his
integrity enough to repay him a favour before Napoleon Bonaparte himself.)
'Poor Honest Men' [edit]
A lament of smugglers that after all their difficulties they are treated as criminals not
honest traders.
Eddi's Service[edit]
Eddi, one of St Wilfrid's priests in Manhood End (Selsey), holds a midnight service and
only a donkey and a bullock come, so he preaches to them.
The Conversion of St Wilfrid[edit]
St Wilfrid tells Dan and Una how he converted Æthelwealh, the pagan king of Sussex, by
showing tolerance for his old faith in Wotan while they were in danger.
Song of the Red War-Boat[edit]
A Viking ship survives a storm by hard work and faith in Odin and Thor.
An Astrologer's Song[edit]
An astrologer's praise for his art and how the stars rule over humanity.
A Doctor of Medicine[edit]
Nicholas Culpeper explains how he stopped the plague in a Sussex village by getting the A Rye shipbuilder tells a story about Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada.
rats killed for astrological reasons. (Although Culpeper was already dead by the time of Frankie's Trade[edit]
the Great Plague of London in 1665 - 1666, lesser outbreaks were common occurrences A sea shanty style poem of how Francis Drake learned his skills as a sailor and to fight
during his life. Culpeper prescribes the right course of action for all the wrong reasons, but against the Spanish.
his shade, conjured by Puck, knows only what Culpeper knew in life and naturally believes The Ballad of Minepit Shaw[edit]
his reasoning to have been sound.) Two poachers are saved by falling into a pit but claim they were hidden by a fairy.
'Our Fathers of Old' [edit] The Tree of Justice[edit]
A poem which lists many medicinal plants and how they were boldly used but laments that Sir Richard Dalyngridge from Puck of Pook's Hill explains how King Harold survived
in the past medical knowledge was poor and mostly ineffective. the Battle of Hastings and ended up a blind beggar.
The Thousandth Man[edit] A Carol[edit]
How one man in a thousand is a true friend who will stand by you forever. A lament of the hardships of winter but asking And who shall judge the Lord? for bringing
Simple Simon[edit] them.