The Wish House and Other Stories

Introduction: Kipling: Controversial Question / Craig Raine — In the House of Suddhoo — Beyond the Pale — The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows — The Story of Muhammad Din — The Man who would be King — Baa Baa, Black Sheep — Dray Wara Yow Dee — On Greenhow Hill — The Dream of Duncan Parrenness — The Disturber of Traffic — 'The Finest Story in the World' — 'Love-o'-Women' — The Elephant's Child — 'I keep six honest serving men' — The Runners — A Sahibs' War — Kaspar's Song in 'Varda' — 'Wireless' — The Return of the Children — 'They' — From Lyden's 'Irenius' — Mrs. Bathurst — The Bee Boy's Song — 'Dymchurch Flit' — A Three-Part Song — Friendly Brook — The Land — Mary Postgate — The Beginnings — 'Late Came the God' — The Wish House — Rahere — The Survival — The Janeites — Jane's Marriage — The Bull that Thought — Alnaschar and the Oxen — Gipsy Vans — A Madonna of the Trenches — Gow's Watch — Untimely — The Eye of Allah — The Last Ode — The Gardener — The Burden — Dayspring Mishandled — Gertrude's Prayer — The Manner of Men — At His Execution.