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‘Kings in Our Own Right’ Rudyard Kipling

Two former soldiers in India find British bureaucracy cramps their style, so they set off to become kings of their own land.

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A Conflict of Interest Adam Smith

Economist Adam Smith warned that when Western commercial interests get involved in policy-making abroad, war and want are sure to follow.

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A Fatal Slip Andrew Lang

Prince Agib hears the tale of a boy confined to an underground chamber for forty days, and dismisses it as superstition.

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A Page Out of Pageantry Ronald Wild

In 1932, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession, the Jam Sahib brought vanished days back to Nawanagar with a lavish hand.

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Cupid’s Arrow Rudyard Kipling

Kitty Beighton enters an archery contest where the prize is one very beautiful bracelet and one very ugly Commissioner.

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Kim and the Art of Begging Rudyard Kipling

A street urchin of Lahore takes it on himself to provide a naive Tibetan monk with a hot meal.

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