Echoes
réf. 06181Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884. First Edition of Kipling's Very Rare Second Book "Echoes" KIPLING Rudyard and Alice. Echoes. By Two Writers. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884 First edition. Small square octavo 6 x 4 1/2 inches; 154 x 115 mm. 2 blank 2 title verso blank 2 index 1-72 2 blank pp. Some light foxing throughout first blank leaf with early ink signature. Publisher's light brown wrappers front wrapper with tile design printed in black. lower corner 1 1/8 x 3/4 inch; 28 x 19 mm. torn away spine expertly and invisibly restored still a near fine copy. Housed in a red cloth chemise within a full red morocco velvet lined 'jewel-case'. Spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments brass lock. First edition of Kipling's very rare second book; the "two writers" of the title were Kipling and his sister Alice "Trix". Of the 39 poems mostly "echoes" or imitations of well-known poets 32 are ascribed to Kipling and 7 to his sister. First published in Lahore in August 1884 the volume appeared when Kipling then 18 years old had been living in India for nearly two years. It was printed by the Civil and Military Gazette Press where Kipling served as sub-editor and he personally oversaw its production. In December 1883 Kipling's mother brought his 15-year-old sister Trix from England to join him. Together they engaged in a series of literary experiments and playful compositions producing a substantial collection of poems-primarily parodies of well-known poets-by the spring of 1884. Encouraged by their efforts Rudyard published a selection of these works in August of that year under the title Echoes by Two Writers. The Poems: Echoes: Introduction 1. A Vision of India Rudyard Kipling 2. The City of the Heart Rudyard Kipling 3. The Raiyat at Home Rudyard Kipling 4. Children of Nature Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 5. The Bearing of the Vine Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 6. Hope Deferred Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 7. The Flight of the Bucket Rudyard Kipling 8. Laocoon Rudyard Kipling 9. Nursery Rhymes for Little Anglo-Indians Rudyard Kipling 10. Tobacco Rudyard Kipling 11. Appropriate Verses on an Elegant Landscape Rudyard Kipling 12. His Consolation Rudyard Kipling 13. Egoism Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 14. The Cursing of Stephen Rudyard Kipling 15. On Sorrow Alice MacDonald Fleming 16. Jane Smith Rudyard Kipling/Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 17. Nursery Idyls Rudyard Kipling 18. Sonnet On Being Rejected of One's Horse Rudyard Kipling 19. Kopra Brahm Rudyard Kipling 20. The Sudder Bazár Rudyard Kipling 21. Commonplaces Rudyard Kipling 22. To You Love Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 23. On True Friendship Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 24. Quæritur Rudyard Kipling 25. London Town Rudyard Kipling 26. Himalayan Rudyard Kipling 27. Our Lady of Many Dreams Rudyard Kipling 28. A Murder in the Compound Rudyard Kipling 29. " 'Way Down the Ravee River" Rudyard Kipling 30. Amour de Voyage Rudyard Kipling 31. Failure Rudyard Kipling 32. How the Day Broke The Drawing Room Song Rudyard Kipling 33. A Locked Way Rudyard Kipling 34. Land Bound Rudyard Kipling 35. The Ballad of the King's Daughter Old Ballad Rudyard Kipling 36. How the Goddess Awaketh Rudyard Kipling 37. The Maid of the Meerschaum Rudyard Kipling 38. Estunt the Griff Rudyard Kipling 39. Cavaliere Servente Rudyard Kipling Livingston 14; Stewart 5. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, 1884 unknown books
