All the Mowgli Stories Co., containing colour plates and pen illustrations by Stuart Tresilian. Its contents are virtually identical to "The Works of Rudyard Kipling Volume VII: The Jungle Book", part of a multi-volume set which had appeared in 1907. (A companion volume, "The Works of Rudyard Kipling Volume VIII: The Jungle Book" collects all of the non-Mowgli stories from the two "Jungle Books".) All the Mowgli Stories All the Mowgli Stories is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. As the title suggests, the book is a chronological compilation of the stories about Mowgli from "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle
Rudyard Kipling poem was originally published at the head of a story about the Battle of Jutland and appears to refer to a death at sea; the 'Jack' referred to is probably a generic 'Jack Tar'. In the Kipling family, Jack was the name of the family dog while John Kipling was always John, making the identification of the protagonist of "My Boy Jack" with John Kipling somewhat questionable. However, it is true that Kipling was emotionally devastated by the death of his son. It is said that Kipling helped assuage his grief over his son's death by reading the novels of