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classic poems children will enjoyReview Date: 2009-03-19
This little book changed my life!Review Date: 2009-02-17
My first copy of this book was a paperback edition given to me at the age of sixteen, in 1951 (I still have the original book, and yes, I'm now 74 years young), at a school in Los Angeles, California that specialized in improving speech problems--of which I severely had. I would read and reread poems and speeches aloud from this book, which was a break through, in its own right. Previous to this little book, reading aloud was absolutely out of the question--it just didn't/couldn't/wouldn't happen. It wasn't that I didn't want to; it was simply beyond my capacity. The school, per se, did not help me, but the One Hundred And One Famous Poems certainly has. I keep extra copies on hand to give away to people who might benefit similarly to the way it has helped me. From that beginning I have for all intents and purposes overcome the speech problem; enjoyed Toastmasters for four years, while reaching the Advanced Toastmaster Silver Level of achievement; wrote a book on golf and taught my subject material (my wife and I together) in three golf classes, averaging 26 students, per year for twenty years at the college level (extended studies). My life definitely took an upturn as a direct result of this little book. My favorites for reading aloud are two poems and two speeches: The Spider And The Fly, A Fable, by Mary Howitt (page 145); Home, by Edgar A. Guest (page 152) as read with a naturally acquired Scottish brogue, with much gusto; The Gettysburg Address, given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 (page 173); The War Inevitable, 1775, by Patrick Henry (page 177); the speeches have helped me develop a voice (in my mind, anyway) that closely resembles how Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Henry might have sounded. My gratefulness and thankfulness for having this little book in my life is literally much beyond description of mere words. Enjoy!
Wonderful Book of PoemsReview Date: 2009-02-04
A great place for those new to poetry as well as the expert! This volume has become a lifelong favorite!Review Date: 2008-12-08
This is a wonderful little compilation. Just the right size and length. It includes simple poetry that touches the heart, some timeless verses from 'the grand old masters' and some from the 'humbler poets' (Longfellow). It also includes the Magna Charta, letters from A.Lincoln, The War Inevitable (Patrick Henry) and the Declaration of Independence.
You can't go wrong with this volume, whether you are just dipping a toe, or you're steeped in the world of poetry.
One Hundred and One Famous PoemsReview Date: 2008-08-28

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A pleasant visit with Lord and Lady SheridanReview Date: 2008-06-11
Although I usually have some difficulty divining the culprit because of the abundance of red herrings that twist through the plots of these works, I was already well on the culprit's trail this time. Knowing--or at least suspecting--the guilty party in no way detracted from my enjoyment of the work, however. As with any well crafted panopoly of characters and colorful settings, the "visit" is what makes the whole work worth while.
Another Great BookReview Date: 2007-06-07
Do you like Kipling? I don't know, I've never Kippled. Review Date: 2005-05-23
Lord Charles has promised Kate a holiday away from London where they can spend time together like they did before Charles inherited all of these new responsibilities. They head for Rottingdean, a little village on the Channel taking along only Amelia and Lawrence, their two most valued servants. They arrive just after the body of a Coast Guard has washed up on the beach, a death the local constable writes off as a suicide. Soon another Coast Guard is found shot and by a gun the likes of which Charles has never seen. Unfortunately for Charles, he is at a party with the Crown Prince when news of the second death arrives. Remembering the bang up job Charles had done in a previous investigation that saved the Crown a great deal of embarrassment, His Royal Highness put Lord Charles in charge of the case. So much for their quite holiday!
Charles and Kate are soon hard at work and slowly they begin to uncover what seems to be a vast conspiracy. A conspiracy that at face value doesn't make any sense at all. They are aided immensely by a local boy named Patrick who knows far more than he is willing to tell at first. He is after all quite fond of some of the people who are very deeply involved in the conspiracy. I have a feeling that we will see more of Patrick in future books.
Besides the Prince, the other historical figure who shows up in this book is the famous author Rudyard Kipling, who also aids the investigation a great deal. The appearance of these real people in this series adds a greatly to the stories as does the very realistic atmosphere. The authors are to be commended for their skill in story telling and their willingness to do a lot of research to make everything so believable. These stories are so realistic that while reading a previous book in which the characters must have drank gallons of tea, I started craving tea and had to break out the Earl Gray. In this book they drank lemonade and I ended up sending to the store for some of that. It takes a very talented storyteller to take a reader that deeply into a story. This is just a marvelously fun and suspenseful book that will keep you glued to it's pages from beginning to end.
Excellent Story!Review Date: 2002-07-01
Excellent read !Review Date: 2004-06-26

