I found the style of writing the language used and the story's themselves difficult to read or grasp hold of. Some of these stories seem to have no point or ending. As an introduction to Kipling I would not recommend it. Although you get glimpses of a time long past the tales are not enjoyable.

There are some good stories in this book but a couple are basically unintelligible. There’s some rough sledding in spots but it’s a worthwhile read.

While I do enjoy his stories, I am not mechanically inclined to understand some of them.

ENGLISH: This is Kipling's collection of short stories that I've most liked (I think I've read them all, except "Land & Sea Tales," 1923).

Esta es la segunda vez que leo este libro, pero cuatro de sus historias (las mejores) has sido antologizadas y ya las he leído cuatro o cinco veces.

The best stori

I’ve wanted to read this for quite a while because of With The Night Mail which I read about while researching What Your Children are Doing on the Information Highway back in the early nineties. All I knew about the short story was:

In the time of the Wright brothers, Rudyard Kipling wrote With the N

This is a scattershot collection of stories and poems that really have nothing in common with each other. Most of these come from Kipling's earlier years, so some of the stories are good, a couple are awfully boring and most are decent. Not an ideal introduction to the writer, but by no means a wast

I like Rudyard Kipling and think his Jungle Books and animal stories (especially Rikki-Tikki-Tavi) are amazing.

Actions and Reactions is well-written but filled with references to Colonial governing and bygone Britishisms that are hard to fathom these days.

Additionally, there are some odd psuedo-adv