Many Inventions

Many Inventions (published 1893) is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Twelve of the 14 stories appeared previously in various publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and the Strand Magazine.

The title refers to a verse from Ecclesiastes, which is quoted on the title page: "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions." (Ecclesiastes 7:29)

The stories

The fourteen stories are preceded by a poem, "To the True Romance", and followed by another poem, "Anchor Song".

• The Disturber of Traffic
• A Conference of the Powers
• My Lord the Elephant
• One View of the Question
• 'The Finest Story in the World'
• His Private Honour
• A Matter of Fact
• The Lost Legion
• In the Rukh - the earliest (Mowgli) story but chronologically the last
• 'Brugglesmith'
• 'Love-o’-Women'
• The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot
• Judson and the Empire
• The Children of the Zodiac

References

• "Many Inventions". The Kipling Society.

External links

• Many Inventions at Project Gutenberg Australia
• Many Inventions at telelib.com
• The Kipling Society website