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Excellent, for the most partReview Date: 2006-03-30
This collection does, however, have its faults. The first is that the writing is very difficult to follow in some places. A few (brief) sections of dialogue are so obscure as to be unintelligible, at least to the modern reader. There are also (very occasionally) passages such as this one: "In the Mediterranean (Nile keeping always her name) there is but one river-that shifty-mouthed Danube, where she works through her deltas into the Black Sea.", which are needlessly opaque. The vast majority of the book is very lucid, but every so often I did find myself having to reread the last few lines to try to decipher what Kipling intended to convey.
The other thing that I did not particularly like were some of the stories that Kipling wrote later in his life (e.g. "The Gardener", "Mary Postgate", "The Wish House"). While these stories are often considered his best, I found them a bit on the gloomy side; his Indian tales were much more enjoyable to read. In my opinion, "The Gardener" is a meandering over-rated tale and the ending of "Mary Postgate" is annoyingly vague.
Most of the stories in this collection were enjoyable to read, and all are excellently written. I highly recommend it.
A warning about the titleReview Date: 2006-12-20
One of the best craftman in LiteratureReview Date: 2000-08-26
This tale awake in my a feeling, the atraction for the work of kipling,is magic, it surrounds your views with his views, his feelings with your feelings. All that happens is the presence of the author, this book, is not a simple book of tales, is the gate for a new worlds, a thousend of worlds, all with a new gravity and with brave life
One of the finest writers everReview Date: 2000-10-28

FabulousReview Date: 2008-11-11
Son, son, said the mother Jaguar, graciously waving her tailReview Date: 2000-11-20
love this book.Review Date: 2000-03-24

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The Sun Will Never SetReview Date: 2000-08-01
What Philip Leibfried has achieved here is an immensely readable and enlightening survey that details just how many such films have been made based on the writings of these two authors. The survey goes beyond the films to also include adaptations in other media. The list is staggering: some 110 adaptations all told, each one described (where information was avaliable) with cast and credits, production history, and criticisms. Each of the authors' works is also delineated in a plot summary; and stills illustrate the book liberally. (How the author managed to find some of the more obscure stills remains no small achievement). The lives and careers of both men are also described in some depth in the Introduction.
The author's approach is sensible and fair: even the poorest film gets coverage and consideration. Space obviously did not allow for it, but on rare occasion, however, one wishes for an even more expansive approach, as in the case of the 1950 adaptation of "King's Solomons Mines". Because that film was almost unrecognizable as an adaptaion of Haggard, it receives less coverage than most of the other major productions. However, the author is clearly more respectful of the more faithful filmings, and he rightly bemoans the fact that this 1950 film left out the book's fantasy elements, many of its characters, and much of its action and plot.
These adaptations of Kipling and Haggard brought forth the best that Hollywood and the world had to offer in order to make them: directors such as John Ford, Victor Fleming, William Wellman, George Stevens, John Huston, and the Korda brothers; and actors of the caliber of Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Michael Caine, Deborah Kerr, Ronald Colman and the three mentioned in the opening paragraph; not to mention inimitable players such as Sabu, Shirley Temple, and of course Sam Jaffe, whose heroic and poignant portrayal of the simple regimental "bhisti" Gunga Din remains the most unforgettable of them all.
The book is handsomely packaged, on fine paper, with the stills very sharply reproduced. It is the kind of book that can be opened to any page for reading; and for once we have a "Complete List" film book that offers up a healthy serving of fresh and virtually unknown material, both written and pictorial.
Rudyard Kipling and Sir Henry Rider Haggard on Screen, etc.Review Date: 2000-04-05
Recommended for Rudyard Kipling & H. Rider Haggard fans.Review Date: 2000-03-04
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Hilarious chronicle of masterful schoolboy pranksReview Date: 2007-05-04
If you like pranks, you will laugh at this book and enjoy the story of increasing criminal competence developed by these three rascals.
If you think boys should be formed into serious and studious young men through studies and daily rigors on the playing field, on the other hand, you're going to hate this ruthless, unfunny, nightmarish book. This established argument about Stalky and Company has been going on for most of a century, and some of the praises and criticisms were contained over 40 years ago in "Kipling and the Critics," edited by Eliot Gilbert.
To Kipling's credit, not all the adventures are funny nor harmless. There are some serious messages, especially at the end. The careful reader will recieve an astonishing education, for the boys described were real, the school actually existed, and the graduates were prepared for "Sandhurst," the informal name for the town where the Royal Military Academy was and remains located. So it is a realistic story about boys prepared through secondary education to become officers of the British Empire at its historical high period.
If you enjoy this book and wonder what the real story was, it is still possible to get a copy of M'Turk's (Beresford's) actual autobiography about going to school with Kipling and Stalky (later General Dunsterville) in "School Days with Kipling," by Beresford. The sketch drawings of the boys and masters at the school described in "Stalky and Company" are thoroughly amusing, and a story of a play the boys put on for each other is a masterpiece of farce.
Reader BewareReview Date: 2001-10-30
Humorous Tales by Kipling - Meet Stalky, M'Turk, and BeetleReview Date: 2004-09-14
I had some initial difficulty with Kipling's schoolboy dialogue, but I did eventually become fluent in late nineteenth century British schoolboy slang. This fluency is critical to enjoying Kipling as the stories are comprised almost entirely of dialogue.
We quickly learn in the first story, In Ambush, that despite rules to the contrary, all right minded boys built huts in the furze hill behind the school, a place of retreat and meditation, where they smoked. Stalky, M'Turk, and Beetle were no exception. In this tale the three friends brilliantly outwit Mr. King, but they prove no match for the Headmaster, the final arbitrator and administer of justice.
Mr. King again underestimates the trio in the comical tale, An Unsavory Interlude. As Kipling unveils the convoluted, devious exploits of Stalky and friends, I wondered how they found time for Latin, mathematics, writing, and other studies. The answer is revealed in The Impressionists, another uneven match between the trio and a master, this time the overly conscientious Mr. Prout.
The tone of the last few stories - A Little Prep, The Flag of Their Country, and The Last Term - remained amusing, but they addressed more serious topics like bullying, sincere patriotism, and true courage. Kipling concludes with a visit with the schoolboys more than a decade later, now responsible men entrusted with managing and protecting the extensive British empire.
Stalky and Co. is as delightfully humorous today as it was a century ago. I am sure that you will enjoy meeting Stalky, M'Turk, and Beetle. Cheers.
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About the Illustrated Heritage Press EditionReview Date: 2008-11-30
Many illustrations! Over 14 full color drawings and over 35 smaller pen & ink drawings in black and white.
With an introduction by B. Dobree. 383 pp.
About the Heritage Press EditionReview Date: 2008-11-30
Many illustrations! Over 14 full color drawings and over 35 smaller pen & ink drawings in black and white.
With an introduction by B. Dobree. 383 pp.

