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My second Kipling book this year (not counting Just So Stories, that I read to the kiddos often), and I'm more convinced that he should be in school curricula. The thing that repeatedly struck me reading this book is how much hubris there is in the US calling itself the "melting pot", when there is this larger, older, more diverse country melting cultures in ways we never even imagined. The prose was smooth and expressive, and I saw what he was describing (which is rare for me and reading). I also felt his descriptions of Kim hiking up and down hills as I did the same on a campout, but that is another story. My only complaint about the book is that my copy had notes added by an editor that were laughably bad. They would note strange words tens of times after it had first appeared, and random references to the KJV of the bible appear at random intervals, with the reference being single common words with no commonality between the situations in the two books. The closest and subtlest award for this one (or in other words one that almost worked) was tagging "and bear by Elisha's allowance" as a reference to 2nd Kings 2:9 "And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." rather than 2nd Kings 2:24 "And there came forth two she bears out of the wood" to explain that the phrase meant that there were two bears in the hills they are walking through. I found a much better notes set for Kim at: http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_kim.htm
But, that isn't the text of the book. That is what Borders and the people they hired to prepare their edition of the public domain text thought would sell more books. The text of the book is wonderful, and well worth a read.
But, that isn't the text of the book. That is what Borders and the people they hired to prepare their edition of the public domain text thought would sell more books. The text of the book is wonderful, and well worth a read.