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'TheElephant'sChild,''HowtheLeopeadGotHisSpots',theincomparable'TheCatthatWalkedbyHimself'andtheotherfablesinthiscollectionwerefirsttoldbyKiplingtoaneagernurseryaudienceofhisownchildren.InsubjectandsettingtheyrangefromanimalstotheoriginsofthealphabetandformprehistoriccavestothejunleforestsofAfrica.Illustratedwithplayful,riddlingdrawingsandscatteredthorughwithrhymesandpoems,thisisarichlyinventivecollection,everytaleaminiaturemasterpiecetouchedwithKiplin'sauthenticmagic.作者简介:RUDYARDKIPLING(1865-1936),Poet,short-storywriter,journalistandimperialist,RudyardKiplingremainsoneofthebestchroniclersoftheBritishcolonialexperienceinIndia.Readersmayalsofindthefollowingbooksofinterest:KingsleyAmis,RudyardKiplingandHisWorld(1975);CharlesCarrington,RudyardKipling;HisLifeandWork(1970);R.L.Green,Kipling;TheCriticalHeritage(1971);RudyardKipling,SomethingofMyself(1936;reissued1977);HaroldOrel,RudyarkKipling;InteruiewsandRecollionos(1983);NormanPage,AKiplingCompanion(1984);J.I.M.Stewart,RudyardKipling(1976);andAngusWilson,TheStrangeRideofRudyardKipling(1977).