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Requiem for the Irish Guards....Review Date: 2008-05-10
Kipling keeps his focus on the events at battalion and company level. The narrative is from the perspective of the fighting men, who were largely unaware of the events of the larger war in their day-to-day struggles. Kipling acknowledges up front the impossibility of capturing an accurate account of four years of desperate fighting. His research from the war diaries of the units and interviews with survivors does captures the general flow of events from day to day as the Irish Guards moved around Northern France between 1914 and the armistice in 1918.
A number of features stand out in Kipling's narrative from the perspective of the 21st Century:
First, the Irish Guards enjoyed tremendous unit cohesion, based on high standards of professionalism among its officers, non-commissioned officers and private soldiers. Kipling notes again and again the continued attention of the soldiers to the care of their arms, equipment and clothing and of the officers to the care of their soldiers, under appalling conditions in the trenches and under enemy fire.
Second, the Irish Guards remained a highly effective fighting unit throughout the war. The First Battalion's stand at the First Battle of Ypres in 1914 is an example of their excellence. After the defeat of the initial German thrust toward Paris, the British Army fought to protect its lines of communication through ports on the English Channel. The Irish Guards found itself repeatedly fighting outnumbered and isolated on a fragmented line, knowing there were no reserves behind them. The battalion suffered horrendous casualties but stubbornly blocked German advances that if successful might have ended the war.
Third, Kipling notes the tremendous patience, courage, and good humor with which the unit faced its challenges, including the lack of up-to-date equipment in the first years of the war, the constant need to integrate fresh drafts of replacements from home, and the continuing deadly innovations of the Germans across the trench lines.
"The Irish Guards in the Great War" is very highly recommended to students of the First World War and of the British Army as an outstanding example of regimental history. This edition is richly illustrated with photographs and maps.
Well worth the WaitReview Date: 1998-12-07


A true classsicReview Date: 2008-06-04
A book for young and oldReview Date: 2007-02-08

it's the best short story in worldReview Date: 2008-10-19
The story is about a polo game in India. The SKIDARS against the ARCHANGELS. Maltese Cat is the captain of the Skidars ponies is telling the story, all odds are against them but they are fighting till the glorious victory!!
Like all of the players and ponies in the polofields all over the world.
I'm sure that my ponies also do like the game and all of our ponies are playing the game as well.
It's fun!!
Absolutely delightful!Review Date: 2003-06-12
Loved reading it to pieces and can read it over and over again...
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