Many Inventions — Joseph Rudyard Kipling

Many Inventions is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling Twelve of the 14 stories appeared previously in various publications including The Atlantic Monthly and the Strand Magazine The title refers to a verse from Ecclesiastes which is quoted on the title page Lo this only have I found that God hath made man upright but they have sought out many inventions Ecclesiastes 7 29 The fourteen stories are preceded by a poem To the true Romance and followed by another poem Anchor Song The Disturber of Traffic A Conference of the Powers My Lord the Elephant One View of the Question The Finest Story in the World His Private Honour A Matter of Fact The Lost Legion In the Rukh Brugglesmith Love o Women The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot Judson and the Empire The Children of the Zodiac